Infectious Diseases Flashcards
throat culture
- used for bacterial pharyngitis identification
- can identify all bacteria (not just S. pyrogenes)
- not ALWAYS indicated (Centor score 2-3)
nasopharyngeal swab uses
- viral cultures and identification
- pertussis
- S. aureus carriers
wound cultures
- may need to open surgical wounds to culture
- superficial swabs (high amount of skin flora and contaminants)
- deep swab or aspirates (better for identification)
- pustules and vesicles (express before swab)
positive urine culture
- everyone = colony count less greater than or equal to 10^5
- women with pyuria can be positive with greater than or equal to 10^2
- indicates presence of bacteria in bladder
men genitourinary swabs
- urethral
- 2-4 cm into urethral
- rotated 2-3 times
- rectal
- 1cm into anus
- rotate for 5-10 seconds
women genitourinary swabs
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cervical
- 1-2 cm into cervical canal
- rotate for 30 seconds
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vaginal
- 1cm into vagina
- rotate for 15 sec
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rectal
- 1cm into anus
- rotate 5-10 sec
staphylococcus
- gram positive coci in clusters
- catalase (+)
- part of normal skin flora
what are the two staphylococcus species
S aureus
S epidermidis
S aureus
- coagulase (+)
- B-hemolysis
- MRSA has no hemolysis
S epidermidis
- coagulase (-)
- no hemolysis
streptococcus
- gram positive cocci in chains
- catalase (-)
2 main genus of streptococcus
streptococcus
enterococcus
streptococcus
- S. pyogenes
- S. pneumoniae
- S. agalactiae
enterococcus
E. faecalis
S. pyogenes
- group A
- oxidase (-)
- PYR (+)
- B-hemolysis
- pharyngitis, impetigo, erysipelas, necrotizing fasciitis
S. agalactiae
- group B
- oxidase (-)
- hippurate (+)
- less pronounced, B-hemolysis
- part of female urogenital tract
- neonatal infections
S. pneumoniae
- group B
- oxidase (-)
- alpha-hemolysis
- HEENT, pulmonary, neurologic, blood infections
group D streptococcus
no hemolysis
endocarditis, bacteremia
group D streptococcus species
- S. bovis
- S. viridans
E. faecalis
- oval, diplococci
- facultative anaerobes
- no or weak alpha-hemolysis
- normal GI tract flora
- UTI, bacteremia, endocarditis, surgical site infection (SSI)
peptostreptococcus species
- gram positive cocci
- non-spore forming
- anaerobic
- can be found in GI/GU tract, mouth, skin
- infections refractory to antibiotics
c. diptheriae
- catalase (+)
- facultative anaerobe
- pleomorphic rods - form brown/black colones
- normal skin flora
- diptheria
l. monocytogenes
- weak beta-hemolysis
- coccobacillus
- hippurate (+)
- facultative anerobe
- motile
- found in soil, streams, foods
- neonatal infections
bacillus species
- large gram positive rods
- may form spores
- aerobic
- B hemolysis
what are the bacillus species
b anthracis
b cereus
b anthracis
anthrax
b cereus
undercooked fried rice
clostridium
- large gram positive rods
- spore forming
- anaerobes
- B hemolysis
what are the main clostridium species
- C. perfringens
- C. difficile
- C. botulinum
- C. tetani
C. perfringens
part of clostridium species
- gas gangrene
- necrotizing fasciitis
C. difficile
part of clostridium species
- antibiotic associated diarrhea
C. botulinum
part of clostridium species
- Botulism
C. tetani
part of clostridium species
- tetanus
gardnerella vaginalis
- gram positive rods
- hippurate (+)
- bacterial vaginitis
lactobacillus species
- gram positive rod
- non spore forming
- facultative anaerobic
- normal vaginal flora
mycobacterium species
- acid-fast bacillus
- classified as gram positive due to lack of outer membrane
- waxy, outer coating mycolic acid
- classified as gram positive due to lack of outer membrane
- aerobic
- extremely slow growing - takes 6 weeks to culture
what are the mycobacterium species
- M. tuberculosis
- M. avium
- M. leprae
mycoplasmatacea family
- very small cell size
- no cell wall present - classified as gram +
- highly fastidious
- difficult to culture
what are the mycoplasmatacea species
- M. pneumoniae
- U. urealyticum
M. pneumoniae
- atypical pneumonia
- (+) agglutinins
U. urealyticum
- UTI, STI
- (+) urease
neisseria
- Gram-negative diplococci
- Facultative anaerobes
- Oxidase (+)
- Catalase (+)
- Carbohydrate utilization differentiates
what are the neisseria species
- N. gonorrhea
- N. meningitidis
moraxella catarrhalis
- gram negative coccobacillus
- oxidase (+)
- tributyrin (+)
- infections of upper respiratory system
enterobacteriaceae
- Catalase (+)
- Oxidase (-)
- Glucose fermenters
- Reduce nitrate to nitrites
- Facultative anaerobes
- Motile
- VERY large family of pathogenic bacteria
E coli
- β-hemolytic
- Indole (+)
- Normal GI flora
- Most common isolate in UTI
E coli lethal strains
- Enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC)
- Traveler’s diarrhea
- Enterpathogenic E. coli (EPEC
- Enteroinvasive E. coli (EIEC)
- Dysentery
- Enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC)
- Enteroaggregative E. col (EAEC)
shigella
- non motile
- non spore forming
- diarrhea
shigella serogroups
- S. dysenteriae
- S. flexneri
- S. boydii
- S. sonnei
salmonella enterica
- motile
- non-spore forming
- diarrhea
salmonella enterica serotypes
- S. typhi
- S. typhimurium
- S. paratyphi
S. typhi
typhoid fever
S. typhimurum
salmonellosis
citrobacter freundii
- motile
- non spore forming
- found in soil and GI tract
- nosocomial infections
Klebsiella pneumoniae
- non motile
- non spore forming
- urease (+)
- nosocomial infection
- pneumonia
- 2nd most common UTI isolate
enterobacter cloacae
- motile
- non spore forming
- urease (+)
- nosocomial infections
- UTI, respiratory tract
serratia marcescens
- motile
- non spore forming
- nosocomial infections - UTI, respiratory
proteus
- motile
- non spore forming
- nosocomial infections - UTI, respiratory
proteus species
- P. mirabilis
- P. vulgaris
Yersinia
- motile at 25C/non-motile at 36C
- non spore forming
what are the Yersinia species
- Y. enterocolitica
- Y. pestis
Y. enterocolitica
diarrhea
Y. pestis
plague
haemophilus influenza
- Non-motile
- Non-spore forming
- Facultative anaerobe
- 6 encapsulated serotypes - a, b, c, d, e, f
- Opportunistic - URI, meningitis
- ***Vaccine***
paturella multocida
dog and cat
eikenella corrodens
human bites
pseudomonas aeruginosa
- aerobic
- motile
- oxidase (+)
- catalase (+)
- “grape scent”
- common infections in: post burn injuries, otitis externa, skin, nosocomial infections
bordetella pertussis
- aerobic
- non motile
- non spore forming
- catalase (+)
- oxidase (+)
- causes pertussis
- vaccine
legionella pneumophila
- aerobic, intracellular parasite of amoebae
- non motile
- catalase (+)
- oxidase (-)
- associated with water - environmental water sources, air conditioning towers
- causes pneumonia
vibrio cholerae
- aerobic
- motile
- non spore forming
- toxin producer
- fecal contaminated waters and brackish rivers - raw shellfish
- diarrhea - “rice water stools”
chlamydia species
- gram negative, intracellular coccobacillus - difficult to stain
- most common bacterial STI
- atypical pneumonia
stenotrophomonas maltophila
nosocomial infections
acinetobacter baumanii
nosocomial infections
aeromonoas hydrophila
- found in various water sources
- diarrhea
- necrotizing fasciitis
microaerophillic gram neg rods
needs oxygen, but a lower concentration than atmosphere and higher concentration of CO2
campylobacter jejuni
- poultry
- GI infections
- associated with guillain barre syndrome
helicobacter pylori
PUD
bacteriodes fragilis
- normal GI flora
- intra ab infectoions
fusobacterium sp
- normal oropharynx infection
- lemierre’s syndrome
brucella sp
- Brucellosis
- Gram-negative cocci
- Cattle, buffalo
- Unpasteurized milk
- Undercooked meat
francisella sp
- Tularemia
- Gram-negative coccobacilli
- Intracellular parasite
- Rabbits, rodents
HACEK
- Haemophilus sp.
- Aggregatibacter sp.
- Cardiobacterium sp.
- Eikenella sp.
- Kingella sp.
- Oropharynx flora
- Significant cause of endocarditis
SPACE
- Serratia sp.
- Pseudomonas sp.
- Acinetobacter sp.
- Citrobacter sp.
- Enterobacter sp.
- Nosocomial gram-negative pathogens with high resistance rates
hepadenaviridae
hep B
herpesviridae
- CMV
- HSV
- Varicella
papillomaviridae
HPB
parvoviridae
B19
poxviridae
small pox
enteroviridae
polio
coxsackie
rhinovirus
orthomyxoviridae
RNA
- influenza
paramyxoviridae
RNA
- parainfluenza
- measles
- mumps
pneumoviridae
RNA
- RSV
matonaviridae
RNA
- rubella
coronaviridae
RNA
- SARS-CoV-2
rhaboviridae
RNA
- rabies
reoviridae
RNA
- rotavirus
retroviridae
retroviridae
RNA
- HIV
dermatophytes
- trichophyton
- epidermophyton
- microsporum
zygomycota
- mucor
- rhizopus
dimorphic fungi
endemic mycoses
Blastomycoses dermatidis,
Histoplasma capsulatum,
Coccidoides immitis
yeast
candida sp
cryptococcus sp
protazoan parasites
Eukaryotic
Single-celled
No cell wall
Motile
ameba
- motility - pseudopods
- entamoeba histolytica
- acanthamoeba
- naegleria fowleri
flagellates
- motility - flagella
- giardia lamblia
- trichomonas vaginalis
- typanosoma sp
apicomplexa
- intracellular organism
- plasmodium sp
- toxoplasma sp
- pneumocystis sp
- cryptosporidium sp
helminths
- Found in blood, feces, and urine
- Identification Tests
- Stool evaluation
- Eggs and larvae
- Skin tape test
- Looking for eggs around anus
- Stool evaluation
nematodes
- Ascaris lumbricoides (round worms)
- Enterobius vermicularis (pin worms)
- Necator americanus (hook worm)
cestodes
Taenia saginata (tape worm)
trematodes
Schistosoma mansoni (fluke worm)
spirochetes
double membrane bacteria
helically coiled shape
spirochetes types
- treponemia pallidum
- borrelia burgdorferi
- leptospira sp