Dr. Barber's Charts Flashcards
Dental Caries
Streptococcus mutans (+)
Gingivitis
Porphyromonas gingivalis (-)
Peptic Ulcer
Helicobacter pylori (-) (duodenal relieved by food, gastric is exacerbated) Fecal Oral
Cholera
Vibrio cholerae (-) "Rice-water stool" Fecal Oral, Contaminated food and water Cl- channels
Shigellosis
Shigella sonnei (2/3), S. flexneri (1/3), S. dysenteriae, S. boydii (-)
aka Bacillary dysentery
Fecal Oral, Cold foods and salads
Traveler’s Diarrhea
E. Coli 0157:H7 (-)
Fecal Oral
Undercooked beef
Purple spotted college dormitory meningitis
Niesseria meningitidis (-) Respiratory Droplets
Non-nosocomial UTI
E. coli (-)
Leptospirosis/Weil’s disease
Rare in U.S. Leptospira interrogans (-)
MC bacterial meningitis in adults
Streptococcus Pneumoniae (+)
“the pneumococcus”
Respiratory Droplets
Acute Poststroptococcal Glomerulonephritis
Streptococcus pyogenes (+)
Staphylococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome
Staphylococcus aureus (+) Loss of sheets of skin, associated with tampons
More likely cause of folliculitis
Staphylococcus aureus (+) Direct contact/Fomites
Bacterial Meningitis in child under 5
Haemophilus influenzae b (-)
Respiratory Droplets
Causes of abscess
Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococus epidermidis (+)
Direct contact/Fomites
Hot Tub folliculitis
Pseudomonas aeruginosa (-)
Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome
Staphylococcus aureus (+)
Skin peels of in sheets starting near mouth, looks like child abuse.
Direct contact/Fomites
Bacterial Meningitis in elderly and pregnant women
Listeria monocytogenes (+) Deli meats
MC cause of meningitis
VIRAL
Impetigo (pyoderma)
Staphylococcus aureus +(80%), Streptococcus pyogenes +(20%)
honey crusted
Direct contact/Fomites
Erysipelas
MC Streptococcus pyogenes (+), occasionally Staphylococcus aureus (+)
Elderly, fiery red rash with raised borders
Direct contact/Fomites
Bacterial Meningitis in premature baby
Streptococcus agalactiae (+) via passage through birth canal
Strep Throat
Streptococcus pyogenes (+)
5-15, purulent abscesses covering tonsils
Respiratory droplets
Buruli Ulcer
Mycobacterium Ulcerans (+)
Skin
Emerging Disease
Scarlet Fever
Streptococcus pyogenes (+)
Strawberry red tongue
Scarletina
Respiratory droplets
Diptheria
Corynebacterium diptheria (+) Pseudomembrane Palisade arrangement Respiratory droplets
Sinusitis
MC Moraxella catarrhalis (-)
Otitis Media
MC Streptococcus pneumonia (+)
Septicemia
Petechiae, osteomyelitis
Various causative organisms
Endocarditis associated with colon cancer
Streptococcus bovis (+)
Rheumatic Fever
Streptococcus pyogenes (+)
5-15
Follows strep throat or scarlet fever w/in 1-5 weekss
Endocarditis associated with cavities
Streptococcus mutans (+)
Diarrhea 10x a day for 7-10 days
Campylobacter jejuni (-) MC cause of bacterial gastroenteritis in U.S.
Psuedomembranous colitis
Clostridium difficile (+) Opportunistic after taking anti-microbials
Salmonellosis: Salmonella
Salmonella enterica enteritidis, S. enterica typhimurium (-)
Eggs, poultry, inadequately pasteurized milk
Salmonellosis: Typhoid Fever
Salmonella enterica typhi, S. enterica paratyphi (-)
Contaminated food or water, Typhoid Mary
Hansen’s Disease
Leprosy!
Mycobacterium leprae (acid-fast)
Amadillos
Staphylococcal Food Poisoning
Staphylococcus aureus (+)
Botulism
Clostridium botulinum (+) Honey and infants Flaccid paralysis Floppy baby syndrome Category A bioterrorist threat
Clostridial Food Poisoning
Clostridium perfringens (+) Contaminated meat
Tetanus
Clostridium tetani (+) Cannot exhale Risus sardonicus Infected umbilical stump kills 90% of those infected Parenteral
Yersinia Food Poisoning
Yersinia enterocolitica (-)
Mimics appendicitis
Contaminated pork
Viral Meningitis
MC Meningitis
RNA Virus
Enterovirus, Poliovirus, Coxsackie virus, Echo virus