Medical Microbiology

Pseudomonasaeruginosa............................. 309

OtherPseudomonasspecies,Stenotrophomonas

andBurkholderia...................................... 310

Legionella(Legionnaire’sDisease)................................. 311

Brucella,Bordetella,Francisella.................................... 313

Brucella(Brucellosis,Bang’sDisease)................. 313

Bordetella(WhoopingCough,Pertussis)............. 315

Francisellatularensis(Tularemia)..................... 316

Gram-NegativeAnaerobes......................................... 317

Treponema(Syphilis,Yaws,Pinta)................................. 320

Treponemapallidum,subsp.pallidum(Syphilis)..... 320

Treponemapallidum,subsp.endemicum

(NonvenerealSyphilis)................................ 323

Treponemapallidum,subsp.pertenue(Yaws)........ 323

Treponemacarateum(Pinta).......................... 323

Borrelia(RelapsingFever,LymeDisease).......................... 324

BorreliaThatCauseRelapsingFevers................. 324

Borreliaburgdorferi(LymeDisease).................. 326

Leptospira(Leptospirosis,WeilDisease)........................... 328

Rickettsia,Coxiella,Orientia,andEhrlichia

(Typhus,SpottedFever,QFever,Ehrlichioses)...................... 330

BartonellaandAfipia.............................................. 334

Bartonella.............................................. 334

Afipiafelis............................................. 335

Chlamydia......................................................... 335

OverviewandGeneralCharacteristics

ofChlamydiae......................................... 336

Chlamydiapsittaci(Ornithosis,Psittacosis)........... 337

Chlamydiatrachomatis

(Trachoma,Lymphogranulomavenereum)........... 338

Chlamydiapneumoniae............................... 339

Mycoplasma....................................................... 340

NosocomialInfections.............................................. 342

Definition.............................................. 342

Pathogens,Infections,Frequency..................... 342

SourcesofInfection,TransmissionPathways......... 345

Control................................................. 345

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