InfectiousDisease-Basics Flashcards
Standard parameters for bacterial classification
Morphology Staining O2-requirement
Bacterial-morphology: most bacteria are
Cocci Bacilli
Bacterial O2 requirement:
Anaerobic-aerobic spectrum
Which bacteria do not fit neatly into the standard classification parameters (shape, Gram, O2-requirements)?
Mycobacteria Spirochaetes Rickettsiae Chlamydiae
Are Mycobacteria Gram +ve or Gram -ve?
Very weakly Gram-positive or not at all
Mycobacterial cell walls contain
Mycolic acid
Rickettsiae, Chlamydiae: Gram +ve or Gram -ve?
stain poorly with Gram … - more closely related to Gram-negatives
Obligate intracellular parasites that lack cell walls
Rickettsiae Chlamydiae
Medically important Gram-+ve, aerobic cocci
Staph Strep Entero
Medically important Gram-+ve, anaerobic cocci
Anaerobic streptococci
Gram +ve, aerobic bacilli
Corynebacterium Bacillus Listeria monocytogenes Nocardia asteroides
Gram +ve, anaerobic bacilli
Clostridium sp. Lactobacillus sp. Actinomyces sp.
Gram -ve, aerobic cocci
- Neissira meningitidis - N. gonorrhea
Gram -ve, anaerobic cocci
None
Gram -ve, aerobic bacilli
Enterobacteria Pseudomonads Coccobacilli Curved Gram–ve rods (Eg: Vibrio)
Gram -ve, anaerobic bacilli
Bacteroides Fusobacterium
Neissira meningitidis and N. gonorrhea: classical scheme
Gram -ve, aerobic, cocci
Staphylococci
MSSA MRSA Toxin producing Staph. aureus S. epidermidis S. saprophyticus
Example of Coagulase negative Staph.:
Staph. epidermidis
Rx: MSSA
Flucloxacillin
Rx: MRSA
Vancomycin Doxycycline Rifampicin
Rx: TSS
Clindamycin