Micro again Flashcards
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Niesseria genus
Obligate aerobe, ceftriaxone
Niesseria gonorrhoaeae
Gonorrhea, PID
Niesseria meningitidis
Spinal meningitis
Moraxella genus
Aerobe, PCN
Moraxella catarrhalis
URI, joints, CNS, ears and eyes
Acinetobacter genus (no species)
aerobe, normally harmless, drugs vary
Salmonella genus (no species)
typhoid, gastroenteritis, cephalosporins/aminoglycosides/fluoroquines
8 members of enterobacteriaceae family
Anaerobic 1) salmonella 2) yersinia 3) Klebsiella 4) Serratia 5) Proteus 6) Enterobacter 7) Eschereshia 8) Shigella All treated with cephalosporins/aminoglycosides/fluoroquines
Yersinia Pestis
Bubonic plague, cephalosporins/aminoglycosides/fluoroquines
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Nosocomial UTI, epidemic diarrhea of newborn, cephalosporins/aminoglycosides/fluoroquines
Serratia marcesens, also provedencia and morangella
Nosocomial UTI, cephalosporins/aminoglycosides/fluoroquines
Proteus vulgaris/mirabilis/rettgeri
UTI, summer’s diarrhea, cephalosporins/aminoglycosides/fluoroquines
Enterobacter (no species)
Normal body flora beccomes infectious, cephalosporins/aminoglycosides/fluoroquines
Eschereshia coli
Most common UTI, gastroenteritis, cephalosporins/aminoglycosides/fluoroquines
Shigella (no species)
Dysentary food and water contamination, cephalosporins/aminoglycosides/fluoroquines
Vibrio genus (no treatment given)
Facultative anaerobe
Vibrio cholerae (no treatment given)
Human cholera,
Vibrio parahaemolyticus (no treatment given)
Acute enteritis with improperly cooked seafood
Campylobacter genus
Facultative anaerobe, ciprofloxacin and 3rd gen cephalosporin
Campylobacter fetus
Leading cause of food borne illness in US via oral fecal route, ciprofloxacin and 3rd gen cephalosporin
Campylobacter jejuni
Traveler’s diarrhea, ciprofloxacin and 3rd gen cephalosporin
Helicobacter pylori
Acute gastritis, urease production allows it to survive, clarithromycin, amoxicillin
Bacteroides fragilis
99% of fecal flora may cause endocarditis and abscess formation, carbapenems, tigecycline, metronidazole
Haemophilus genus
Facultative anaerobe, ampicillin, chloramphenicol, tetracycline
Haemophilus influenzae
Respiratory and meningeal infections
Haemophilus Ducrevi
STI chancre on genitals
Bordatella pertusis (include treatment)
Tetracycline, acrolides, chloramphenicol
Brucella genus
Passed thru milk products, general malaise, treated with tetracycline
Treponema pallidum (include treatment and what phases are curable)
Syphilis (chancres), primary and secondary treated with PCN
Borrelia burgdorferi (include treatment)
Lyme disease, doxycycline, amoxicillin
Mycobacterium genus
aerobic, rifampin
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Tubercles on lungs
Mycobacterium leprae
Leprosy
Chlamydia trachomatis (include treatment)
Genital infections, erythromycin for eye, tetracycline for genitals
Rickettsiae genus
aerobic, tetracycline
Rickettsia typhus
Endemic typhus
Rickettsia rickettsii
Rocky mountain spotted fever
Rickettsia akara
Rickettsialpox
Ricketsia prowzekii
Epidemic typhus
Mycoplasma pneumoniae (include treatment)
Walking pneumonia, erythromycin
Legionella pneumophila (include treatment)
Legionnaires disease, erythromycin
Staphylococci genus
Facultative anaerobes, PCN, cephalosporin, vancomycin
Staph aureus
-scalded skin and pustules
Staph epidermidis
implant infection
Streptococci genus
Facultative anaerobe, PCN
Strep pyogenes
Impetigo, rheumatic fever, scarlett fever, erysipelas
Viridans streptococci
Dental caries and bacterial endocarditis
Strep pneumoniae
80% cause of all bacterial bacterial pneumonia
Enterococci genus
Facultative anaerobe, ampicillin and gentamicin
Bacillus anthracis (include treatment)
Anthrax, PCN
Clostridia genus
Anaerobic, metronidazole and vancomycin
Clostridia perfringens
Gangrene and food poisoning
Clostridia tetani
Tetanus
Clostridia botulinum
Botulism
Clostridium difficile
Antibiotic induced pseudomembranous colitis
Corynebacterium diptheriae
throat pain
Listeria monocytogenes
Sepsis from that unpasteurized milk