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
draining sinus tracts and yellow sulfur granules
actinomyces israelii
violin string adhesions
Fitz Hugh Curtis syndrome (Neisseria gonorrhea)
isolate was taken and grown on MacConkey Agar and turned pink
lactose fermenter (Klebsialla, serratia, enterobacter, E. coli)
red current jelly sputum
Klebsiella
red ring around tub (red pigment produced)
serratia
alcoholics, abscesses, aspiration
Klebsiella
Pt was dx with TB d/t cavetary lesions on CXR but was later discovered to be a different infection. What is it?
Klebsiella
black colonies on hektoen agar plate
Salmonella
green colonies formed when plated on hektoen agar
Shigella
protein K
E coli
Green on EMB agar
E coli
1 cause of UTIs
E coli
leading cause of gram negative sepsis
E coli
transmitted via puppy feces
Yersinia enterocolitica
bipolar safety pin staining
Yersinia enterocolitica
mimics appendicitis
Yersinia enterocolitica
infects seafood particularly oysters
Vibrio parahemolyticus and vibrio vulnificus
blue green pigment when placed
pseudamonas
pyocyanin and pyoveridin pigment
pseudomonas
burn patients
pseudomonas
buffered charcoal yeast extract in the presence of cysteine and iron
legionella
wartharin starry stain
bartonella hensaelae
fever, anorexia in a farmer or rancher
brucella
gram negative coccibacilli
francisella tularensis
cellulitis and osteomyelitis after dog and cat bites
Pasteurella
carbofuscin stain
TB
Lowenstein jenson medium
TB
leading cause of infantile diarrhea in developing countries
EPEC (enteropathogenic)
leonine facies
lepromatous leprosy
epiglottis
haemophilus
Giemsa stain
chlamydia (borellia)
staccato cough in neonates
neonatal pneumonia d/t chlamydia
leading cause of blindness worldwide
Trachoma (d/t chlamydia A-C)
clue cells
epithelial cells diffusely covered in bacteria indicative of gardnerella vaginitis
Eaton’s agar
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Weil Felix Test
agglutination test used to dx Rickettsia infections