Microbio Flashcards
Pus Empyema Abscess
S aureus
Pediatric infection
H influenza including epiglotitis
Pneumonia in CF and burn
P aeruginosa
Branching rods in oral infection with sulfur granules
Actinomyces israelii
traumatic open wound
“Crackling” “crepitus” on palpation
clostridium perfinges
surgical wound
s aureus
dog or cat bite
pasteurella multicoda
positice PAS stain
tropheryma whipplei
fungal infection in DM or immunocompromised
mucor or rhizopus
asplenic patient
encapsulated microbes SHiN S pneumonia H influenza B N meningitidis
chronic granulomatous ds
cat positive microbes esp S aureus
White on MacConkey agar
Nonlactose fermenting bacteria SALMONELLA SHIGELLA
Light green colonies with black center on Hektoen
Salmonella
Lactose fermenters
E colia Klebsiella
Cuase of neonatal herpes
HSV 2
Gram positive anaerobe produces toxin A (diarrhea) and toxin B (cytotoxic)
C. difficile
Toxin A attaches to brush border of the gut then
Toxin B destroys cytoskeleton of enterocytes causing pseudo membranous colitis
Absence or near absence of tonsils and adenoids in child with recurrent bacterial infection suggests
Bruttons aggamaglobinemia
- x linked humoral (antibody mediated) immunity
- arrest of devt at pre B cell stage hence can’t make IGs
Child predisposed to viral infections and intracellular pathogens
di georgi syndrome catch 22
MOA metronidazole
In anaerobes
Inhibit nucleic acid synthesis
Eukaryote or prokaryote: membrane bound organelle
Eukaryotes
Grows on charcoal agar with iron and cysteine
Legionella.
Seen on silver stain
Grows on chocolate agar with factor V and X
H. Influenza
Beta hemolytic bacteria 4
Staph aureus
PbA pyogenes bacitracin ayaw agalactiae
Listeria monocytogenes - tumbling motility, newborn meningitis,
unpasteurized milk in adults
Bacterial Meningitis empiric tx
Ceftriaxone + vancomycin
Add ampicillin if listeria suspected
Stain positive for CD15 and CD30
Hodgkin’s lymphoma
- Note reed steernberg
- assoc w EBV
Opposes action of cytokines or dampens immune response to restore balance
Transforming factor beta
Hot T Bone stEAk
Mnemonic for interleukins
IL1 Hot - fever IL2 T cells stimulation IL3 Bone marrow stimulation IL4 IgE production IL5 IgA production
Major chemotactic factor for neutrophils
Clean up on aisle 8
IL8
Rash begins from HAIRLINE down to trunk and limbs VS rash begins from face then down to body
Hairline onset rash - rubeola or measles
Face to body - rubella or German measles
Interstitial pneumonia common in adults 18 to 40 yo. Etiology?
atypiCaL pneuMonia
Mycoplasma
Legionella
Clamydia
Causes of lobar pneumonia
S pneumonia > klebsiella
Mega colon and mega esophagus etiology
Chagas ds. T cruz. Reduvid bug or kissing bug coz painless. Dilated cardiomyopathy "t corazoni" Dx blood smear. Tx nifurtimox
Visceral leishmaniasis or kala agar
Leishmania donovani
Sandfly
Dx macrophages containing amastigotes
Tx sodium stibogluuconate
Trematodes or flukes treated with PRAZIQUANTEL 3
S haematobium - snails. Cercariae penetrate skin. SCC bladder
Clonorchis sinensis - undercooked fish. CholangioCA gallbladder
Paragonius westermani - undercooked crab. Lung inflam,
hemoptysis
Prevents release of acetylcholine from NMJ
Botulinum toxin
Blocks glycine and GABA release from Renshaw cells in the spinal cord
Tetanus toxin or tetanospasmin
Toxin produced by c perfinges
Alpha toxin or lecithinase causing Gas gangrene
Toxins that Inhibit protein synthesis:
inactivates EF 2
Diptheria toxin - Corneybacterium diptheria
Exotoxin A - Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Cause host cell death.
Toxins that inhibit protein synthesis:
inactivates 60s ribosome by removing adenine from rRNA
Shiga toxin - Shigella spp - invades mucosa - HUS
Shiga lilke toxin - EHEC O157 H7 - not invade mucosa - HUS
Toxins that increase fluid secretion
Watery diarrhea. Labile in Air, stable in Ground.
ETEC
1 heat LABILE toxin. Inc cAMP, inc Cl secretion into gut, followed
by water
2 heat STABLE toxin. Inc cGMP, dec NaCl resorption so more
NaCl and H2O in gut
Toxins that increase fluid secretion
Bacillus anthracis, V cholera, ETEC
Bacillus anthracis : Edema Factor. Inc cAMP
V cholera : Cholera toxin. Inc Gs, inc cAMP, inc Cl secretion into
gut. H2O follows Cl.
Cleaves SNARE protein inhibiting NT release
Tetanospasmin GABA and glycine
Botulinum toxin ACh
Gram POSITIVE RODS spore forming
2 aerobic
4 anaerobic
Aerobes: B cereus and B anthracis
Anaerobe motile : C tetani, C. difficile , C botulinum
Anaerobe nonmotile : C perfringes
Gram POSITIVE RODS non spore forming
L monocytogenes - tumbling motility , jets fr cell to cell
C diptheria - Chinese characters, loefflers or tellurite medium
A Israeli
Spirochetes gram neg
Treponema
Borrelia sp
Leptospirosis sp
Gram neg, oxidase +, comma shaped
Grows in 42C
Grows in alkaline media
Grows in 42C : campylobacter jejuni
Grows in alkaline media : vibrio cholera
Gram NEG rods LACTOSE fermenter
Fast lactose fermenters: Klebsiella , E. coli
Sow lactose fermenters: Citrobacter, Serratia
Gram NEG rods NON lactose fermenter
Oxidase -
Oxidase +
Oxidase NEGative: shigella, salmonella, proteus
Oxidase POSitive: Pseudomonas, H pylori
Diagnosis of mycoplasma pneumonia
Cold agglutinin titer
Cold agglutinin are antibodies that cause RBCs to clump together at low temperature