Flashcards - Micro
superantigen
interacts with MHC on APCs/T-cells –> causes widespread activation of T-cells (IL2) and macs (IL-1/TNF)
Bradyzoites
Toxoplasma
P fimbriae
E. coli - allows adhesion ot uroepithelium
Cowdry Type A
HSV
Cowdry Type B
Adenovirus
ballooning degeneration, fine cytoplastic protein granules
acute hepatitis (HBV, HAV)
lymphoid aggregates in portal tracts
HCV
M Protein
Streptococcus pyogenes/Scarlet fever - binds factor H, inactivaes C3-convertase
Protein A
staph aureus - binds IgG Fc, preventing opsonization
pyocynin
Pseudomonas aeruginosa - green pigment
exotoxin A
inhibits elongation factor 2 (EF-2), Pseudomonas aeruginosa
tetanus toxin
blocks release of inhibitory neurotransmitters in Renshaw inhibitory neurons
shiga toxin/EHEC
inactivates 60S ribosomal subunit - apoptosis
choleragen and E. coli heat labile toxin
activates adenylate cyclase - increase cAMP, induces secretion of NaCl
e. coli heat stable toxin
activates guanylate cylase to produce GMP, inhibits resorption of NaCl
4 bacteria that produce exotoxins that increase cAMP
cholera, anthrax, Montezumas revenge (ETEC), pertussis
catalase +/-
Staph/Strep
coagulase +/-
S. aureus/S epidermidis (novobiocin sensitive), S. saprophyticus (novobiocin resistant)
gram + rods
clostridium, listeria, bacillus, corynebacterium
vanA
enterococcus - D-alanine-D-lactate - low affinity for vancomycin
Chocolate agar
H. influenzae - meningitis w/ ceftriaxone, mucosal w/ amox
Thayer-Martin agar
N. gonorrhoeae, N. meningitidis (capsule, maltose fermenter)
Bordet-Gengou agar, Regan-Lowe medium
B. pertussis
Löwenstein-Jensen agar
M. tuberculosis
Eaton agar
M. pneumoniae
Lactose-fermenting enterics
MacConkey agar - Fast - klebsiella, e. coli, enterobacter; Slow - citrobacter, serratia
Eosin–methylene blue (EMB) agar
E. coli
Charcoal yeast extract agar buffered with cysteine and iron
Legionella
Sabouraud agar
Fungi
thiosulfate-citrate-bilesalts-sucrose (TCBS) agar
V. cholerae
Ziehl-Neelsen (carbol fuchsin)
Acid-fast bacteria (Nocardia, Mycobacteria), protozoa (Cryptosporidium oocysts).
broad, nonseptate hyphae at 90degrees
Mucormycosis
India ink
Cryptococcus neoformans
Silver stain
Fungi (e.g., Pneumocystis), Legionella, Helicobacter pylori.
Giemsa stain
Chlamydia, Borrelia, Rickettsia, Trypanosomes, Plasmodium.
tumbling motility at 25C, rocket tails
listeria
comma shaped oxidase positive bugs
c. jejuni (grows in 42C), v. cholerae (grows in alkaline), h. pylori (urease)
EHEC
O157:H7 - shiga-toxin - HUS
ETEC
travelers diarrhea - enterotoxin
EIEC
similar to Shigella
mucoid colonies, dark ‘currant jelly’ sputum
klebsiella - polysaccharide capsules
salmonella treatment
no antibiotics, can prolong duration
catalase, oxidase and urease positive gram negative rod
H. pylori - PPI + clarithromycin + amoxicillin/metronidazole
Q fever
coxiella burnettii - cattle/sheep amniotic fluid - pneumonia, culture neg endocarditis
oxidase positive gram negative rod
pseudomonas aeruginosa
oxidase negative gram negative rod non lactose fermenting - does not produce H2S
shigella
oxidase negative gram negative rod that produces H2S
salmonella, proteus, yersinia
gram positive anaerobe forming yellow “sulfur granules”
actinomyces - oral flora - penicillin
acid fast gram-positive aerobe
nocardia - found in soil - sulfonamides
gold pigment on sheep blood agar
staph aureus (gold)
gray to black on potassium-tellurite plate
C. diphtheriae
biofilm forming
coag negative - staph epidermidis
encapsulated bacteria
strep pneumo, h. flu B, N meningititis, E coli, salmonella, klebsiella, GBS
PAS+
stains glycogen - T whipplei
MAC prophylaxis
azithromycin
catalase positive organisms
NoPLACESS - nocardia, pseudomonas, listeria, aspergillus, candida, e. coli, staph, serratia
urease positive organisms (7)
Cryptococcus, H pylori, Proteus, Ureaplasma, Nocardia, Klebseilla,S. epidermidis, S. saprophyticus
c. perfringens toxin
lecinthinase (phospholipase C/alpha toxin) - gas gangrene
diphtheria toxin
AB exotoxin - inactivates EF-2 - inhibits protein synthesis, Corynebacterium diptheriae
cytoplasm with metachromatic granules that saine with aniline dyes/methylene blue
C diptheriae
maltose +/- diplococci
N. meningitidis/N. gonorrhoeae
Toxin B/cytotoxin
disrupts cytoskeleton - C.diff
adenylate cyclase activating toxins organisms
pertussis, anthrax, ETEC (heat labile), campylobacter, cholera, bcereus
guanylate cyclase activating toxin organisms
ETEC (heat stable), yersinia enterocolitica
pregnant HIV prophylaxis
Ziduvadine
disc-shaped yeast on methenamine silver of lung tissue, acellular, foamy material
pneumocystis jiroveci
Negri body, bullet shaped
Rabies - retrograde axonal migration from Ach receptor
IgA protease
strep pneumo, h. flu, N. gonorrhea and meningitidis
basophilic clusters on intestinal mucosa cells, oocytes
cryptosporidiosis
spindle cells with blood vessel proliferation
kaposi’s sarcoma HHV-8
trophozoites with RBCs
entamoeba histolytica - bloody diarrhea
endotoxin lipid A
Enterobacteriaceae - part of LPS, activates macrophages - septic shock
Councilman bodies
acidophilic (pink on H&E) apoptotic hepatocytes - acute viral hepatitis