Gram Positive Non Spore Formers Flashcards
Characteristics of C. diphtheriae
Klebs-Loeffler bacillus
Bulls neck
Highly pleomorphic
Picket fence
Chinese letter
Most commonly isolated diptheroid
Johnson and Kaye
Corynebacterium jeikeium
Agent of ERYTHRASMA
C. minutissimum
Agent of listeriosis
Intracellular parasite
Listeria monocytogenes
Agen to ERYSIPELAS/ERYSEPELOID
Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
Doderlein bacilli
Lactobacillus acidophilus
Agent of Actinomycosis
LUMPY JAW
NON-ACID FAST
Actinomyces
Agent of MYCETOMA
Partially acid fast
Nocardia
Most frequent found in human infection
Nocardia asteroides
Most common cause of actinomycotic mycetoma
Nocardia brasiliensis
Rods with forked ends
Bifidobacterium spp
Agent of diptheria
Diptheria exotoxin
C. diphtheriae
Diseases assoc with C. jeikeium
Prosthetic valve endocarditis in adults
Causes Fish handlers disease
Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
Most common isolated actinomyces
Actinomyces israelli