different classes

Question 1

what gram is staphylococci

Answer 1

positive

Question 2

main infections from staphylococcus aureus

Answer 2

impertigo, cellulitis, bone infections and food poisening

Question 3

what shape is staphylococcus Aureus

Answer 3

cocci shape in clusters

Question 4

what gram is Staphylococcus epidermidis

Answer 4

gram positive

Question 5

what is the main infection of Staphylococcus epidermidis

Answer 5

infection of medical devices eg cannule change every 72 hrs

Question 6

what shape and gram are Streptococci

Answer 6

Gram positive, cocci/spheres)

Question 7

two main examples of streptococci

Answer 7

Streptococcus pneumoniae, Streptococcus pyogenes

Question 8

how do Streptococcus pneumoniae look

Answer 8

(two cocci joined together, presence of a capsule around the bacterium.

Question 9

how do Streptococcus pyogenes look

Answer 9

Chains of cocci.

Question 10

infections from Streptococcus pneumoniae

Answer 10

Common cause of pneumonia, meningitis, septicaemia and ear infections

Question 11

infections from Streptococcus pyogenes

Answer 11

May cause tonsillitis, skin and soft tissue infections (such as impetigo and cellulitis) and necrotising infections such as necrotising fasciitis (also referred to as
flesh eating disease)

Question 12

what shape are Clostridium

Answer 12

Gram positive rods, Anaerobic (hates air) but a spore

producer

Question 13

Infections: Causes “C. diff”

Answer 13

pseudomembranous colitis, from broad spectrum antibiotics use over long period, causing diahorrea

Question 14

what shape and gram is clostridium difficile

Answer 14

: Gram positive rods

Question 15

infections from Clostridium perfringens

Answer 15

gas gangrene

Question 16

what gram stain is gram negative bacteria

Answer 16

pink

Question 17

examples of gram negative bacteria

Answer 17

Escherichia, . Salmonella , (rods), Neiserria, Bordetella

, Haemophilus, (non enetric- intesinal )

Question 18

infections from Neisseria meningitidis

Answer 18

the leading cause of meningitis which can be assosiated with speticaemia

Question 19

infections from Neisseria gonorrhoea

Answer 19

2nd most common sexually transmitted disease in the UK causing urethral, rectal and throat infections in men and women and endocervical infections in women, cause of eye infections in newborns

Question 20

infections from Bordetella pertussis

Answer 20

The cause of Whooping cough.

Question 21

infections from Haemophilus influenzae

Answer 21

Causes many infections, most often this is meningitis.

Question 22

infections from Escherichia coli

Answer 22

uti, severe e coli (enterobacteriaceae)

Question 23

infections from Salmonella

Answer 23

typhoidal salmonella, non typhoidal salmonella (enterobacteriaceae)

Question 24

Non enteric (intestinal) Gram negative infections:

Answer 24

Neisseria meningitidis, Neisseria gonorrhoea, Bordetella pertussis, Haemophilus influenzae