clinical microbio mnemonics

Question 1

Group B strep

Answer 1

B for Baby. causes meningitis on the way out of bith canal. also can infect pregnant women with bacteremia and sepsis.

Question 2

Strep Viridans

Answer 2

Viridans like Verde. alpha hemolytic

Question 3

Strep Pneumo

Answer 3

Pneumo for Parents, similar to GBS for children. commonly causes pneumonia but can also get meningitis.

Question 4

4 bac that produce exotoxin to inc level of cAMP

Answer 4

c: cholera (vibrio cholera), A: anthrax (bacillus anthracis), M: Montezuma’s reveng (ETEC), P: pertussis (bordetella pertussis)

Question 5

Yersinia pestis vector

Answer 5

Pests like rats. Like bubonic plague.

Question 6

Pasteurella multocida

Answer 6

Cat chasing a bird in the pasture. Get it from cat bite. Important not to close wound or else bac will grow.

Question 7

Trachoma

Answer 7

Caused by chlamydia trachomatis. Causes traction on the eyeball from eyelashes and results in blindness.

Question 8

4 most common causes of atypical pneumonia

Answer 8

Viruses, mycoplasma pneumonia, chlamydia, legionella.

Question 9

Chlamydia vs. rickettsia

Answer 9

Rickettsia Rides on an arthropod vector. Chlamydia is in one place like clams.

Question 10

Rule of 6 for syphilis

Answer 10

Painless chancre 3-6 weeks after infection. Resolves 4-6 weeks afterwards. After 6 weeks from resolution, get secondary syphilis. Resolves over 6 weeks. Get tertiary syphilis 6-40 years later.

Question 11

4 Ws for hospital acquired stuff

Answer 11

Wind (pneumonia), Water (catheter), Wire (IV), Wound.

Question 12

slow growing gram neg bac known to cause endocarditis

Answer 12

HACEK: Haemophilus, Actinobacillus, Cardiobacterium, Eikenella, Kingella.