Gram Negative and Other Bacteria Flashcards
What are the gram negative cocci
N. meningitidis
N. Gonorrhoae
Moraxella catarrhalis
All are oxidase +
How to differentiate b/w the two neisserias
Meningitidis: Fermenter
Gonorrhea: Non fermenter
What are the coccoid rods
H Influenza
B pertussis
Pasteurella
Brucella
How are the gram negative rods differentiated?
Lactose fermenter - pink
Lactose non fermenter
What are the lactose fermenting GNR’s?
Klebsiella Ecoli Enterobacter Citrobater Serratia
What are the slow lactose fermenters
citrobacter
serratia
What are the lactose nonfermenters?
White colonies: Shigella Salmonella Proteus Pseudomonas (oxidase +)
What are the fast lactose fermenters
Klebsiella
E coli
Enterobacter
How are the lactose nonfermenters differentiated?
If they have oxidase
Oxidase positive gram negative rod
Pseudomonas
What gram negative bacteria are curved or comma shaped?
Campylobacter jejuni
Vibrio cholera
H Pylori
Neisseria
Gram negative diplococci
Both ferment glucose and make IgA proteases
N. Gonorrhea clinically
Urethritis, PID, STI
Can travel in blood and cause septic arthritis, conjunctivitis
N. gonoccoi structure
Maltose non fermenter
Gram neg diplococci
No polysaccharide capsule
1st line tx for N gonorrhea
Ceftriaxone
N. Meningococci transmission
Respiratory and oral secretions
N. meningococci structure
Maltose fermenter
Polysaccharide capsule
What bug can cause Waterhouse-Friedrichsen syndrome
N. meningitidis
Prophylaxis for meningococci
Rifampin, ciprofloxacin, ceftriaxone
Treatment for meningococci
Ceftriaxone or PCN G (only after culture)
Haemophilus influenza structure
Gram neg coccoid rod
What does H Flu cause
Epiglottitis Meningitis Otitis media Pneumonia Sinusitis
Thumb sign on XR
Thickening of epiglottis = H Flu epiglottitis
Treatment of H Flu
Treat mucosal infxn w/amoxicillin+/- clavulanate
Treat meningitis with ceftriaxone
What’s most invasive form of H flu
Capsular type B (there’s a vaccine now)
What does H flu produce
IgA protease
How to culture H Flu
Chocolate agar w/factors V and X
Hemophilus ducreyi
Causes chancroid - painful solitary genital ulcer
Legionella pneumophila
Gram negative rod but stains poorly so use silver stain
What do you have to grow legionella on
Charcoal yeast extract culture with iron and cysteine
How is legionella diagonsed
Antigen in urine
Transmission of legionella
NO person to person
Aerosol transmission from environmental water source habitate
Tx of legionella
Macrolide (erythromycin) or quinolone
Pseudomonas aeurginosa
Gram negative rod Oxidase positive Lactose non fermenter Moist environments Blue-green pigment
Infxns from pseudomonas
PNA - cystic fibrosis Otitis externa UTI Osteomyelitis - diabetics Sepsis Contaminates medical equipment and catheters Associated with burn and wound infections Hot tub folliculitis
Pseudomonas toxin
Exotoxin A - inactivates EF-2 - cell necrosis
Tx of pseudomonas
Piperacillin, Ticarcillin
Cefepime, ceftazidime
Imipenem, meropenem
H Pylori triple therapy
PPI + Clarithromycin + either amoxicillin or metronidazole
Gram negative, oxidase positive, diplococci
N gonorrhea or N meningitidis
Sepsis, DIC, adrenal hemorrhage
N. meningitidis