ALDAVE Flashcards
Bacteria seen on unpasteurized milk (4)
Listeria
Brucella
M. bovis
Y. enterocolitica
(LBM-Y)
Low temperature Holding (LTH)
High temperature Holding Time (HTST)
62’C (30 mins)
72’C (15 secs)
Control for Autoclave tape
Bacillus stearothermophilus
Control for Hot Air Oven
Bacillus subtilis
Best for sterilization and waste disposal
121’C 15lbs for 15 mins
Crede’s prophylaxis solution
1% silver nitrate
- prevent gonococcal opthalmia neonatorium (GON)
Broad spectrum example
Tetracycline ( g+ and g-)
Example of Narrow spectrum antibiotics
Vancomycin (for g+ only)
TB DRUGS (5)
RIZES
Rifampin Isoniazid pZa Ethambutol Streptomycin
Cations effect
🔝 Ca and Mg
False resistance to AMINOGLYCOSIDES in P.aeruginosa
Cations effect
🔝 Thymidine/Thymin
False resistance to SXT in Enterococci
Ritter’s disease
Skin Scalded syndrome
S.aureus
1 diseases of Staphylococcus aureus
Skin infections (SSS) Ocular pathogen (sty) Wound Osteomyelitis Food poisoning (LPV) Nosocomial infxn
Bacteria that cause PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE (PID)
C.trachomatis
N.gonorrhea
M.hominis
Kidney/coffee bean shaped in PMN
Virulence - Pili
N.gonorrhea
- causes CLAP (gonorrhea)
Uses 30%H2O2 for SUPEROXOL CATALASE TEST
N.gonorrhea
Mycobacteria
Causes waterhouse-Friederichsen Sx - hemorrhage in the adrenal gland
N.meningitidis
Causes Otitis media (3)
- S.pneumoniae
- H.influenzae
- M.catarrhalis
- Corynebacterium auris
Fast growers of the specie Mycobacteria
M.fortuitum
M.chelonei
MTB complex causing pulmonary TB
M.tuberculosis
MTB complex causing INTESTINAL TB
M.bovis (source of BCG vaccine)
Ideal size of smear in DSSM
2x3cm
How many fields should be checked before specimen is considered negative
Negative
Swimming pool granuloma (seawater)
M.marinum
Tap water bacillus
M.gordonae
- scotochromogens (Rounyun’s II)
Battey bacillus
M.intracellulare
- nonphotochromogens (Rounyoun’s III)
Hansen’s bacillus
M.leprae
Cigarette-packet / picket fence
M.leprae LEPROMATOUS [ Leonine face ] ⭕️multibacillary ⛔️LEPROMINE (-) 🚫CMI (-) 🚷AFB : many
TUBERCULOID [ Nodules ] ⭕️Paucibacillary ⛔️LEPROMINE (+) 🚫CMI (+) 🚷AFB : few
Disseminated infxn in AIDS
Mycobacteria genavensi
Crohn’s disease
Mycobacteria paratuberculosis
Jones bacillus
Mycobacteria paratuberculosis
Endocarditis due to bacteremia
Diptheroids
Hoffman’s bacillus
Corynebacterium pseudodipheriticum
-endocarditis through dental procedure
Causes PVE (Prostethic Valve Endocarditis)
C.jeikeium : g+ bacilli
S.epidermidis : g+ cocci
JK bacillus
Corynebacterium jeikeium
Causes bacteremia
Leifsonia aquatic
Kurthia
Arcanobacterium haemolyticum
Largest pathogenic bacteria
B.anthracis
Types of anthrax (cutaneous, pulmonary, and intestinal)
Malignant pustule (cutaneous) -black eschar
Woolsorter’s (pulmonary)
- Ragpicker’s dse
GE (intestinal)
B.anthracis
Central pore bacillus
B.subtilis
Flat sour spoilage in canned goods
Bacillus stearothermophilus
(New name: Geobacillus)
Box shape bacillus
C.perfringens/C.welchii
Pig-bel / necrotic enteritis
C.perfringens/C.welchii
Reverse CAMP test
S.agalactiae
C.perfringens
* arrow head zone of beta hemolysis*
Canned good bacillus (homemade)
Clostridium botulinum
Flaccid paralysis
Clostridium botulinum
Causes botulism.
Wound
Infant: honey bee, floppy bird sx
Clostridium botulinum
SIDS (sudden infant death sx) or crib death
Clostridium botulinum
Tennis racket, drumstick appearance
Clostridium tetani
Tack head bacillus
Antibiotic (clindamycin) assoc. pseudomembranous enterocolitis
Clostridium difficile
High during pregnancy
Inhibits G.vaginalis
Promote C.albicans
Lactobacillus
Predominant bacteria of GIT (colon flora)
Bacteroides fragilis
Vincent’s angina and Lemierre’s disease
Fusobacterium necrophorum
Positive for Chartreuse fluorescence
Fusobacterium necrophorum
Jaw surgery
Veilonella parvula