Compiled Flashcards
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Staph aureus is tolerant on what agar
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Mannitol salts
1
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Grape like clusters
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Staph aureus
2
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Gold color of Staph aureus is due to
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Staphyloxanthine
3
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Staph aureus: habitat
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Anterior nares
4
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Toxin of Staph aureus that causes epidermal separation leading to SSSS
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Exfoliatin
5
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Toxin of Staph aureus causing food poisoning
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Enterotoxib
6
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Most common cause of acute endocarditis
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Staph aureus
7
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Staph aureus endocarditis usually affects wc valve
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Tricuspid
8
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Sequestered focus of osteomyletis arising in the metaphseal area of a long bone
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Brodie abscess- Staph aureus
9
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Exfoliatin cleaves desmoglein jn desmosomes leading to seperation of the epidermis at stratum granulosum
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Ritters disease - scalded skin syndrome - Staph aureus
10
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Most common cause of prosthetic device infection
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Staph Epidermidis
11
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2nd most common cause of UTIs in women
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Staph saprophyticus
12
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Positive PYR test
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Strep pyogenes and group D strep
13
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Habitat of saprophyticus
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Orophaynx
14
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Toxin that causes scarlet fever
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Erythrogenic toxin- strep pyogenes
15
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Perioral blistered lesions with honey colored crust; accumulation of neutrophils beneath the stratum corneum
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Impetigo contagiosa- strep pyogenes
16
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Superficial infection extending into the dermal lymphatics
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Erysipelas -
strep pyogenes
17
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Cellulitis is facilitated by what?
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Hyaluronidase
18
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Rapidly progressive infection of deep subcutaneous tissues
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Necrotizing fascitis- strep pyogenes
19
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Most common bacterial cause of sore throat
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Strep pyogenes
20
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Fever, strawberry tongue, centrifugal rash(sand paper like),Pastia’s lines
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Scarlet fever- strep pyogene
21
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Scarlet fever is due to what
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Staph pyogenes- erythrogenic toxin
22
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Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome is due to
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Pyogenic extoxin A- strep pyogenes
23
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Acute rheumatic fever is due to
A
Cross rxn with M proteins- strep pyogenes
24
Glomerulonephritis is due to
strep pyogenes
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CAMP test positive
Streptococcus agalactiae (group b streptococci)
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Habitat of Streptococcus agalactiae (group b streptococci)
Vagina
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Most common cause of pneumonia, sepsis, and meningitis
Streptococcus agalactiae (group b streptococci)
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All pregnant women should be screened for Streptococcus agalactiae (group b streptococci) at how many weeks AOG
35-37
29
Halotolerant
Enterococcos faecalis (group D strep)
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Marantic endocarditis
Enterococcos faecalis (group D strep)
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Endocarditis in patients with abdominal malignancy due to strep bovis
Marantic
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Lancet shaped cocci in pairs
Strep pneumoniae
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Most common cause of CAP
Strep pneumoniae
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Rust colored sputum
Strep pneumoniae
35
Most common cause of OM, sinusitis, bacterial meningitis
Strep pneumoniae
36
Enters bloodstream during dental procedures
Viridians streptococci(streptococcus mutans, s. Sanguis)
37
Most common cause of subacute and native valve endocarditis
S sanguis
38
Box car shaped
Bacillus anthracis
39
Reheated fried rice
Bacillus cereus
40
Tennis racket like
Clostridium tetani
41
Bulging cans
Clostridium botolinum
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Pseudomembranes
Clostridium difficile
43
Chines characters
Corynebacterium diphtheria
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Tumbling motility
Listeria monocytogenes
45
Dry ground glass surface and irregular edges with projections along lines of inoculation
Medusa head morphology- bacillus anthracis
46
Woolsorter's disease
bacillus anthracis
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Poly D glutamate capsule
bacillus anthracis
48
PA plus EF
Edema toxin
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PA plus LF
Lethal toxin
50
Malignant pustule
Cutaneous anthrax
51
Massively enlarged mediasinal LN
Inhalational anthrax
52
Protease that cleaves proteins involved in the release of glycine from renshaw cells in spinal cord
Tetanus toxin(tetanospasmin)
53
Most common type of botolinum toxin in humans
A,B, E
54
Botox is a commercial preparation of
Exotoxin A
55
Floppy baby syndrome
Infant botulism
56
Double hemolysis on blood agar
Clostrisium perfringens
57
Gas gangrene, cause? Toxin?
Clostridium perfringens- alpha toxin
58
Cytopathic effect
Clostridium difficile
59
Tumbling motility
Listetia monocytogenes
60
Unpasteurized milk products
Listeria monocyogened
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Cold enhancement
Listeria monocytogenes
62
Early onset neonatal listeriosis
Granulomatosis infantiseptica
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Most common cause of urethriitis
Gonococcal urethritis
64
Most common cause of PID
Neisseria gonorrheae
65
Violin string adhesions
Fitz hugh curtis syndrome- n gonorrhea
66
Most conmon cause of septic arthritis in sexually active adults
N gonorrhea
67
Cause culture negative subacute bacterial endocarditis
Eikenella corrodens and kingella kingae
68
Polyribitol phosphate capsule
Haemophilus influenzae
69
Airconditioning
Legionella
70
Satellite phenomenon
H influenzae
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Most common cause of epiglottitis
H influenzae
72
Stipple: cxr
Laryngotracheobronchitis
73
Thumb sign
H influenzae
74
Causes whooping
Bordetella pertussis
75
Tuspirina
Pertussis
76
Sole virulence factor of legionella
Endtoxin
77
3 most common causes of atypical pneumonia
Mycoplasma, legionella, chlamydia
78
Pontiac fever
Legionella pneumophilia
79
Green sheen
E coli
80
Extended spectrum beta lactamase
Klebsiella pneumoniae
81
Shooting star
Vibrio cholerae
82
H2S producer
Salmonella spl
83
H2S non producer
Shigella slo
84
Staghorn calculi
Proteus mirabilis
85
E coli toxin that causes water diarrhea
HST and HLT enterotoxin
86
E coli enterotoxin that causes bloody diarrhea
Verotoxib
87
2nd most common cause of Neonatal meninitis
E coli
88
Most common cause of travelers diarrhea
ETEC
89
Backpackers diarrhea
Giardia
90
Pathogenic, philippines, pedia, diarrhea
EPEC
91
Typhoid fever is due to
Vi capsular antigen- salmonella spp
92
Strain of salmonella that causes septicemia
S cholerasius
93
Most common cause of bacillary dysentery
Sonnei Duval's bacillus
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Most severe form of dysenteriae
Shigella dysenteriae type I - shiga bacillus
95
Most common cause of epidemic dysentety
Dysenteriae type I
96
Shooting start motility
Vibrio
97
Shellfish handlers
V vulnificus
98
Pandemics are caused by this vibrio
Vibrio cholerae 01 biotype el tor - cholera el tor
99
Herd immunity
Vibrio
100
COMMA SHAPED, g(-) rods
Campylobacter jejuni
101
Most common cause of bacterial gastroenteritis
Campylobacter jejuni
102
Undercooked chicken
Campylobacter jejuni
103
Associated with GBS and reiter's
Campylobacter jejuni
104
CURVED, g(-) rod; UREASE positive
H pylori
105
H pylori is associated with what CA
Gastric carcinoma, MALT lymphomas
106
Faculatative, g(-) with large polysaccharide capsule
K pneumoniae
107
Struvite stones consist of
Magnesium ammonium phosphate
108
Staghorn calculi
Proteus mirabilis
109
Grape like odor, has pyocyanin
Pseudomonas
110
Hot tub folliculitis; green nail syndrome
Pseudomonas
111
Pubic osteomyelitis in IV drug abusers
Pseudomonas
112
Most common cause of otitis externa
Pseudomonas
113
Shanghai fever
Pseudomons
114
Predominant anaerobe of colon; spreads to blood or peritoneum during bowel trauma, perforation or surgery
Bacteroides fragilis
115
Undulating fever; Unpasterized dairy products
Brucellosis - brucella abortus
116
Tularemia
Francisella tularensis
117
Bubonic, pneumonic, septicimeic plague
Yersinia pestis
118
Most virulent bacteria
Yersina pestis
119
Safety pin staining
Yersina pestis
120
Buboes
Yersina pestis
121
Buttery colonies
Pasteurella multicoda
122
Most important virulence fx of tb
Cord factor- prevents leukocyte migration
123
Prevents phagosome lysosomal fusion in TB
Sulfatides
124
Subpleural granuloma
Ghon's focus
125
Radiologicallyy detectable calcifiacation in TB
Ranke's complex
126
Reactivation TB in apices
Simon's focus
127
Signals acute flare ups of lepromatous leprosy
Erythema nodosum leprosum
128
Sinus tracts draining sulfur granules
Actinomycosis- Actinomyces israelii
129
Acquired in a setting of dental trauma(broken jaw/dental extraction)
Actinomyces israelii
130
Mycetomas, brain abscess, ORANGE COLONIES
Nocardia asteroides
131
Smallest free living organism
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
132
Only bacteria with cholesterol in cell membrane
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
133
Most common type of atypical pneumonia- walking pneumonia
M pneumoniae
134
Most common infectious of m pneumoniae
Nocardia asteroides
135
Painful chancroid
H ducreyi
136
Chancre
Primary syphilis
137
Condyloma lata
Secondary syphilis
138
Gummas
Tertiary syphilis
139
Argyll robertson
Tertiary syphilis
140
Unilateral enlargement of the sternoclavicular portion of the clavicle
Higoumenaki
141
Most important diagnostic test in syphilis
Dark field microscopy
142
Confirmatory test for 2ndary/ 3 syphilis
FTA ABS
143
Transmittes by human body louse
Borreli recurrentis
144
Leptospira interrogans
Shepherd's crook
145
Gold standard for dx of leptospira interrogans
Lepto MAT
146
Snow flake lesion in cxr
Immune leptospiric phase with pulmonary involvement
147
Triad of Weil syndrome
Jaundice, bleeding, uremia
148
Orange cast skin
Weil syndrome
149
Energy parasites that use host ATP
Chlamydia trachomagis
150
Most common STD overall
Chlamydia trachomatis
151
Halberstadter Prowazek inclusion
Trachoma
152
Most common infectious cause of blindness in the world
Trachoma
153
Staccato cough
Neonatal pneumonia- c trachomatis D-K
154
Frei test
Lymphogranulosum venos
155
bird fancier's disease
Chlamydia psittaci
156
Weil felix reaction
Rickettsiae, proteus vulgaris
157
Cat scratch disease
Bartonella henselae
158
Transmitted via dog tick
Ehrlichiosis- ehrlichia chaffeenensis
159
Clue cells
Gardnerella vaginalis
160
Chancroid
Haemophilus ducreyi
161
Mesenteric adenitis- pseudoappendictis
Yersinia enterocolitica
162
Granuloma inguinale
Donovanosis- klebsiella granulomatis
