Francisella tularensis: Properties, Pathogenesis, Lab Diagnosis
Francisella tularensis causes life-threatening infections in animals (rabbits, hares, and rodents) and people (zoonotic disease). It is also known as ‘Rabbit Fever’ or ‘Deer Fly...
Francisella tularensis: Properties, Pathogenesis, Lab Diagnosis
Francisella tularensis causes life-threatening infections in animals (rabbits, hares, and rodents) and people (zoonotic disease). It is also known as ‘Rabbit Fever’ or ‘Deer Fly...
Burkholderia pseudomallei causes a life-threatening meliodiosis (also called Whitmore's disease). It is glanders (caused by B. mallei) like disease in animals and humans. It affects humans...
Leptospira interrogans: Characteristics, Pathogenesis, Lab Diagnosis
Leptospira interrogans is a member of the class Spirochaetes order Spirochaetales and the family Leptospiraceae. There are two species of Leptospira; Leptospira interrogans are the pathogenic species...
Neisseria meningitidis: Properties, Pathogenesis, Lab Diagnosis
Neisseria meningitidis (Nm), also referred to as meningococci are fastidious, aerobic Gram-negative diplococci with adjacent sides flattened (lens-shape/half-moon-shaped). It is a commensal of the...
Macrolides are primarily bacteriostatic antibacterial agents that inhibit bacterial protein synthesis by binding with 50S subunit of the ribosome. Members of the group include erythromycin,...
Tetracyclines Tetracyclines are a group of broad-spectrum antibiotics effective against a wide range of Gram-positive, Gram-negative bacteria, and several intracellular bacterial pathogens such...