Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Diseases Microbiology and Parasitology
Diseases Microbiology and Parasitology
Diptheria Corynebacterium Sore throat, Low- Respiratory droplets. Antitoxins and DTaP or Tdap
diphtheriae grade fever penicillin or vaccine
erythromycin.
Pertussis Whopping cough Bordetella pertussis Fever, increasingly Respiratory droplets. Erythromycin
severe cough, (does not shorten
leading to the the illness)
characteristic
"whoop."
Bacterial is an Neisseria Headache, rigid Respiratory droplets. Early diagnosis
meningitis inflammation of meningitidis, neck; vomiting and and penicillin,
the membranes Streptococcus sensitivity to cefotaxime, or
surrounding the pneumoniae, or bright light. ceftriaxone
brain and spinal Haemophilus antibiotics.
cord. influenzae.