Micro mix usmle Flashcards
Lactose formers
“CEEK”
Citrobacter
Enterobacter
E.Coli (K1 capsule most important)
Klebsiella
Non lactose formers
“SHYPS”
Shigella
Yersinia enterolytica (AKA Pestis)
Proteus
Salmonella
May lack color
“These rascals may microscopically lack color”:
Treponema
Ricksetta
Mycobacterium
Mycoplasma
Legionella
Chlamydia
cAMP
“CAPE”
Cholera
Anthracis (Poly D glutamate capsule)
Pertusis (via Gi)
E.coli (LT enterotoxin)
Have Capsules [ie… are Quellung Reaction (+)]
“Some killers have pretty nice capsules”
Strep. Pneumoniae
Klebsiella
HiB
Pseudamona Aeroginosa
Neisseria meningitis
Cryptococcus neoformans (only encapsulated fungal pathogen)
Dimorphic Fungi
“Can Also Have Both Shapes”
Cocciodes
Aspergillus
Histolpasma
Blastomyces
Sprothrix schenkii
Have b Prophage
“OBED”
O = Salmonella
B = Botulinum
E = Erythrogenic strep
D = Diptheria
Spore Forming Bacteria
Bacilus & Clostridium (have calcium di-picolinate)
IgA Proteases
Neisseria, Haemophilus, S. pneumoniae
Widal Test
Salmonella (Salmonella begins in the ileocecal region) agglutination indicates Abs to O, H, Vi Salmunella Ags
Wayson’s Stain
Yersinia
Pneumonic Plaque Transmission
Person to person cf w/ Bubonic plaque that was via infected flea
Splenectomy
Predisposes to septicemia
Invasins
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
Fusiform
Vincent’s trench mouth
S. viridans
Dextran mediated adherence
Obligate Aerobes
Pseudomonas & Mycobacterium
Obligate Anaerobes
Clostridium, Actinomyces, Bacteroides
Staph aureus
A Protein, Catalase +/ Coagulase +
Spirochetes
Treponema, Borrelia, Leptospira
Non Motile Gram (+) Rods
Corenybacterium D & Nocardia
Acid Fast Organisms
Mycobacterium; Cryptosporidium; Nocardia (partially); Legionella micdadei; Isospora
Pigment Producing Bacteria
Serratia – red (can cause pseudohemoptysis)
Pseudomonas A – piocyanin blue/green
Staph Aureus – yellow – Protein A
Mycobacteria – photo/scoto chromogenic – caritinoid – yellow/orange
Corneybacterium D – black/gray – pseudomembrane plaque in throat
Bacteroides (Porphyromonas) melaninogenicus – black (heme)
E. coli – irredescent green sheen
Bacterial Morphology
Pneumococci – lancet shaped diplococci
Neisseria – kidney bean shaped diplococci
Camphylobacter – gulls’ wings/comas
Vibrio Cholera – coma shaped
Corneybacterium D – club shaped (nonmotile, G+Rod)
Yersinia – safety pin seen in Wayson’s stain