Anaerobes

Question 1

What is a bacteria that presents with an abscess in the mandible, notice abscesses in the brain, and grows out of culture?

Answer 1

• Actinomyoces israeii - “lumpy jaw”, brain abscesses, molar tooth colony

Question 2

Patient present with a stab wound to the abdomen, there would be a foul or putrid smelling odor present, grows on bile-esculin agar.

Answer 2

B. fragilis

Question 3

Bronze colored blisters that are really F’ing painful, double zone of hemolysis, nagler reaction on egg yolk agar, can get some symptoms from eating undercooked meats. alpha toxin problemo

Answer 3

Claustrium perfringens

Question 4

What toxin is the problem in pig bel?

Answer 4

• beta toxin from C. perfringens

Question 5

spores that are circular at one end and are rod shaped on the other end, found in horse manure and in penetrating wounds, descending paralysis occurs- jaw pain first, A/B toxin that blocks inhibitory signals, symptoms start occuring after 7-21 days and include opisthotenos and hydrophobia, trismus, Gives TIG to bind up toxin?

Answer 5

• C. tetani

Question 6

A heat labile toxin that blocks a SNARE protein leading to flaccid paralysis, don’t give antibiotics (preformed toxin), Babies can get it from honey leading to a loose paraylsis, A/B toxin is present, and ELISA of the gut is needed to confirm.

Answer 6

-C. Botulinum

Question 7

5 days after ending a clindamycin treatment, green diarhea develops, as does Pseudomembranous colitis, can also be gotten from T.V remotes

Answer 7

C. difficle

Question 8

What bacteria can cause acne?

Veillonella

Answer 8

• propriobacterium acenes