Bacteria Flashcards
Patient with AIDS presenting with fever, weight loss, hepatosplenomegaly elevated alkaline phosphatase. Positive on Warthin-Starry silver staining of biopsy specimens. What is the etiologic organism?
Bartonella henselae
Gram negative slender rod or coccobacillus with a pattern described as “school of fish”
Haemophilus ducreyi
Most commonly involved in tuberculous spondylitis?
Lower thoracic spine
(P. 3014, Mandell 9th edition)
Most common source of sepsis in adults
Pneumonia
p. 992, Mandell 9th edition
28/F with vulvovaginal erythema and purulent vaginal discharge, mucosa has a strawberry appearance. Vaginal wet preparation contains abundance of leukocytes and motile flagellated trichomonads
Drug of choice for the case
Metronidazole
15/M presented with ulcerating wound secondary to rat bite with lymphadenopathy, rash and fever? What is the etiologic organism?
Spirillum minus
Most common cause of lymphadenopathy following ART initiation?
Mycobacterium avium complex
All bacteria have cells compose of peptidoglycan except
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
All bacterial capsules are composed of polysaccharide except
Bacillus anthracis
Culture media for Legionella pneumophilia
Charcoal yeast extract
Culture media for Campylobacter jejuni
Skirrow
Splendore-Hoeppli phenomenon
Botryomycosis
Most common resistance mechanism of S. aureus to Beta lactams
(Mandell page 2411)
Penicillinase
Vancomycin MIC breakpoints for of Staphylococcus aureus (susceptible, intermediate and resistant)
(Mandell p. 2414)
Susceptible </= 2mg/mL
Intermediate 4 to 8mg/mL
High-level-resistant >/= 16mg/mL
Main mechanism of methicillin resistance of Staphylococcus aureus
(Mandell p. 2410)
Penicillin-binding Protein 2A (PBPA) encoded by mecA gene
Primary reservoir of Staphylococcus aureus
(Mandell p. 2420)
Anterior nares
Surgical site infections that occur at or near the incision sites within how many days postoperatively?
(Mandell 2423)
30 days
Most prevalent pathogen that causes SSI for most types of surgery?
(Mandell 2423)
Staphylococcus aureus
Most prevalent pathogens that cause SSI after abdominal surgery
Gram negative rods and Enterococci
Strongest indicators of clinical complications for Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia
Positive result of follow-up blood culture after 48-96 hours and persistent fever at 72 hours
Most common, yet not unique, pathogen in right-sided endocarditis in IV drug users
Staphylococcus aureus
Leading cause of bone and joint infections in adults and children
Staphylococcus aureus
Prominent cause of intravascular catheter-related infection and variety of medical devices
Staphylococcus epidermidis
A common coagulase-negative staphylococcus in uncomplicated UTI in sexually active female
Staphylococcus saprophyticus
A virulent CONS that mimics infections due Staphylococcus aures
Staphylococcus lugdunensis
Infection of MTB isolate resistant to only one first-line anti-TB drug
Mono-resistant Tuberculosis
Infection of MTB isolate resistant to more than one first-line anti-TB drug but not to Isoniazid AND Rifampicin
Poly-resistant Tuberculosis