Gram-Positive Bacteria
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- pimples, carbuncles, scalded skin syndrome (SSS), toxic shock syndrome (TSS), staphylococcal food posioning
- Staphylococcus aureus
- bladder infections (young females)
- Staphylococcus saprophyticus
- streptococcal sore throat ("strep" throat/ streptococcal pharyngitis), endocarditis, scarlet fever, rheumatic fever
- Streptococcus pyogenes
- pneumococcal pnuemonia
- Streptococcus pnuemoniae
- neonatal sepsis; obstetric infections
- Streptococcus agalactiae
- endocarditis
- (Enterococci) Enterococcus faecalis
- anthrax (Woolsorter's disease)
- (*sporeforming bacilli)....Bacillus anthracis
- food poisoning (rice dishes)
- (*sporeforming bacilli)....Bacillus cereus
- botulism
- (*sporeforming bacilli)Clostridium botulinum
- tetanus (lockjaw)
- (*sporeforming bacilli)....Clostridium tetani
- gas gangrene; food poisoning
- (*sporeforming bacilli)Clostridium perfringes
- pseudomembrane colitis
- (*sporeforming bacilli)Clostridium difficile
- diptheria
- (***NON-sporeforming bacilli)Corynebacterium diptheriae
- meningitis; food poisoning
- (***NON-sporeforming bacilli)Listeria monocytogenes
- acne
- (***NON-sporeforming bacilli)Propionibacterium acne