Bacteriology 3 Flashcards
growth enhanced by sulfonamides
rickettsia
peptidoglycan: muraminic acid & diaminopimelic acid
Chlamydia: infectious form
elementary bodies
Chlamydia: non-infectious form
reticulate bodies
Rocky mountain spotted fever
rickettsia ricketsii
Tick
rash on extremities to trunk
Gram -
obligate intracellular
Epidemic typhus
rickettsia prowazekii
human louse/lice
trunk rash to extremities
gangrene, shock, kidney, heart
Gram -
obligate intracellular
murine typhus
aka endemic typhus
rickettsia typhi
rat fleas
trunk rash to extremities (less severe)
Gram -
obligate intracellular
Q Fever
coxiella burnetti
animal aerosol/ dust/ abbator’s slaughter house
pneumonia w/out rash w/hepa
Gram -
obligate intracellular
Trench-fever
aka 5 day fever
rickettsia quintana
human louse/lice
Gram -
obligate intracellular
Cat-scratch fever
bortonella henselae
cat scratch
rashes, temporary blindness
Gram -
obligate intracellular
scrub typhus
orentia tsutsugamushi
mites -> rat fleas
Gram -
obligate intracellular
Rickettsial pox
rickettsia akari
mites
rash similar to chicken pox
Gram -
obligate intracellular
lymphoganuloma venereum
chlamydia trachomatis
sti or fomites
Gram -
obligate intracellular
chronic keratoconjunctivitis
aka tracoma
chlamydia trachomatis
sti or fomites
Gram -
obligate intracellular
non-gonococcal urethritis
chlamydia trachomatis
sti or fomites
Gram -
obligate intracellular
Psittacosis
Chlamydophila psittaci (humans)
has cell wall but no peptidoglycan
EB & RB
Gram -
obligate intracellular
Ornithosis
Chlamydophila psittaci (birds)
parrot fever
has cell wall but no peptidoglycan
EB & RB
Gram -
obligate intracellular
syphilis
treponema pallidum
cork screw appearance
primary - chancre (painless)
2ndary - condylomata lata (body)
tertiary - gumas (liver)
Gram -
spirochetes
relapsing/recurrent fever
borrelia recurrentis
vector:
human lice (pediculus humanus capitis)
soft ticks (ornithodoroshermsi)
Gram -
spirochetes
leptospirosis
aka canicola/mud fever/ weil’s
leptospira interogans
question mark appearance
Gram -
spirochetes
lyme disease
borrelia burgdorferi
erythema migrans & bell’s palsy
vector: small ticks (ixodes ricinus)
Tuberculosis
mycobacterium tuberculosis
cord factor (slender)
sulfatides (intracellular survival)
niacin and heat sensitive catalase
acid fast bacteria
Hansen’s disease
aka leprosy
mycobacterium leprae
paucibacillary - local lesion
multibacillary - systemic lesion
acid fast bacteria
walking pneumonia
aka atypical pneumonia (no signs)
mycoplasma pneumoniae
fried egg appearance
acid fast bacteria
guillain barre
aka ascending paralysis
campylobacter jejuni
seagull’s wings appearancem
acid fast bacteria
most common cause of acute bacterial gastroenteritis
aka ascending paralysis
campylobacter jejuni
seagull’s wings appearancem
acid fast bacteria
brucellosis
aka undulent fever/ malta (humans)
brucella abortus
zoonotic
tularemia
aka rabbit’s disease
francisella tularensis
zoonotic
bubonic plague
aka black death fever
yersinia pestis
safety pin appearance
antigens: Fi, V, W
non-gonococcal urethritis in male
ureaplasma urealyticum
aka t-chain mycroplasma
requires 10% urea for growth
chancroid/soft chancre (STD)
haemophilus ducreyii
painfulgenital ulcer
x factor only
zoonoticbacteria
pulmonary infection in immunocompromised
nocardia asteroides
DOC: cotrimoxazole
zoonoticbacteria
