Gram Positive Flashcards
What are your gram positive, aerobic bacilli?
- Listeria
- Bacillus
- Corynebacterium
What are your gram positive, anaerobic bacilli
Clostridium
Propionibacterium
What are your gram positive, aerobic, branching filaments
Nocardia
weakly acid fast
What are your gram positive, anaerobic, branching filaments
Actinomyces
not acid fast
Catalase positive facultative cocci
Staphylococcus
Catalase negative facultative cocci
Streptococcus
Catalase positive, coagulase positive cocci in clusters
S. aureus
Catalase positive, coagulase negative, novobiocin sensitive cocci in clusters
S. epidermidis
Catalase positive, coagulase negative, not novobiocin sensitive cocci in clusters
S. saprophyticus
[Hemolysis in streptococci]
green, partial
alpha hemolysis
[Hemolysis in streptococci]
comple, clear
beta hemolysis
[Hemolysis in streptococci]
no hemolysis, grows in bile
gamma hemolysis
to differentiate viridans and S. pneumoniae
Optochin Sensitivity
Bile solubility
Optochin sensitive,
alpha hemolytic
catalase negative cocci
S. pneumoniae
Optochin insensitive
Alpha hemolytic
Catalase negative
cocci
Viridans streptococci
How will you differentiate S. agalactiae and S. oyogenes?
Bacitracin
Bacitracin sensitive
beta hemolytic
coagulase negative
cocci
Group A
S. pyogenes
Bacitracin = beta
Bacitracin insensitive
Beta hemolytic
Catalase negative
cocci
Group B S agalactiae
Beta=Bacitracin= group B is negative bacit
How will you differentiate S. bovis from E. faecium and E. faecalis?
Growth in 6.5% NaCl
Grows in 6.5% NaCl
Gamma hemolysis
Catalase negative
cocci
Group D (Enterococcus)
E. faecium
E. faecalis
Does not grow in 6.5% NaCl
Gamma hemolysis
Catalase negative
cocci
S. bovis
The gold color of staphylococcus is due to the pigment:
staphyloxanthin
What are the immunomodulators of S. aureus
- Protein A
- Coagulase
- Cytotoxin
- PV Leukocidin
- Catalase
- Penicillinase
What are the compounds found in S. aureus that plays a role in tissue penetrans?
- Hyaluronidase
- Fibrinolysin
- Lipase
Which is an immunomodulator found in S. aureus
Hyaluronidase or Coagulase
Coagulase
What are the toxins produce by Staphylococcus
- Exfoliatin
- Enterotoxin
- TSST-1
- Alpha toxin
Toxin found in S. aureus that can cause marked necrosis of the skin and hemolysis
Alpha toxin
Toxin in S. aureus that can cause epidermal separation
Exfoliatin
What is the most common cause of acute endocarditis?
S. aureus
preferentially infects Tricuspid valve
___ abscess os a sequestered focus of osteomyelitis arising in the metaphyseal area of a long bone infected by S. aureus
Brodie abscess
S. aureus presents as acute onset gastroenteritis due to presence of ____
preformed heat-stable enterotoxin
___ disease
caused by exfoliatin found in S. aureus that cleaves desmoglein
Ritter disease (SSSS)
separation of epidermis at stratum granulosus
Lyell disease is distringuished from SSS since the separation occurs at the ____
Dermo-epidermal junction
Lyell Disease = TEN
[Diagnose]
fever, hypotension, strawberry tongue, desquamating rash, multiorgan involvement
Blood CS negative
Toxic Shock Syndrome
What is the DOC for MSSA?
- Nafcillin
- Oxacillin
- Dicloxacillin
What is the DOC for VRSA?
Linezolid
Component of S. aureus that prevents complement actiation
Protein A
Bacteria that are novobiocin senstiive
Novo resistant Saprophyticus
Novo sensitive epidermidis
____ that adheres well to foreign bodies and form biofilms (like in prosthetic joints amd vpl shunts)
S. epidermidis
Tx: Remove prosthetic device, treat with vancomycin
What is the second most common cause of UTI in sexually active women?
nitrite negative
S. saprophyticus
DOC: TMP-SMX
___ test
measures hydrolysis of 1-pyrrolidonyl beta naphthylamide and release of beta napththylamine
PYR test
Postive in S. pyogenes
Bacitracin sensitive organisms
Bacitracin
B Resistant
A Sensitive
Remember: BRAS
What is the spreading factor of S. pyogenes?
Hyaluronidase
What activates plasminogen in Streptococcus?
Streptokinase
What virulence enzyme present in
S. pyogenes that degrades DNA in exudates or necrotic tissue
DNAse or Streptodornase
What virulence enzyme present in
S. pyogenes that inactivates complement C5A
C5A peptidase
What toxin in S. pyogenes that cause scarlet fever?
Erythrogenic toxin
What toxin found in S. pyogenes that is highly antigenic that causes antibody formation?
Streptolysin O
Oxygen-labile
Toxin of S. pyogenes that is oxygen-stable and is similar to TSST?
Pyrogenic Exotoxin
Toxin of S. pyogenes that is oxygen-stable that is a protease that rapidly destroys tissue
Exotoxin B
What is the major virulence factor for group A strep which inhibits the activation of complement and protects the organism from phagocytosis
M protein
___ is the titer used to document antecedent pharyngitis
ASO
___ is the titer used to document antecedent strep skin infection
Anti-DNAse B
____ presence of this decrease the efficacy of streptokinase in managing MI
Anti-streptokinase
In impetigo contangiosa, neturophils accumulate in ___
beneath stratum corneum