Micro, D Kinder, Lec Flashcards
what type of microbe is bordetella
gram negative coccobacilli
3 phases whooping cough
catarrhal
paroxysmal
convalescent
Dx whooping cough
nasal swabs for culture or PCR
Tx whooping cough
zpak
supportive
Klebsiella pneumonia is what type micrbe
gram - non-motile capsulate rods, faculative anaerobes
Currant jelly sputum is pathoneumonic for what
klebsiella ppneumonia
what type of microbe is moraxella catarrhalis
gram - that grow on blood or chocolate agar
diplococci
catalase and oxidase +
Neisseria meningitidis is what type microbe
gram - aerobic kidney shaped diplococci
oxidase +
ferments maltose and glucose
grows on thayer-martin media and chocolate agar!!
Dx and tx neisseria
gram stain from CSF, or PCR
CSF culture blood culture, skin culture
penicillin or 3rd generation cephalosporin
if left unTx neisseria m. patients have what mortality
70-90%
What microbe produces pyocyanin
pseudomonas
type of microbe that pseudomonas is
aerobic gram - rod
blue/green pigment
nosocomial pathogen
what type of infections does pseudo cause
HAP, CAP
otitis externa!! most common cause of this.
puncture wounds
endopthalmitis
endocarditis
UTI
skin infections, burns, ecthyma gangrenosum
Tx pseudomonas
extended spectrum penicillin and aminoglycoside combination
Chlamydophila psittaci is what type microbe
gram - obligate intracell bacteria
macrophages are principle host
Tx Chlamydophila psittaci
tetracyclines, macrolides, FQs
What is a very common infection in most adults and cause atypical pneumonia in children <5
chlamydophila penumonia
CXR and labs for chlamydophila pneumonia
pneumonitis on CXR
labs actually have normal WBC
Dx of chlamydophila pneumonia
serology
coxiella burnetii is what type microbe
gram - infects host monocytes
what does coxiella burnetii cuse
Q fever
sometimes endocarditis
major outbreaks of coxiella has been associated with what
sheep and goats
clinical manifestation Q fever
60% seroconvert wihtout disease
38% self limited disease
prolonged fever, pneumonia, hepatitis, rash
meningitis, encephalitis, peripheral neuropathy
pericarditis, myocarditis
what is risk of coxiella during pregnancy
chronic uterine infection leading to multiple spontaneous abortions
Dx coxiella burnetii
based on serology
Tx coxiella burnetii
doxy for 2 wks
doxy+hydroxychloroquine for 18-36 mo for endocarditis
how does hydroxychloroquine work?
increases pH in phagosomes
francisella tularensis is what type microbe
zoonotic
small aerobic pleomorphic gram - bacillus
rabbits squirrels and muskrats
clinical manifestation tularemia
ulcerglandular glandular oculoglandula typhoidal oropharyngeal pneumonic- most serious
Sx ulceroglandulat tularemia
fever
ulcer formation
sore throact
patchy infiltrates on CXR
glandular tularemia
fever, constitutional and lymphadenopathy
oralpharyngeal tularemia
oral mcous membranes of mouth
inadequately cooked game meat
pharyngeal ulcers
pneumonic tularemia
most serious
inhalation exposure
fever, dry cough, substernal chest discomfort, eribronchial infiltrates and bronchopneumonia
hilar adenopathy
Dx tularemia
serologic
typhoidal tularemia
fever only
Tx tularemia
genta or streptomycin
cipro
doxy
type microbe bacillus anthracis
spore forming gram + non motile rod that is aerobic or faculatively anaerobic
catalase +, hemolysis -
sheep agar!
clnical manifestation bacillus anthracis
mediastinal adenopathy
mediastinal widening**
pleural effusion
rapidly fatal if not Tx with multiple antibiotics and pleural drainage
Dx bacillus anthracis
blood cultures
tx bacillus anthracis
multi drug regimen
pleural drainage
what type of microbe is yersinia pestis
gram - coccobacillus, microaerophilic, nonmotile, and non spore forming
prairie dogs
clinical manifestations yersinia pestis (bubonic plague)
bubonic( nodules), septicemia, penumonic
septicemia from yersinia present how
nausea, vomiting, diarrhea
DIC
hypotension, renal failure and obtundation
ARDS
pneumonic plague of yersinia presents how
highly fatal, die in 24 hrs
respiratory distress, hemoptysis
Tx plague
strepto- pneumonic
tetracyclin- bubonic
chlorphenicol- speticemia
What type microbe is leptospirosis
spirochete with terminal hook
use dark filed microscopy
where in hosts does leptospirosis live
renal tubules