Bacteria

Question 1

Acinetobacter

Answer 1

Gram neg. aerobe
Coccobacillus
Generally nosocomial pneumonia and bacteremia
Covered by Aminoglycosides, tigecycline, polymixins and ceftaroline

Question 2

Bacteriodes species

Answer 2

Fragilis (below diaphram), melaningenicus
Gram neg. anaerobe
Intra-abdominal abscesses

Question 3

Borreilia burgdorferi

Answer 3

Atypical spirochete
Lyme disease
Tetracycline drug of choice

Question 4

Chlamydia pneumoniae

Answer 4

Atypical Gram neg.
CAP, pharyngitis (NOT HCAP)
Tetra/doxcy

Question 5

Chlamydia trachomatis

Answer 5

Atypical Gram neg.
Trachoma eye infection and nongonococcal urethritis
Azith or doxy

Question 6

Citrobacter

Answer 6

Gram neg. aerobe enteric GNR
Nosocomial infections and UTI’s
Nitrofurantoins

Question 7

Clostridium botulinum

Answer 7

Gram pos. anaerobe
Botulism (flaccid paralysis)
Metronitazole

Question 8

Clostridium perfringens

Answer 8

Gram pos. anaerobe
Gas gangrene
Clindamyacin

Question 9

Enterococci

Answer 9

Gram pos. aerobe Group D

bacteremia, cepticemia,

Question 10

E. coli

Answer 10

Gram neg. aerobe enteric GNR
UTIs
Nitro drug of choice for UTIs

Question 11

H. influenzae

Answer 11

Gram neg. aerobe

pneumonia, meningitis

Question 12

H. pylori

Answer 12

Atypical
peptic ulcer disease (PUD)
Amoxicillin, Clarithromyacin

Question 13

Klebsiella pneumoniae

Answer 13

Gram neg. enteric GNR

HCAP, UTIs

Question 14

Legionella

Answer 14

Atypical
Legionaires Disease
Macrolides, Tetracyclines, Floroquinolones

Question 15

Listeria

Answer 15

Gram pos. rod aerobic

meningitis, cepticemia, brain stem encephalitis

Question 16

Moraxella catarrhalis

Answer 16

Gram neg. aerobe
Upper respiratory infections, pneumonia in patients with chronic bronchitis
Erythromycin, Augmentin, Tetracycline, Cephalosporins

Question 17

Mycobacterium

Answer 17

Atypical
TB
Tetracycline

Question 18

Mycoplasma

Answer 18

Atypical
CAP
Tetracyclines

Question 19

Neisseria gonorrhea, meningitis

Answer 19

Gram neg. enteric GNR
Gonorrhea (the CLAP); meningitis
Ceftriaxone, Azithromycin, Spectinomycin; Ceftriaxone, Ceftaxidime

Question 20

Pneumocysistis jiroveci

Answer 20

Atypical
PCP
Sulfas

Question 21

Peptostreptococcus

Answer 21

Gram pos. anaerobe
Oral abscesses (anaerobic strep)

Question 22

Proteus sp

Answer 22

Gram neg. enteric GNR
(Upper and lower) UTI, pylonephritis (stone), urease
Found in moist environments

Question 23

Pseudomonas

Answer 23

Gram neg. enteric GNR

HCAP/VAP, burn infections

Question 24

Burkholderia

Answer 24

Gram neg. aerobe
Hot tub folliculitis, UTIs
2 drug bug

Question 25

Salmonella typhi

Answer 25

Gram neg. enteric GNR Typhoid Fever Amoxicillin

Question 26

Salmonella enterditis

Answer 26

Gram neg. enteric GNR | Watery diarrhea with fever, food poisoning

Question 27

Serratia

Answer 27

Gram neg. enteric GNR | UTIs (cystitis, pyelonephritis) urolithiasis

Question 28

Shigella

Answer 28

Gram neg. bacilli Dysentry, watery diarrhea, N/V Enterotoxins (Shiga A and Shiga B)

Question 29

Staphylococcus aureus

Answer 29

Gram pos. cocci | Carbuncles, Ritter's disease, toxic shock, bullous impetigo

Question 30

Staphylococcus epidermidis

Answer 30

Gram pos. cocci

Question 31

Streptococcus pyogenes

Answer 31

Gram pos. | phyaryngitis, renal failure, rheumatic fever, scarlet fever

Question 32

Staphylococcus saprophyticus

Answer 32

Gram pos. cocci | UTIs

Question 33

Streptococcus agalactiae

Answer 33

Gram pos. cocci | infant neumonia, sepsis, and meningitis

Question 34

Strep. pneumo

Answer 34

Gram pos. cocci | pneumococcal pneumonia, meningitis, endocarditis

Question 35

Strep viridans

Answer 35

Gram pos. cocci Subacute bacterial endocarditis Alpha hemolytic

Question 36

Yersinia pestis

Answer 36

Gram neg. aerobe coccibacilli | Bubonic plague, bactermia

Question 37

Treponema pallidum

Answer 37

Atypical | Syphilis

Question 38

Trichomonas vaginalis

Answer 38

Atypical | Trichomoniasis

Question 39

Ureaplasma

Answer 39

Atypical | Nongonococcoal urethritis

Question 40

Vibrio cholerae

Answer 40

Gram neg. aerobic rod | Cholera

Question 41

Ricketssia ricketssi

Answer 41

Atypical | Rocky Mountain spotted Fever