BUGGGGZ Flashcards
Strep Pneumo
Virulence: adhesins, iga, pla,lytA, capsule Gram + lancet diplococcic Catalase neg alpha hemolytic optochin sensitive Bile soluble Quellung Rxn
Neisseria meningitidis
Vir: igA, Pili, LOS,Capsule Gram - cocci (diplo) Fastidious oxidase + sugar fermentation to acid (gluc & mal)
Haemophilus influenza B
vir: Iga, LPS, capsule
Gram -pleomorphic coccobacilli, facultative anaerobe
maybe capsule
fastidious
Borrelia burgdorferi
difficult to gram stain
spirochete, microaerophilic
need BSK-IIto grow
Treponema Pallidum
Gram - spirochete
Campylobacter Jejuni
Gram - curved rods
microaerophilic, motile
Cryptococcus neoformans
vir: caps, melanin, phospholip B Gram +yeast India Ink + Calcofluor White + Urease +
Actinomyces Israelii
Gram + filamentous rods
Viridans Streptococci
Gram+ Cocci
Catalase -
Streptococcus pyogenes
vir: M protein, hyaluronicacid,SLO,SLS, Spe Gram + Cocci in chains Beta hemolytic Catalase - bacitracin sensitivity
Corynebacterium diphtheriae
Vir- DT toxin
G+ club shaped rods, attached after division
Bordetella Pertussis
Vir: Fha, pili, ptx, invasive adenylate cyclase
Gram - coccobacillus
CHARCOAL blood agar!
Legionella pneumophilia
Vir:outer membrane,metalloprotease, dot, phospholipaseC
Gram - rod (thin, pleomorphic)
Needs aa, l cysteine, ferric ions togrow
acinobacter spp
G- rod
Chlamydia Pneumonia
Gram -
coccobacillary
serologic-immunofluorescence or ELISA