- Mycobacterium avium
- Mycobacterium intracellulare
- Neisseria meningitidis (mainly young adults)
- Haemophilus influenzae (younger children)
Impetigo causative agent
Chlamydia causative agent
MRSA causative agent
HPV causative agent
Botulism
campylobacter jejuni
Cholera causative agent
-produces one or both enterotoxins responsible for diarrhea
-distinguished by their heat stability
-multiplies within intestinal epithelial cells
-may produce a cytotoxin and an enterotoxin
causes effacing lesions
caused by destruction of brush border microvilli on intestinal epithelial cells
- produces effacing lesions and hemorrhagic colitis
- releases shiga-like toxins
forms clumps adhering to epithelial cells
-"stacked brick" appearance
toxins have not been identified
Giardia causative agent