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Gram Negative Bacteria Flashcards

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Neisseria Meningitidis - meningitis and septicaemia

Neisseria ghonorrhoeae - urethritis in men - pelvic inflammatory disease

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What are the forms of Neisseria spp that are of clinical significance?

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Aerobic gram negative cocci

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What type of bacteria are Neisseria spp and Moraxella catarrhalis?

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Can’t be stained with gram stains

Can’t be cultured under standard methods Mycobacterium Spirochaetes Chlamydia

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What is meant by miscellaneous bacteria

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Does salmonella ferment lactose?

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NO

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Yes

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Does E Coli ferment lactose?

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Klebsiella - UTI and pneumonia

Proteus spp - UTI

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What other commensals of the gut exist? (apart from E.Coli)

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NO

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Does salmonella ferment lactose?

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What type of organisms is pseudomonas?

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Strict aerobic bacilli water and soil organisms

Contaminates medical equipment

Hospital acquired cause of sepsis: pneumonia, UTI Respiratory infection in cystic fibrosis

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What causes tuberculosis?

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Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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Large (coliforms)

Small

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What are the sub divisions of gram negative aerobic bacilli?

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What is the test for syphilis?

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Serology, nucleic amplification tests

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What type of organism is E.Coli?

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Coliform - large gram negative aerobic bacilli

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Treponem pallidum - syphilis

Borrelia burgdorferi - lymes disease

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Give an example of a spirochaetes

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Bacteriodes Fragilis - normal colonic flora

Causes intra-abdominal abscess

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What are the important anaerobes? (BACILLI)

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Primary - Non-painful skin legions

Secondary - Systemic illness and rash

Latent - symptomatic episodes may occur

Tertiary - central nervous system Congenital - stillbirth, neonatal death or disease

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What are the stages of syphilis?

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Prevotella - cause of dental abscess (pus that forms in the teeth and gums), aspiration pneumonia, human and animal bite infections.

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Name an oral anaerobe

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What are the strains of chlamydia that cause respiratory infection?

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Chlamydophila pneumoniae

Chlamydophila psittaci - contact with birds

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Urinary tract infection

Enterotoxogenic E.Coli - commonest cause of travellers diarrhoea

Enterohaemorrhagic E.coli - Bloody diarrhoea Haemolytic uraemic syndrome

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What is the infection usually associated with Ecoli?

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Gut pathogen Coliform

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What type of organism is salmonella?

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Name a microaerophilic spiral bacilli

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Helicobacter pylori - natural habitat is human stomach - damages mucosa and causes ulcers

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Mycobacterium leprae

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What causes leprosy?

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What causes leprosy?

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Mycobacterium leprae

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What is the ZN stain used for?

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Mycobacterium species

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What family do Coliforms belong in?

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Enterobacteriaceae Inhabitants of the gut

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What strain of chlamydia is responsible for the Ophthalmic and genital tract infection?

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Chlamydia trachomatis - trachoma (tropical eye infections) Can lead to pelvic inflammatory disease and infertility

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What does salmonella cause?

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Enterocollitis, with or without bloody diarrhoea

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What does typhoid cause?

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Fever and constipation

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Serology, nucleic amplification tests

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What is the test for syphilis?

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What are the sub divisions of gram negative aerobic bacilli?

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Large (coliforms)

Small

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Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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What causes tuberculosis?

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What type of organism is salmonella?

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Gut pathogen Coliform

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Coliform - large gram negative aerobic bacilli

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What type of organism is E.Coli?

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Obligate intracellular bacteria

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What type of bacteria is chlamydia?

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What type of bacteria is chlamydia?

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Obligate intracellular bacteria

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  1. Skin rash
  2. Systemic illness - cardiac or neurological and musculoskeletal symptoms
  3. Chronic disease - skin, nervous system or joint abnormalities
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What are the stages of lymes disease?

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Present from birth

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Define congenital

37
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Enterocollitis, with or without bloody diarrhoea

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What does salmonella cause?

38
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Give an example of a spirochaetes

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Treponem pallidum - syphilis

Borrelia burgdorferi - lymes disease

39
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What does Moraxella Catarrhalis cause?

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Respiratory tract infections

40
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Reverse

Helicobacter pylori - natural habitat is human stomach - damages mucosa and causes ulcers

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Name a microaerophilic spiral bacilli

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What are the virulence mechanisms of Escherichia coli?

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pili, capsule, endotoxin and exotoxins produced

42
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Lactose fermentation

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What is the test for gram negative bacilli?

43
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What does microaerophilic mean?

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Requires little free oxygen

44
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Strict aerobic bacilli water and soil organisms

Contaminates medical equipment

Hospital acquired cause of sepsis: pneumonia, UTI Respiratory infection in cystic fibrosis

A

What type of organisms is pseudomonas?

45
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Reverse

Fever and constipation

A

What does typhoid cause?

46
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What are the important anaerobes? (BACILLI)

A

Bacteriodes Fragilis - normal colonic flora

Causes intra-abdominal abscess

47
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Define congenital

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Present from birth

48
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What are the gram negative bacilli other than coliforms?

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Bordetella pertusis - whooping cough

Haemophilus infuenzae - cocco bacilli (mixed appearance) respiratory tract infection - capsulate form formerly an important cause of meningitis

49
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What is meant by miscellaneous bacteria

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Can’t be stained with gram stains

Can’t be cultured under standard methods Mycobacterium Spirochaetes Chlamydia

50
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Reverse

Respiratory tract infections

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What does Moraxella Catarrhalis cause?

51
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Salmonella typhi

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What is the cause of typhoid fever?

52
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What is the test for gram negative bacilli?

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Lactose fermentation

53
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Campylobacter - commonest cause of bacterial diarrhoea in the UK

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Name a curved microaerophilic gram negative bacilli

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Name a curved microaerophilic gram negative bacilli

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Campylobacter - commonest cause of bacterial diarrhoea in the UK

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Reverse

Chlamydophila pneumoniae

Chlamydophila psittaci - contact with birds

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What are the strains of chlamydia that cause respiratory infection?

56
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How is diagnosis of chlamydia achieved?

A

Nucleic acids amplification tests

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What are the stages of lymes disease?

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  1. Skin rash
  2. Systemic illness - cardiac or neurological and musculoskeletal symptoms
  3. Chronic disease - skin, nervous system or joint abnormalities
58
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What are the forms of Neisseria spp that are of clinical significance?

A

Neisseria Meningitidis - meningitis and septicaemia

Neisseria ghonorrhoeae - urethritis in men - pelvic inflammatory disease

59
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What are the stages of syphilis?

A

Primary - Non-painful skin legions

Secondary - Systemic illness and rash

Latent - symptomatic episodes may occur

Tertiary - central nervous system Congenital - stillbirth, neonatal death or disease

60
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What type of bacteria are Neisseria spp and Moraxella catarrhalis?

A

Aerobic gram negative cocci

61
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Does E Coli ferment lactose?

62
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What is used to detect spirochaetes?

A

Dark ground microscopy or immunofluorescence - Often diagnosed by serology

63
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Reverse

Mycobacterium species

A

What is the ZN stain used for?

64
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What is the cause of typhoid fever?

A

Salmonella typhi

65
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What other commensals of the gut exist? (apart from E.Coli)

A

Klebsiella - UTI and pneumonia

Proteus spp - UTI

66
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Reverse

Bordetella pertusis - whooping cough

Haemophilus infuenzae - cocco bacilli (mixed appearance) respiratory tract infection - capsulate form formerly an important cause of meningitis

A

What are the gram negative bacilli other than coliforms?

67
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Name an oral anaerobe

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Prevotella - cause of dental abscess (pus that forms in the teeth and gums), aspiration pneumonia, human and animal bite infections.

68
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Name another gut pathogen that isn’t salmonella or E.Coli

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Shigella - diarrhoea, dysentery

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Reverse

Chlamydia trachomatis - trachoma (tropical eye infections) Can lead to pelvic inflammatory disease and infertility

A

What strain of chlamydia is responsible for the Ophthalmic and genital tract infection?

70
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Reverse

Enterobacteriaceae Inhabitants of the gut

A

What family do Coliforms belong in?

71
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What is the infection usually associated with Ecoli?

A

Urinary tract infection

Enterotoxogenic E.Coli - commonest cause of travellers diarrhoea

Enterohaemorrhagic E.coli - Bloody diarrhoea Haemolytic uraemic syndrome

72
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Reverse

Dark ground microscopy or immunofluorescence - Often diagnosed by serology

A

What is used to detect spirochaetes?

73
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Reverse

pili, capsule, endotoxin and exotoxins produced

A

What are the virulence mechanisms of Escherichia coli?

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Requires little free oxygen

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What does microaerophilic mean?

75
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Shigella - diarrhoea, dysentery

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Name another gut pathogen that isn’t salmonella or E.Coli

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Nucleic acids amplification tests

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How is diagnosis of chlamydia achieved?

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