Micro pics Flashcards

gram positive lancet shaped diplococci
Streptococcus pneumoniae

alpha hemolysis on blood agat: Streptococcus pneumoniae

quelling reaction: streptococcus pneumoniae

gram positive cocci in cluster
staph aureus

bronchopneumonia: patchy ususally involving more than one lobe
caused by many bacterial organisms: S. aureus, H. influenzae, P. aeruginosa, moraxella catarrhalis, legionella pneumonophilia

gram negative bacilli
Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Acinetobacter baumanii, H. influenzae, Klebsiella, moraxella catarrhalis
bordetella pertussis

green-blue pigment: pyocyanin
Pseudomonas aeruginosa

interstitial atypical pneumonia
viral or bacterial: Mycoplasma pneumoniae, chlamydia pneumoniae, RSV, CMV, influenza virus, coxiella burnetti

Legoinella pneumophila
consolidation, diffuse interstitial infiltrates, pleural effusion

steeple sign: croup
parainfluenza
also: RSV, HMPV, influenza
acid fast stain

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

seeded appearance
miliary TB

oval yeast cells within macrophages
histoplasma capsulatum

erythema nodosum
seen in granulomatous diseases: histo, TB, Cocci
GOOD PROGNOSIS: cell mediated imunity is active

thick walled yeast cell with SINGLE BROAD BASED BUD
blastomyces

granulomatous skin lesions: can be ulcerated (grey to violet)
blastomyces

spherule
coccidioides immitis

pilot wheel: yeast cells with multiple buds
paracoccidioides brasiliensis

submandibular LAD
facial, oral, nasal ULCERS
Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

SEPTATE, ACUTE ANGLE branching HYPHAE
radiateing chains of conidia
aspergillus fumigatus

single or multiple nodules with or without cavitation
HALO sign: areas of focal hemorrhage around lesion
Aspergillus

spread to ORBIT
mucormycosis

NONSEPTATE BROAD HYPHAE, RIGHT ANGLE branching
SPORES
mucormycosis

penumocystis jiroveci (carinii)
methenamine silver or giemsa stain

oval budding yeast with wide capsule, NARROW BASED BUD
cryptococcus neoformans

CMV pneumonitis
gram stain and acid fast stain

gram positive stain with thin branching filaments
acid fast stain
Nocardia asteroides

brain and lung abscesses
nocardia asteroides
(brain abscesses also occur in Mucormycosis)

histoplasmosis

histoplasmosis

gram positive bacillus, pleomorphic, club shaped, palisades, beaded
Corynebacterium diptheriae

pseudomembrane: necrotic fibrin, leukocytes, erythrocytes, epithelial cells, and organsism
adheres tightly to underlying tissue and bleeds with scraping
TOXIN induced
can cause mechanical obstruction
Diphtheria

Bull neck: cervical lymphadenopathy
Diphtheria

thumb sign: epiglottitis
H. INFLUENZAE, H. paraflu, S. pneumoniae, Group A strep

otitis media: tympanic membrane bulging and erythematous
S. pneumoniae, H. influenzae, M. catarrhalis