Bacteria Flashcards
number 1 cause of bacterial pharyngitis
Strep pyogenes
neonatal sepsis, meningitis, pneumonia
Strep agalactiae
JONES criteria
Rheumatic fever joints heart - endo, peri, myocarditis subcutaneous nodules erythema marginatum sydenham chorea
M proteins are virulence factor
S. pyogenes
pus forming, CIA
Strep constellatus, intermedius, anginosus
Gram positive diplococci
Strep pneumoniae
1 cause of bacterial pneumonia in adults
S. pneumoniae
1 cause of otitis media in children
Strep pneumoniae
pink safarin dye
gram negative bacteria
crystal violet
gram positive bacteria
coffee bean/kidney bean shaped bacteria
neisseriae
grapes/clusters
staph
chains
strep
protein A
staph
gram positive, catalase positive, coagulase positive
staphylococcus aureus
salmon tinged sputum
necrotizing pneumonia; staph aureus
infection of indwelling devices
staph epidermis
1 cause of contaminated blood cultures
staph epidermis
rods and chains
bacillus
flaccid muscle paralysis
C. botulism.
baby eating honey
botulism
descending paralysis
botulisim
Tellurite agar
corynebacterium diphtheriae
Loeffler’s media
corynebacterium diphtheriae