Comprehensive—Organisms Flashcards
Abiotrophia requirements
pyridoxal (vitamin B6)
Abiotrophia rxns
SBA ng
Saur satellite +
E/P/L =/+/+
BE/salt =/=
no valid method for susceptibility testing (5)
Abiotrophia
Aerococcus
Micrococcus luteus
P. fluorescens
S. saprophyticus
“nutritionally variant strep”
Abiotrophia
A. baumannii disease
nosocomial
immunocompromised hospitalized pts
after natural disasters
A. baumannii morph
Gamma
smooth
gray
wet
A. baumannii rxns
MAC oxidizer
oxidase =
OF G/L/M +/+/+
motility =
nitrate =
ALO =/=/=
A. baumannii SP
MDR
A. baumannii nicknames
great impersonator
GN MRSA
Iraqibacter
A. israelii GS
GPR
filamentous
branching
A. israelii rxns
catalase =
Aerococcus Gs
GPCCL/tetrads
Aerococcus morph
Alpha
gray
Aerococcus rxns
catalse =/wk+
BE/salt V/+
Aerococcus SP
susceptible to penicillin and vancomycin
no valid method for susceptibility testing
A. hydrophila sites
water
marine animals
leeches
A. hydrophila morph
Beta
medium
smooth
gray
A. hydrophila rxns
oxidase +
glucose ferm +
indole +
Dnase +
gelatinase +
A. actinomycetemcomitans morph
star shape after 5-6 days
A. aphrophilus diseases
endocarditis
head/neck infections
those with oral piercings
A. aphrophilus morph
faint yellow
round
smooth
grade school paste odor
A. aphrophilus requirement
5-10% CO2
factor X on initial isolation
A. aphrophilus rxns
SBA growth
Quad: X+ V+ XV+ HBA=
A. haemolyticum rxns
catalase =
EPL =/=/=
motility =
B. anthracis diseases
cutaneous anthrax (eschar)
pulmonary anthrax ☠️
intestinal anthrax (rare)
B. anthracis morph
Gamma (diff. from Bacillus spp.)
white, ground glass
medusa
tenacious
B. anthracis rxns
catalase =
motility =
PEA ng
B. cereus disease
food poisoning
eye infection due to trauma
burn wounds
B. cereus morph
Beta
large
green, blue
feathered edges
B. cereus rxns
catalase +
motility +
cat scratch fever
Bartonella henselae
B. pertussis agars
Bordet-Gengou agar
Reagan-Lowe agar
Borrelia stain
Giemsa stain
Brucella diseases
undulant fever
systemic disease
Brucella rxns
catalse +
oxidase +
urease +
B. cepacia morph
yellow
dirt odor
B. cepacia rxns
MAC oxidizer
BC agar +
motility +
lysine +
B. cepacia SP
SXT drug of choice
B. mallei disease
glanders
B. mallei rxns
oxidase +
motility =
B. pseudomallei disease
melioidosis
B. pseudomallei morph
cream/tan
wrinkled
B. pseudomallei rxns
MAC oxidizer
OF GLM +/+/+
Vietnamese time bomb
B. pseudomallei
C. jejuni source
poultry
other farm animals
pre-Guillain Barre
C. jejuni
C. jejuni morph
wet; flat; tan/pink;
irregular
follow streak line
(campy bap)
C. jejuni requirements
5% O2
10% CO2
42°
C. jejuni rxns
catalase +
oxidase +
sodium hippurate +
urease =
C. canimorsus GS
GNR
fusiform; toothpick
C. canimorsus morph
yellow, tan, pink
moist
fingerlike projections
gliding motility
C. canimorsus
C. hominis GS
GVR
teardrop; dumbbell;
lollipop
picket fence
C. violaceum morph
black/purple
ammonium cyanide odor
C. freundii rxns
LF
VP =
PAD =
H2S +
Lysine =
ONPG +
C. koseri rxns
LLF
VP =
PAD =
H2S =
Motility +
Citrate +
Indole +
diphtheroid GS
GPR
club-shape
V/L formation
palisades
C. diphtheriae morph
Beta +/=
ppt/small
gray/white
C. diphtheria rxns
Cysteine-tellurite agar: black with brown halo (tellurite reductase)
catalase +
motility =
C. jeikium rxns
catalase +
glucose ferm +
motility =
urease =
Cjei + Cure SP
MDR
susceptible to vancomycin
C. urealyticum rxns
catalase +
glucose ferm =
motility =
urease +
C. sakazakii rxns
LF
VP =
PAD =
H2S =
Motility =
Citrate +
Indole =
E. corrodens morph
small, gray
lemon yellow
pits agar in CO2
bleach odor
E. meningosepitca morph
yellow
E. meningoseptica rxns
oxidase +
indole +
motility =
ALO =/=/=
E. meningoseptica SP
sensitive to GP antibiotics (vanc, SXT, BLs, etc)
E. aerogenes rxns
LF
VP +
Motility +
ALO =/+/+
DNase =
E. cloacae rxns
LF
VP +
Motility +
ALO +/=/+
E. faecalis SP
make up 10% VRE (vanB)
screen for HLAR
screen for B-lactamase
E. faecium SP
make up 90% VRE (vanA, vanB)
screen for HLAR
screen for B-lactamase
E. rhusiopathiae morph
Alpha weak
small
gray
E. rhusiopathiae rxns
catalase =
H2S + thin line (diff. from Saga)
E. rhusiopathiae SP
intrinsically resistant to vancomycin
E. coli morph
Beta
large
gray
wet
musty odor
E. coli rxns
dark dry LF
VP =
PAD =
H2S =
Motility +
Citrate =
SMAC nsf (O157:H7)
F. tularensis requirements
cysteine
H. ducreyi requirements
5-7% CO2
up to 10 days
factor X
H. ducreyi rxns
SBA ng
Quad: X+ V= XV+ HBA=
H. ducreyi grown on…
grown on Mueller-Hinton based CHOC with vancomycin
general Haem requirement
3-5% CO2
H. haemolyticus rxns
SBA ng
Quad: X= V= XV+ HBA+
ALA =
H. influenzae disease
meningitis (<6 yo)
sinusitis
otitis media
pneumonia
bronchitis
epiglottitis
conjunctivitis
periorbital cellulitis
systemic infection
Brazillian purpuric fever (H. aegyptius)
H. influenzae rxns
SBA ng
Quad: X= V= XV+ HBA=
ALA =
Saur satellite +
H. influenzae SP
B-lactamase +
chloramphenicol acetyltransferase +/=
H. parahaemolyticus rxns
SBA ng
Quad: X= V+ XV+ HBA+
ALA +
H. parainfluenzae rxns
SBA ng
Quad: X= V+ XV+ HBA=
ALA +
H. pylori rxns
CLO test + (urease on biopsy)
catalase +
oxidase +
H. pylori SP
requires triple drug therapy
K. kingae diseases
osteomyelitis in children
endocarditis
K. kingae morph
Beta soft
fried egg
pits agar
HACEK
Haemophilus, Aggregatibacter, Cardiobacterium, Eikenella, and Kingella
K. oxytoca rxns
LF
VP +
Motility =
Indole +
Klebsiella Sp
ESBL
carbapenemase
K. pneumoniae rxns
LF
VP +
Motility =
Indole =
L. pneumophila requirements
L-cysteine
iron salts
CO2
humidity
L. pneumophila detection
BCYE agar
DFA stain
urinary antigens
Leuconostoc diseases
infects those with invasive GI procedures
those on vancomycin
Leuconostoc rxns
catalase =
E/P/L V/=/=
BE/salt V/+
L. monocytogenes disease
neonates
cancer patients on chemo
meningoencephalitis
spontaneous abortion
L. monocytogenes morph
Beta soft
gray
small
L. monocytogenes rxns
catalase + (diff. from Saga)
motility 25° + (diff. from Saga)
BE/salt +/+ (diff. from Saga)
esculin +
sodium hippurate +
L. monocytogenes SP
falsely susceptible to cephalosporins
no resistance to date
M. luteus GS
GPC
tetrads, pairs, irregular clusters
M. luteus morph
pigmented (rose, orange, yellow, green)
M. luteus rxns
catalase +
Staph latex +
microdase + (diff. from Staph)
M. catarrhalis diseases
otitis media
bronchitis
pneumonia
acute maxillary sinusitis
M. catarrhalis morph
large
gray-white
hockey puck
M. catarrhalis rxns
oxidase +
CTA: G/M/L/S =/=/=/= (asaccharolytic)
butyrate esterate + (diff. from Neis)
DNase + (diff. from Neis)
TM growth
M. osloensis rxns
oxidase +
OF GLM =/=/=
ALO =/=/=
M. osloensis SP
B-lactamase =
M. morganii rxns
NLF
VP =
PAD +
H2S =
Citrate =
N. cinerea disease
proctitis
other Neisseria morph
yellow/xanthochromic
N. cinerea rxns
oxidase +
CTA: G/M/L/S =/=/=/= (asaccharolytic)
ng on TM after subculture
N. gonorrhoeae diseases
gonorrhoea
petechiae
septic arthritis
ophthalmia neonatorum
pelvic inflammatory disease
proctitis
pharyngitis
tonsillitis
Neisseria virulence factors
LOS
some capsule
Ngon morph
CHOC: medium, opaque, gray/tan, glistening, mucoid +/=, size variation
SBA: ppt or ng
Ngon SP
B-lactamase +
cephalosporin resistant
ceftriaxone susceptible (single dose)
N. lactamica rxns
oxidase +
CTA: G/M/L/S +/+/+/=
N. meningitidis diseases
meningitis
meningococcemia
waterhouse-friderichsen syndrome
3mo - 1 year
college students/military
bleb release
N. meningitidis
Nmen morph
SBA: Gamma, blue-gray
CHOC: gray, medium, moist, glistening
Nmen serotypes
A, B, C, X, Y and W135 serotypes
serotype B not immunogenic
N. sicca morph
yellow/xanthochromic
dry, wrinkled
adherent
P. agglomerans morph
yellow
P. agglomerans rxns
LLF
VP +
Motility +
ALO =/=/=
P. multocida rxns
catalase +
oxidase +
indole +
motility =
Pediococcus diseases
infects those on vancomycin
those with GI abnormalities/surgeries
abscesses
bacteremia
meningitis
Pediococcus rxns
catalase =
E/P/L +/=/+ (diff. from Ecoc)
BE/salt +/+ (diff. from Sgal)
Pediococcus SP
intrinsically resistant to vancomycin
P. shigelloides source
contaminated water
fish/reptiles
P. shigelloides rxns
NLF
oxidase + (diff. from other Enterics)
arginine + (diff. from Vibrio)
Dnase =
gelatinase =
P. mirabilis rxns
LF
VP =
PAD +
H2S +
Indole =
urease rapid +
P. vulgaris rxns
LF
VP =
PAD +
H2S +
Indole +
urease rapid +
P. rettgeri rxns
LF
VP =
PAD +
H2S =
Citrate +
Urease +
P. stuartii rxns
LF
VP =
PAD +
H2S =
Citrate +
Urease =
P. aeruginosa diseases
cystic fibrosis
burns
wound infections
swimmer’s ear
osteomyelitis in children, commonly heel
fingernail bed infections
Paer virulence factors
alginate polysaccharide capsule
pyocyanin
Paer morph
Beta
mucoid +/=
pigmented
scaled
grape odor
Paer rxns
42° growth +
4° growth =
oxidase +
motility +
P. fluorescens diseases
transfusion associated septicemia
P. fluorescens rxns
42° growth =
4° growth +
oxidase +
motility +
P. stutzeri morph
yellow
dry/wrinkled
P. stutzeri rxns
oxidase +
motility +
ALO =/=/=
R. mucilaginosa morph
Gamma
white
sticky
R. mucilaginosa rxns
catalase =/wk+ (diff. from Staph)
5% salt = (diff. from Staph)
S. enterica typhi rxns
NLF
VP =
PAD =
H2S + (mustache)
Lysine +
ONPG =
S. marcescens rxns
LLF
VP +
Motility +
ALO =/+/+
DNase, gelatinase, lipase +
S. marcescens SP
very MDR
S. putrifaciens source
seawater
S. putrifaciens morph
orange/tan
mucoid
fishlike odor
S. putrifaciens rxns
NLF
oxidase +
H2S + thin line
motility +
ornithine +
Shigella rxns
NLF
VP =
PAD =
H2S =
Motility =
ONPG =
Shigella serotypes
A: S. dysenteriae
B: S. flexneri
C: S. boydii
D: S. sonnei
SNA rxns
catalase +
coagulase =
Staph latex =
MSA growth/yellow +/=
Saur disease
folliculitis
boil, stye, faruncle, carbuncle
osteomyelitis
impetigo
TSS
wound infection
septicemia
endocarditis
scalded skin syndrome
food poisoning
Saur virulence factors
protein A
hyaluronidase, fibrinolysin
coagulase
DNase
lipase
capsule (MRSA, f= Staph latex)
superantigens
TSST
exfoliatins
enterotoxin
panton-valentine leukocidin (CA-MRSA)
staphylokinase (f= coagulase)
Saur rxns
catalase +
coagulase +
Staph latex +
MSA growth/yellow +/+
PYR =
Spectra agar + (MRSA)
Saur SP
B-lactamase +
test for oxacillin (cefoxitin) resistance—MRSA; mecA → PBP2a
test for vancomycin resistance—VRSA
test for inducible clindamycin resistance
S. intermedius morph
Beta (+/=) double zone
white
S. intermedius rxns
catalase +
tube coagulase +
PYR +
Spectra agar f+
S. lugdenensis diseases
aggressive, destructive skin/soft tissue disease
S. lugdenensis morph
Beta narrow
opaque white to yellow
variation of colonies
bleach odor
S. lugdenensis rxns
catalase +
slide coagulase +
PYR +
S. lugdenensis SP
pan-sensitive
usually B-lactamase =
S. saprophyticus rxns
catalase +
coagulase =
Staph latex wk+
novobiocin R (<12mm; diff. from other Staph)
S. maltophilia morph
yellow
ammonia odor
S. maltophilia rxns
NLF
oxidase =
DNase +
OF GLM +/=/+
motility +
lysine +
S. maltophilia SP
intrinsically MDR
SXT drug of choice
S. moniliformis GS
GNR
pleiomorphic
string of beads
S. agalactiae rxns
catalase =
PYR =
carrot broth +
sodium hippurate +
S. agalactiae SP
penicillin susceptible
gentamicin susceptible
isolation from blood → colon cancer
S. gallolyticus
S. gallolyticus morph
Gamma/slight Alpha
gray
S. gallolyticus rxns
catalase =
E/P/L +/=/+
BE/salt +/= (diff. from Ecoc)
S. gallolyticus SP
pan-susceptible
S. pneumoniae diseases
pneumonia
bacteremia
endocarditis
meningitis
sinusitis
otitis media
conjunctivitis
S. pneumoniae morph
Alpha
regular (umbilicated) or mucoid (presumptive type III)
S. pneumoniae requirements
CO2 (autolyses without)
liquid media triggers autolysis
S. pneumoniae rxns
catalase =
optochin S (>14 mm)
bile solubility +
urine antigen + (pneumonia, meningitis)
S. pneumoniae SP
increasing penicillin resistance
vancomycin susceptible
screen for inducible clindamycin resistance
S. pyogenes diseases
pharyngitis
tonsillitis
impetigo
pyoderma
scarlet fever
TSS
cellulitis
necrotizing fasciitis
acute rheumatic fever
acute glomerulonephritis
PANDAS
S. pyogenes virulence factors
SLO
SLS
streptokinase
streptodornase (DNase)
pyrogenic exotoxin (scarlet fever)
M protein
hyaluronidase
S. pyogenes morph
Beta wide
gray
small, domed
S. pyogenes rxns
catalase =
E/P/L =/+/+ (only B-Strep that is PYR +)
bacitracin S (A-disk)
Strep CGF diseases
C—pharyngitis, soft tissue infection
G—pharyngitis
F—purulent head abscesses; endocarditis; osteomyelitis
Strep CGF morph
Beta wide
ppt
gray
butterscotch/honeysuckle/caramel odor
Strep CGF rxns
catalase =
PYR =
viridans diseases
subacute bacterial endocarditis (from oral site)
tooth decay (mutans)
gingivitis (mutans)
viridans morph
Alpha/Gamma
gray
ppt (anginosus)
viridans rxns
catalase =
E/P/L =/=/+
BE/salt =/=
V. cholerae rxns
TCBS yellow
oxidase +
glucose ferm +
indole +
arginine =
DNase +
gelatinase +
Y. enterocolitica diseases
mesenteric lymphadenitits, mimics appendicitis
septicemia in those with iron overload
Yersinia rxns
NLF
VP =
PAD =
H2S =
Motility = (35°)
ONPG +
bipolar/safety pin
Y. pestis
definition of Enterobacteriaceae
GNR
Oxidase =
Glucose-fermenting
Grow on MacConkey
Reduce nitrates to nitrites