Bacteria (20%) Flashcards
+ CLUSTERED - scalded skin syndrome, causes boils, skin inflammation, osteomyelitis, toxic shock syndrome, impetigo - cause fomite
Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
+ anthrax, Woolsorters Dx, aerobic
bacillus anthracis
+ botulism, flaccid paralysis, 12-36 hours; boil 120C 20min
clostridium botulinum
+ tetanus (lock jaw), spastic paralysis, rusty nail”, 8days
clostridium tetani
+ wound, brown bubbles under skin, 24-72 hours, gas gangrene
clostridium perfringens
+ tuberculosis, TINE, mantoux, acid fast stain; lowenstein-jensen medium, leprosy (hansens Dx) lesions-FALL off (india-leprosy), rods
mycobacterium
+ rheumatic fever Jones criteria, SPECS, Rebecca lansfield, mitis salivarius agar, strep throat, scarlet fever, DICK test, strawberry tongue
streptococcus pyogenes (group A)
+ subacute bacterial carditis
streptococcus viridians
+ dental carries
streptococcus mutans “in our mouth”
+ milk and cheese borne disease
listeria monocyogene
+ aka babes ernst bodies, SCHICK test, metachromatic granules, gray pseudomembrane, DPT DTaP/DT/Td (new)
corynebacterium diptheria
SPECS Rheumatic fever jones critera
Syndenhams chorea Polyarthritis Erythemamarginatum Carditis Subcutaneous nodules
+ neonatal meningitis
occurs at birth
strep agalactiae (group B)
+ 2.3 mil carriers, Dx second only to HIV, begins skin scratch, lungs look like “swiss cheese”
CA-MRSA
- thayer martin chocolate agar, diploe cocci, gonorrhea, STD, infantile vagina, cervix
neisseria gonorrhea
- meningitis, bacteremia
neisseria meningitidis
- “hot tubs”, blue/green pus, burn infections, hospitalized
pseudomonas aeruginosa
- “travelers” metallic green sheen, UTIs, infantile diarrhea, symptoms occur after 2 days, EMB agar
E coli
- NO FEVER, bacillary dysentery, tenesmus, flies-vector
shigella
- Bubonic plague (black death), carried on rat fleas
yersinia pestis