Exam 3 - Outliers Flashcards
Bubonic Plague (lymph node infection)
Yersinia Pestis
gram negative bacillus (family Enterobacteriaceae)
BSAT - Biological Select Agents and Toxins
Yersinia Pestis
gram negative bacillus
BSAT - Biological Select Agents and Toxins
Yersinia Pestis (if family Enterobacteriaceae)
if not Enterobacteriaceae
Then it’s Francisella Tularensis (causes Tularemia)
Plague OR Tularemia
plasminogen activator protease think….
Yersinia Pestis
Enteric Fever (typhoid fever)
Salmonella Typhi and Paratyphi
Ulcerations
Typhoidal
Pneumonic
Francisella Tularensis
degrades c3b and c5a - prevents opsonization and phagocytic migration
degrades fibrin clots - permits spread and necrosis
Plasminogen activator protease (via the microbe Yersinia pestis)
transmitted by fleas
Yersinia pestis (black death / bubonic plague / pneumonic plague) Gram negative bacillus (family Enterobacteriaceae)
Rickettsia and Orienta
“atypical” small coccobacilli, obligate intracellular parasite
beta hemolytic colonies
Staphylococcus aureus
OR
Steptococcus pyogenes, group A
OR
Steptococcus dysgalatctiae and Steptococcus anginosus
(probably one of the first two probably not worth committing to memory these last two)
alpha hemolytic colonies
Streptococcus pneumoniae
OR
Viridans streptococci (associated with various low-frequency diseases (abscesses, bacteremia and endocarditis, dental caries, etc)
Otitis Media
Streptococcus pneumoniae (40% of all cases) Haemophilus influenzae
Moraxella catarrhalis (3rd most common cause of otitis media and sinusitis in children)
meningitis
Group B Streptococcus (neonates get meningitis and pneumonitis from vaginal flora)
Streptococcus pneumoniae (#1 cause of pneumonia, but also major cause of meningitis especially patients OLDER THAN 10 Y/O)
Haemophilus influenzae (Fulminating meningitis (HIB) in unvaccinated CHILDREN under 3 y/o and the ELDERLY via SUBMUCOSA of NASOPHARNYX)
Neisseria meningitidis (#2 cause of meningitis in SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN and COLLEGE STUDENTS)
Listeria monocytogenes (ENCEPHALOMENINGITIS)
IgA protease
Streptococcus pneumoniae OR Haemophilus influenzae OR Neisseria meningitidis
Necrotizing fascitis
Streptococcus pyogenes, group A (#1 cause)
Vibrio vulnificus
Aeromonas spp. (also gastroenteritis and dysentery like)
which two can be identified by testing CSF:
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Haemophilus influenzae
Nosocomial or one of the top causes of hospital infections
Enterococcus faecalis (gram + in chains post surgery and occasionally causes bacteremia)
Escherichia coli (UTI’s catheterization)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa (gram - bacillius) - more tissue infection than pulmonary (except in cystic fibrosis patients)
Acinetobacter baumannii (gram neg bacillus)
ALSO THE 6 listed under microbe 19 (Enterobacteriaceae of significance)
cystic fibrosis think….
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
burn patient with bacteremia and UTI
Enterobacter, spp
burn-wound and UTI alone
Providencia spp.
VIETNAM, afghanistan and Iraq and nosocomial
Acinetobacter baumannii (gram neg bacillus)
undulant fever in humans
Brucella melitensis and B. abortus
Describe Staphylococcus Aureus and the 8 things he added to the summary sheet about it
- coagulase positive
- MRSA
- invasive tissue infections, e.g. skin and tissue infections (invasive enzymes and toxins)
- food poisoning (pre-formed enterotoxin (EXO))
- Toxic Shock Syndrome (toxin)
- Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN) (scalded skin synddrome) (toxin)
- septicemia / bacteremia
- bone/joint infection
(COMPARE WITH SKETCHY)
coagulase negative staph, CNS — normal skin flora; endocarditis
Staphylococcus epidermidis
UTI in women of childbearing age
Staphylococcus saprophyticus