bacteria and infection types

Question 1

Gram positive:

anearobic cocci example

Answer 1

anaerobic streptococci

Question 2

Gram positive:

anaerobic bacilli 2 types

Answer 2

clostridiodes difficile

clostridiodes perfingers

Question 3

clostridiodes difficile

found in and causes

Answer 3

found in- gut asymptomatic and stool spores

causes diarrhoea

antibiotics can increase risk

Question 4

clostridiodes perfingers

found in and causes

Answer 4

found in gut and soil

causes: wound infections and gastroenteritis

Question 5

aerobic cocci 2 types

Answer 5

streptococci

staphlococci

Question 6

streptococci 3 types

Answer 6

alpha- turns blood agar green

beta- turns blood agar clear

non heamolytic

Question 7

alpha streptococci example

Answer 7

streptococcus pnueminiae

caues meningitis, pnuemonia and sepsis

Question 8

beta streptococci example

Answer 8

strep pyogenes

flesh eating bug- necrosis

Question 9

staphlococci examples

Answer 9

staohlococci aurus

coagulase negative staphlococci

Question 10

staph aurus info

Answer 10

diagnosed by: coagulase test (+ve = aurus)

found in: nose, auxilla and perineum

causes: boils, absesses, sepsis

2 main types:

MRSA- methacillan resistent
MSSA- methacillin sesntive penacillen resistent

Question 11

coagulase negative staphlococci

found in and causes

Answer 11

found in skin

causes biofilms around implants

Question 12

streptococci, staphlococci, clostridiodes difficile and perfingers are all

Answer 12

gram +ve

Question 13

gram negative:

aerobic bacilli

Answer 13

bacilli psuedomonas

small- heamophilius influenzae

LARGE- coliforms
inc e.coli

Question 14

bacilli psuedomonas

found in and causes

Answer 14

drains sinks mops

sepsis, VTI, major CF complication

VERY RESISTANT

Question 15

bacilli heamophilusinfluenza

found in and causes

Answer 15

mixed appearence with cocci

causes resp tract infections

Question 16

bacilli coliforms info

Answer 16

in enterobacteriacea family

found in large intestine

tests look for lactose fermentation

Question 17

coliform example- e.coli

found in and causes

Answer 17

large intestine

causes heaps inc UTI

Question 18

other coliform examples

Answer 18

shigella
causes diarhoea and dysentary

kleyslella
causes UTI and hospital pnumonia

proteus
causes UTI and stones

Question 19

gram negative aerobic cocci

Answer 19

neisseria meningitrias

causes meningitis and sepsis

testing samples are taken from sterile sites- CSF

Question 20

gram negative anearobic bacilli

Answer 20

bacteriodes fragilis

found in normal intestine

cause intra abdominal absess

Question 21

gram negative microaprophillic bacilli

Answer 21

compylobacter

curved

found in: domestic animals

spread by: feaces

causes bloody: diarhoea

Question 22

mycobacteria info

Answer 22

stained using ziel nelsen or furmarite

doesnt show species and very slow growth

cause TB

Question 23

spirocheates info and examples

Answer 23

long spiral shape

difficult to culture

T reponema pallidum
borrelia burgdorferi

Question 24

T reponema pallidum causes

Answer 24

syphylis

Question 25

borrelia burgdorferi causes

Answer 25

lyme disease