BUG Flashcards
Stap
Bunch of grape
Normal: skin, URI GI
Catalase test
Fizzing/bubbling -H2O2
Separate STAP/STREP
ENTEROCOCCUS= negative or weakly positive
S. Aureus
Most common pathogen
MRSA: resistant to all BL except ceftaroline
Most common cause of cellulitis
S.epidermidis
Normal: skin
Form biofilms
Cause bacteremia
S. Saprophyticus
UTI in sexually active women
Streptococci
Chain, catalase -
Normal SKIN URT GU
S. Pneumonia
Alpha
Don’t produce toxin
Most common for CA pneumonia
S. Viridans
Alpha
GI ORAL URT
DENTAL INFECTION
S. Pyogenes
Beta groupA
Strep throat
Exotoxins
S. Agalactiae
Group B Beta
Vaginal canal
Infant disease
S. Bovis
Gamma
Intestinal organism
Colon cancer
Enterococcus
Gamma, pair and chain
Normal GI
E. Faecalis more common; E. Faecium most resistant
Peptostreptococcus
Anaerobic chain
Normal: mouth, URI GI GU
FORMING PUS IN ABSCESS
Vaccine
Corynebacterium
Bordetella pertussis
H. Influenza
Corynebacterium
Diphtheriae & dipheroid
Toxins
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