The overall purpose of this section is to enable you to understand characteristics of some of the atypical pathogenic bacteria.
All objectives are fair game for multiple choice or matching questions.
Describe mycoplasmas and name the most common mycoplasma infection of humans. Describe rickettsias and name 4 rickettsial infections of humans and the vector involved. Describe chlamydias and state the human infections each species may cause. Briefly describe the life cycle of chlamydias. Applied Objectives 1.