micro - descriptions Flashcards
oxidase-positive
gram-negative
bacilli
grows well on highly alkaline media
vibrio cholerae
Herpes
enveloped
double stranded
DNA
winter (viruses)
influenza (orthomyxo)
rota (reo)
RSV (paramyxo)
summer (viruses)
Enteroviruses (Picorno) - Polio - Echo - Coxsacki Arobo - West Nile (flavi)
enveloped partially double-stranded circular DNA w/ RNA dependent DNA polymerase
hepadnavirues
Hep B
nonlactose-fermenting
oxidase-negative
motile
salmonella
gram negative
pyocyanin pigment
psuedomonas
ox pos
gram neg
rod
MC pathogens –> nosocomial bloodstream infx
Coag neg staph
S. aureus
Enterococci
Candida
(GP > GN)
Hep A
picorna
ssRNA
nonenv
Hep B
hepadna
dsDNA***
enveloped
Hep C
flavi
ssRNA
enveloped
Hep D
delta
ssRNA
circular
Hep E
hepe
ssRNA
nonenv
UTI:
catalase pos
gram pos
cocci
staph sapro
coag neg
novobiocin RESISTANT
unenveloped
ssRNA
spread fecal-oral
high mortality in preg
Hep E
gram+ cocci
beta hemolytic
PYR +
(PYR: pyrrolidonyl arylamidase)
Strep pyog (A)
bacitracin sens
gram+ cocci
beta hemolytic
PYR (-)
Strep agalac (B)
bacitracin resistant); CAMP positive
gram+ cocci
gamma hemolytic
PYR +
enterococci
grow in bile AND NaCl
gram+ cocci
gamma hemolytic
PYR (-)
Strep bovis
grow in bile NOT NaCl
facial pain
headache
nasal eschar
pt w/DKA
mucormycosis
mucor or rhizopus or absidia
broad ribbon-like nonseptate hyphae w/ right-angle branching
mucor
rhizopus
grown on:
cysteine-tellurite agar
cornyebacteria
grow as dark black, slightly iridescent
on loffler’s medium - metachromatic phosphate granules (stain with aniline dye like methylene blue)
gram +
cat +
aerobic/facultatively anaerobic
club-shaped rods
corynebacteria
HIV pt
- pain and itching in perirectal area
- intermittant recal bleeding for several mo
- single ulcerative mass in anal canal
squamous cell carcinoma of the anus 2/2 HPV infx
16,18,31
Monospot neg mononucleosis
immunocompetent
CMV
GNR non-motile non-lactose fermenting oxidase neg (no gas) H2S negative
shigella