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Bordet-Gengou agar, whooping cough

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Bordetella pertussis

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Poorly gram staining, silver stain, charcoal yeast agar, airconditioning

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Legionella pneumophilia

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Satellite phenomenon around S. Aureus

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H. Influenzae

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  1. Most common cause of acute epiglottitis

2. Treatment for epiglottitis

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  1. H. Influenzae

2. Ceftriaxone

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Damages ciliated cells; causes whooping

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Tracheal cytotoxin (bordetella pertussis)

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Stage of pertussis where bacterial load is highest

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Catarrhal stage

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Stage of pertussis where whooping is observed

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Paroxysmal stage

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Stage of pertussis where complications develop (pneumonia, seizures, encephalopathy)

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Convalescent stage

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Enriched chocolate agar, polyribitol phosphate capsule

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Hemophilus influenza type B

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Transmission via environmental water source; person to person transmission does not occur

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Legionella pneumophila

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Endotoxin is the sole virulence factor; cell replicates intracellularly

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Legionella

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Pontiac fever

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Legionella

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Atypical pneumonia with electrolyte imbalance (diarrhea, hyponatremia, proteinuria, confusion)

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Legionella

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Lactose fermenter, urease positive, produces a green/metallic sheen on EMB

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E. Coli

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Lactose fermenter, urease positive, ESBL

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Klebsiella pneumoniae

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Comma shaped, microaerophilic, skirrow’s agar

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Campylobacter jejuni

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Comma shaped, urease positive, skirrow’s agar

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Helicobacter pylori

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Motile, oxidase negative, H2S producer, nonlactose fermenting

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Salmonella

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Nonmotile, oxidase negative, H2S nonproducer, nonlactose fermenter

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Shigella

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Swarming, oxidase negative, H2S producer, urease positive

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Proteus mirabilis

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  1. Causative organism of Struvite stones

2. Composition of struvite

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  1. Proteus mirabilis

2. Magnesium, ammonium, phosphate

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Oxidase positive, H2S nonproducer, obligate aerobe

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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Causes watery diarrhea in E. Coli infection

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HST and HLT toxins

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Causes bloody diarrhea in E. Coli infection

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Shiga-like verotoxin

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Virulence factors: H antigen (flagellum), K antigen (capsule), O/somatic antigen (endotoxin), enterotoxins

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E. Coli

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Traveler’s diarrhea

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ETEC

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Watery diarrhea in children and developing countries

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EPEC

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Bloody diarrhea; can cause HUS

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EHEC/STEC

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Typing of EHEC

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O157:H7

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Bloody diarrhea without HUS

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EIEC

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Persistent watery diarrhea in the young and immunocompromised (HIV/AIDS)

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EAEC

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Salmonella that lives in human colon only

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Salmonella typhi

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Salmonella that lives in both humans and animals (poultry, eggs)

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Salmonella enteritidis

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Salmonella enterocolitis

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S. Enteritidis, s. Typhimurium

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Typhoid fever

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S. Typhi

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Chronic carrier state of S. Typhi

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Gallbladder

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Antigen in typhoid fever that allows for invasion in peyer’s patches

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Vi capsular antigen

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Salmonella choleraesuis septicemia:

  1. Common sites of seeding (3)
  2. Common patient populations
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  1. Bone (osteomyelitis), lung (pneumonia), brain (meningitis)
  2. Px with sickle cell anemia, cancer
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Ideal samples for typhoid fever during:
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3

Sample can be taken from __________ at any point during the illness

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  1. Blood
  2. Urine
  3. Stool

Bone marrow

40
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Pulse-fever disproportion, rose spots

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Typhoid fever (S. Typhi)

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Transmission of shigella (4 Fs)

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Food, fingers, feces, flies

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Most common cause of bacillary dysentery

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Shigella sonnei (Duval’s bacillus)

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Most severe type of dysentery; most common cause of epidemic dysentery

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Shigella dysenteriae type 1

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Group A: shigella dysenteriae

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Type 1: shiga bacillus

Type 2: Schmitz bacillus

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Group B: shigella flexneri

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Flexner’s bacillus, Hiss and Russell’s bacillus

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Group C: shigella boydii

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Newcastle Manchester bacillus

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Group D: shigella sonnei

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Duval’s bacillus

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Vibrio spp that lives in human colon only

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Vibrio cholerae

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Vibrio spp that lives in saltwater

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V. Parahemolyticus, V. Vulnificus

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Vibrio spp that causes cholera pandemics

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Vibrio cholerae O1 biotype El Tor (cholera El Tor)

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Cholera enterotoxin that acts via ADP ribosylation

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Choleragen

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Cholera virulence factor that causes attachment to the intestinal mucosa

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Mucinase

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Grows well in hot temperatures (42 C)

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Campylobacter jejuni

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Most common cause of bacterial gastroenteritis

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Campylobacter jejuni

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Associated diseases of campylobacter jejuni

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Guillain barre syndrome

Reiter’s syndrome

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Damages gastric goblet cells; produces ammonia from urea that neutralizes gastric acid

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H. Pylori

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Associated diseases of H. Pylori

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Gastric CA, MALT lymphoma

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4 antibiotics used in the tx of H. Pylori

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Tetracycline, metronidazole, amoxicillin, clarithromycin

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Necrotizing pneumonia with currant jelly sputum

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Klebsiella pneumoniae

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Most common cause of pneumonia in alcoholics

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Klebsiella

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Blue green pigment of pseudomonas

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Pyocyanin

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Causes the sweet grape-like odor of pseudomonas

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Aminoacetophenone

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Virulence factors responsible for necrotizing pneumonia in pseudomonas

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Elastase and protease

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Damages cilia and mucosal cells in pseudomonas infection

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Pyocyanin

65
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Causes hemoglobin breakdown in pseudomonas infection

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Verdoglobin

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Hot tub folliculitis, green nail syndrome, burn infections, contact lens keratitis

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

67
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Most common cause of otitis externa, CSOM

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

68
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Osteomyelitis and pubic osteomyelitis in IV drug users

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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Typhlitis, Shanghai fever, peritonitis in px undergoing peritoneal dialysis

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Pseudomonas

70
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Predominant anaerobe of the human colon

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Bacteroides fragilis

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Causes abdominal abscesses, peritonitis, or cerebral abscess with bowel perforation

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Bacteroides fragilis

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