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Gram + Micro Flashcards

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Alpha hemolytic bacteria

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Streptococcus pneumoniae
Viridans streptococci (S. mutans, S. mitis)
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Beta hemolytic bacteria

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Staphylococcus aureus
Streptococcus pyogenes (group A strep)
Streptococcus agalactiae (group B strep)
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Gram +, beta hemolytic, catalase +, coagulase + cocci in clusters

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Staphylococcus aureus

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Protein A

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Staph aureus. Binds Fc-IgG, inhibiting complement activation and phagocytosis

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TSST-1

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Superantigen that binds to MHC II and T cell receptor, resulting in polyclonal T-cell activation

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Staph aureus food poisoning

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Due to ingestion of preformed toxin (2-6 hr)

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Diseases caused by staph aureus

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Inflammatory disease - skin infections, pneumonia (often after influenza), organ abscesses, endocarditis, septic arthritis, osteomyelitis.
Toxin mediated disease - toxic shock syndrome, scalded skin syndrome, rapid onset food poisoning.
MRSA

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Gram +, catalase +, coagulase -, urease + cocci in clusters. Novobiocin sensitive. Does not ferment mannitol.

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Staphylococcus epidermidis

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Gram +, catalase +, coagulase -, urease + cocci in clusters. Novobiocin resistant.

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Staphylococcus saprophyticus

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Gram +, catalase -, alpha hemolytic, lancet shaped diplococci. Encapsulated. IgA protease. Optochin sensitive

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Streptococcus pneumonia

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Strep pneumo is the most common cause of which conditions?

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Meningitis
Otitis media (in children)
Pneumonia
Sinusitis

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Gram +, catalase -, alpha hemolytic cocci. Resistant to optochin.

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Viridans group streptococci

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Where are viridans group streptococci located? What can they cause?

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Normal flora of the oropharynx. Streptococcus mutans and S mitis cause dental caries. S. sanguinis causes subacute bacterial endocarditis.

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Gram +, catalase -, beta hemolytic cocci in chains. Bacitracin sensitive. PYR +.

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Streptococcus pyogenes (group A streptococci)

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What kind of infections are caused by group A strep?

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Pyogenic - pharyngitis, cellulitis, impetigo, erysipelas
Toxigenic - scarlet fever, toxic shock-like syndrome, necrotizing fasciitis
Immunologic - rheumatic fever, glomerulonephritis

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Virulence factors for group A strep

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Hyaluronic acid capsule and M protein inhibit phagocytosis

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Blanching, sandpaper like body rash, strawberry tongue, and circumoral pallor in setting of group A strep pharyngitis (Erythrogenic toxin +)

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Scarlet fever

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Gram + cocci, beta hemolytic, bacitracin resistant. Produces CAMP factor, which enlarges the area of hemolysis by S. aureus. Hippurate test +. PYR -

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Streptococcus agalactiae (group B strep)

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What infections does group B strep cause?

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Colonizes vagina. Causes pneumonia, meningitis, and sepsis, mainly in babies

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When are pregnant women screen for group B strep? What is done if they are positive?

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Screen at 35-37 weeks gestation. Pts with + culture receive intrapartum penicillin prophylaxis

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Gram + cocci, catalase -, no hemolysis, does not grow in 6.5% NaCl

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Streptococcus bovis

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S. bovis is associated with?

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Colon cancer

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Gram + cocci, catalase -, grows in 6.5% NaCl, PYR+, variable hemolysis

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Enterococci

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What infections do enterococci cause?

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Normal colonic flora. Penicillin G resistant and cause UTI, biliary tract infections, and subacute endocarditis (following GI/GU procedures). VRE are an important cause of nosocomial infection

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Gram + spore forming rod. Produces anthrax toxin. Aerobic

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Bacillus anthracis

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Only bacterium with a polypeptide capsule (contains D-glutamate)

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Bacillus anthracis

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Bacillus cereus

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Causes food poisoning. Emetic type usually seen with rice and pasta, nausea and vomiting within 1-5 hr, caused by cereulide (preformed toxin). Diarrheal type - watery, nonbloody diarrhea and GI pain within 8-18 hrs.

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Gram + facultative intracellular rod. Aerobic.

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Listeria monocytogenes

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How is listeria acquired

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Ingestion of unpasteurized dairy products and cold deli meats, via transplacental transmission, or by vaginal transmission during birth

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What conditions can listeria cause?

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Amnionitis, septicemia, and spontaneous abortion in pregnant women; granulomatosis infantiseptica; neonatal meningitis; meningitis in immunocompromised; mild, self limited gastroenteiritis in healthy individuals

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How is infection with listeria treated?

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Ampicillin

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Gram +, spore forming, obligate anaerobic rods

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Clostridia

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Tetanospasmin

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An exotoxin causing tetanus

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Tetanus toxin mechanism

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Protease that cleaves SNARE proteins for neurotransmitters. Blocks release of inhibitory neurotransmitters, GABA and glycine, from Renshaw cells in spinal cord

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Spastic paralysis, trismus, risus sardonicus, opisthotonus

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How is tetanus treated?

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Antitoxin +/- vaccine booster, antibiotics, diazepam (for muscle spasms), and wound debridement

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Heat labile toxin that inhibits ACh release at the neuromuscular junction

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C botulinum

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Diplopia, dysarthria, dysphagia, dyspnea

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alpha toxin

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Lecithinase, a phospholipase. Toxin produced by C perfringens that can cause myonecrosis and hemolysis.

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Toxins produced by C difficile

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Toxin A, an enterotoxin, binds to brush border of gut and alters fluid secretion. Toxin B, a cytotoxin, disrupts cytoskeleton via actin depolymerization. Both toxins lead to diarrhea and pseudomembranous colitis.

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Which antibiotics commonly cause C difficile?

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Clindamycin or ampicillin

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How is C difficile treated?

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Metronidazole or oral vancomycin

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Gram + rod; transmitted via respiratory droplets

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Corynebacterium diphtheriae

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How does C. diphtheriae cause diphtheria

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Via exotoxin encoded by beta-prophage. Inhibits protein synthesis via ADP-ribosylation of EF-2.

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Symptoms of diphtheria

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Pseudomembranous pharnygitis, with lymphadenopathy, myocarditis, and arrhytmias

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Gram + long branching filaments, weakly acid fast, aerobe

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What does nocardia cause?

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Pulmonary infections in immunocompromised; cutaneous infections after trauma in immunocompetent; can spread to CNS

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How is infection with Nocardia treated?

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Sulfonimides (TMP-SMX)

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Where is Nocardia found?

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Gram + long branching filaments, anaerobe, not acid fast

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Actinomyces

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Where is Actinomyces found?

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Normal oral, reproductive, and GI flora

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What can Actinomyces cause?

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Oral/facial abscesses that drain through sinus tracts; often associated with dental caries/extraction and other maxillofacial trauma. Can cause PID with IUDs

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How is Actinomyces treated?

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Penicillin

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Mycobacterium avium

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Causes disseminated, non-TB disease in AIDS. Often resistant to multiple drugs

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Prophylaxis for M avium

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Azithromycin when CD4+ count <50 cells/mm3

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Mycobacteria scrofulaceum

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Cervical lymphadenitis in children

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Mycobacteria marinum

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Hand infection in aquarium handlers

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Cord factor

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Virulence factor in M tuberculosis strains; activates macrophages (promoting granuloma formation) and induces release of TNF-alpha

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Sulfatides

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Surface glycolipids. Inhibit phagolysosomal fusion. Present in M tuberculosis

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Yellow sulfur granules

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Actinomyces

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