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C8.1 - MICROBIAL FLORA Flashcards

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Usual Flora of the SKIN - COMMON

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Candida spp.
Micrococcus spp.
Staphylococcus spp.
Clostridium spp.
Propionibacterium spp.
Diphtheroids (Corynebacterium spp.)

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Usual Flora of the SKIN - LESS COMMON

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Streptococcus spp.
Acinetobacter spp.
Bacteroides spp.
Gram-negative rods (fermenters and nonfermenters)
Moraxella spp.

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predominant genus on the MOUTH

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Streptococcus

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Usual Flora of the MOUTH - COMMON

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Staphylococcus epidermidis
Streptococcus mitis
Streptococcus sanguis
Streptococcus salivarius
Streptococcus mutans
Peptostreptococcus spp.
Veillonella spp.
Lactobacillus spp.
Actinomyces israelii
Bacteroides spp.
Prevotella/Porphyromonas
Bacteroides oralis
Treponema denticola
Treponema refringens

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Usual Flora of the MOUTH - LESS COMMON

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Staphylococcus aureus
Enterococcus spp.
Eikenella corrodens
Fusobacterium nucleatum
Candida albicans

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Viridans Streptococci usual FLora

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mouth, nasopharynx, and oropharynx

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Nose and Nasopharynx - Common Bacteria

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Staphylococcus aureus
Staphylococcus epidermidis
Diphtheroids (Corynebacterium spp.)
Haemophilus parainfluenzae
Streptococcus spp.

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Nose and Nasopharynx - Less Common Bacteria

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Streptococcus pneumoniae
Moraxella catarrhalis
Haemophilus influenzae
Neisseria menigitidis
Moraxella spp.

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Common Bacteria - Oropharynx

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a-Hemolytic and nonhemolytic streptococci
Diphtheroids
Staphylococcus (aureus, epidermidis)
Streptococcus (mutans, milleri, mitis, sanguis, salvarius)
Moraxella catarrhalis
Haemophilus parainfluenzae
Anaerobic streptococci
Bacteroides
Prevotella/Porphyromonas
Bacteroides oralis
Fusobacterium necrophorium

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Less Common Bacteria - Oropharynx

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Streptococcus pyogenes
Neisseria meningitidis
Haemophilus influenzae
Gram-negative rods

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Usual Flora of the Gastrointestinal Tract

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Bacteroides spp.
Clostridium spp.
Enterobacteriaceae
Eubacterium spp.
Fusobacterium spp.
Peptostreptococcus spp.
Peptococcus spp.
Staphylococcus aureus
Enterococcus spp.

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Usual Flora of the Genitourinary Tract - COMMON Microorganism

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Lactobacillus spp.
Bacteroides spp.
Clostridium spp.
Peptostreptococcus spp.
Staphylococcus aureus
Staphylococcus epidermidis
Enterococcus spp.
Diphtheroids

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Usual Flora of the Genitourinary Tract - Less Common Microorganism

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Group B Streptococci
Enterobacteriaceae
Acinetobacter spp.
Candida albicans

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Skin - Less Important Microorganisms

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Staphylococcus aureus, Micrococcus spp.,
Corynebacterium spp. (diphtheroids), Viridans
streptococci (α hemolytic) and non hemolytic streptococci (S. mitis), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (in small numbers), Anaerobes
(Peptococcus and Peptostreptococcus),
Acinetobacter spp., yeasts (e.g. Candida albicans in small numbers

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Nose - Less Important Microorganisms

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Staphylococcus epidermidis, Corynebacterium spp. (diphtheroids), various streptococci

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Throat - Less Common Microorganisms

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Various streptococci (including Streptococcus pyogenes and Streptococcus pneumoniae), Neisseria spp., Haemophilus influenzae, Staphylococcus epidermidis

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Nasopharynx - Common Microorganisms

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Diphtheroids, nonpathogenic Neisseria
species, α-hemolytic streptococci, S. epidermidis, nonhemolytic streptococci anaerobes

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Mouth - Less Common Microorganisms

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Various streptococci, aerobic and anaerobic staphylococci, gramnegative diplococci (neisseriae, Moraxella catarrhalis), diphtheroids, and occasional lactobacilli, anaerobic spirochetes, Prevotella species
(especially Prevotella melaninogenica), Fusobacterium species, Rothia species, and Capnocytophaga, some anaerobic vibrios and lactobacilli, Actinomyces(tonsilar tissue and
gingivae), yeasts (Candida)

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Nasopharynx - Less Common Microorganisms

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Lesser amounts of the following when accompanied by organisms listed to the left:
yeasts, Haemophilus species, pneumococci, S aureus, gramnegative rods, Neisseria meningitidis

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Dental plaques/dental carries - Less Common Microorganisms

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Peptostreptococci, Lactobacilli

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Gingival crevices - Common Microorganisms

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Various anaerobes (e.g. Bacteroides), Fusobacterium, Streptococci, Actinomyces

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Gastrointestinal tract - Common Microorganism

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Various Enterobacteriaceae except Salmonella, Shigella, Yersinia

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Gastrointestinal tract - Less Common Microorganism

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Glucose non-fermenting gram- negative rods, Enterococci, α-Hemolytic and nonhemolytic
streptococci, Diphtheroids, Staphylococcus aureus in small numbers, Yeasts in small numbers, various anaerobes

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Colon - Less Common Microorganism

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Bifidobacterium, Eubacterium, Fusobacterium, Lactobacillus, various aerobic gram negative rods, Streptococcus faecalis and other streptococci, Clostridium spp.

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Vagina - Common Microorganism

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*Escherichia coli, Group B streptococci

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Vagina - Less Common Microorganism

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Various streptococci, various gram negative
rods, Bacteroides fragilis, Corynebacterium spp. (diphtheroids), Candida albicans

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Urethra - Less Common Microorganism

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Corynebacterium spp. (diphtheroids), various streptococci, various gram negative rods

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Bacteroides spp. - Anatomical Location

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Colon, Throat, Vagina

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Candila albicans - Anatomical Location

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Mouth, Colon, Vagina

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Clostridium spp - Anatomical Location

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Corynebacterium spp. - Anatomical Location

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Nasopharynx, skin, vagina

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Escherichia coli and other coliforms - Anatomical Location

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Colon, vagina, outer urethra

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Gardnerella vaginalis - Anatomical Location

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Haemophilus spp. - Anatomical Location

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Nasopharynx, conjunctiva

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Lactobacillus spp, - AL

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Mouth, colon, vagina

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Neisseria spp. - AL

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Mouth, nasopharynx

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa - AL

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Colon, Skin

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Staphylococcus aureus - AL

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Nose, skin

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Staphylococcus epidermidis - AL

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Skin, nose, mouth, vagina, urethra

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Streptococcus faecalis (Enterococcus) - AL

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Viridans streptococci - AL

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Mouth, nasopharynx, oropharynx

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