Question

1. Compare and contrast the following microbes: Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Streptococcus pyogenes, Streptococcus agalactiae, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Streptococcus viridans, Enterococcus faecalis, Neisseria meningitidis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Treponema pallidum, and Borrelia burgdorferi. Include identification techniques, diseases produced and treatment.

Answer 1

Name	identification techique	disease produced	treatment
Staphlococcus aureus	coagulase testing method	food poisons,bone joint jnfection	penicillin
Staphylococcus epidermidis	coagulase testing method, commercial kit like API staphident	septicemia,endocarditis	vancomycin, Rifampin
Streptococcus pyogenes	Lancefield antigen determination, PYR test	Pharyngitis,scarlet fever	penicillin G ,erythromycin, azithromycin
Streptococcus agalactiae	latex agglutination test,CAMP test	postpartum infection like neonatal sepsis	penicillin, Ampicillin
Streptococcus pneumoniae	catalase and Optochin test	Pneumonia, meningitis	ceftriaxone
Streptococcus viridans	optochin test	sepsis,meningitis	penicillin, Aminoglycoside plus beta lactum drug
Enterococcus faecalis	staining using bile and esculin agar(Difco)	nosocomial infections, Endocarditis, septicemia	Glycopeptide type antibiotics, penicillin G plus gentamycin
Neisseria gonorrhoea	Kovac'c oxidase test	gonorrhea	ceftriaxone,azithromycin
Trepenema pallidum	treponemal antibody test, t pallidum immobilisation reaction test	syphils, bejel	penicillin, doxycycline
Borrelia burgdorferi	twobtyoe of serological test. First ties consist of enzyme immuno assay. second tier involves immuno blotting	Lyme disease	doxycycline, minocycline, oxytetracycline