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NPLEX I (2022) > Microbio > Flashcards

Microbio Flashcards

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Gram staining

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Gram +: thick peptidoglycan layer

Gram -: thinner wall

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Staphylococcus aureus

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Gram +, catalase +, coagulase +, cocci, beta hemolytic, ferment mannitol, superantigen toxic shock syndrome

bacterial pneumonia, UTI, septic arthritis, osteomyelitis, food poisoning,

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Staphylococcus epidermidis

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Gram +, catalase +, urease +, cocci

UTI, infects artificial joint, endocarditis

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Streptococcus pyogenes

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Gram +, group A, cocci, streptolysin O, encapsulated

impetigo, pharyngitis, cellulitis, eriseplas, rheumatic fever, glomerulonephritis,
exotoxin: scarlet fever, toxic shock syndrome, necrotizing fasciitis

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Streptococcus agalactiae

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Gram +, group B, cocci, encapsulated, b-hemolytic,

meningitis, sepsis, pneumonia

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Brodetella pertussis

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whooping cough

gram - coccobacilli, endotoxin,

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Campylobacter jejuni

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toxic megacolon, reactive arthritis

gram -, comma-shaped rod, flagellum, anaerobic, oxidase-positive,

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Citrobacter

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UTI

gram -, bacilli, facultative anaerobes

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Enterobacter

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UTI, respiratory infx in those hospitalized, skin infections w/ surgery and burns

gram -, facultative anaerobes, rod, non-spore forming, urease +, lactose-fermenting, motile

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E coli

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diarrhea (enterotoxigenic), UTI, hemolytic uremic syndrome (enterohemorrhagic)

gram -, rod, facultative anaerobes, catalase +, encapsulated, flagella, shiga/heat-labile

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Haemophilus influenzae

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meningitis, epiglottitis, otitis media, pneumonia

gram - coccobacilli, encapsulated or unencapsulated, facultative anaerobic, endotoxin

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H. pylori

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peptic ulcers

gram -, curved rod, flagella, urease and catalase +, microaerophile

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Klebsiella pneumoniae

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pneumonia, wound infx, meningitis, UTI

gram -, bacilli, facultative anaerobes, urease +

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N. gonorrhoeae

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urethritis, prostatitis, orchitis, cervicitis, gonococcal ophthalmia, dermatitis

gram -, diplococci, IgA protease

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N meningitidis

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meningitis, gangrene of toes, DIC, Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome, pharyngitis, intense myalgias, petechial rash

gram -, diplococci, IgA protease, polysaccharide capsule, maltose acid detection

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Pasteurella multocida

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respiratory infx, cellulitis

gram -, coccobacillus, encapsulated, facultative anaerobic, oxidase and catalase +, nitrate reductive +

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Proteus mirabilis

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pneumonia, wound infx, UTI

gram -, bacilli, motile, facultative anaerobic, urease +

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Salmonella typhi

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GI, septicemia, typhoid fever

gram -, rod, facultative anaerobic and pathogens, encapsulated, flagella, produce hydrogen sulfide, sensitive to gastric acid

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Serratia marcescens

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hospitalized pt, pneumonia, UTI, bacteremia, sepsis, endocarditis, meningitis

gram -, bacillus, motile, facultative anaerobic, urease +, catalase +, DNASE, Lipase

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Shigella

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diarrhea, dysentery, neuron damage

gram - bacilli, facultative anaerobe, shiga toxin,

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Yersinia Enterocolitica and pestis

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bubonic (lymph nodes) plague, heart/lungs, sepsis, appendicitis

gram -, coccobacillus, bipolar staining, facultative anaerobe and intracellular, catalase +

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What are exotoxins?

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group of soluble proteins that are secreted by the bacterium, enter host cells, and catalyze the covalent modification of a host cell component(s) to alter the host cell physiology

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What are endotoxins?

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lipopolysaccharides are the component of the outer membrane of gram-negative bacteria and are released into the circulation upon disruption of the intact bacteria (death, cell lysis)

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most common cause of rhinitis?

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adenovirus

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Streptococcus Pneumoniae

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gram +, cocci, alpha-hemolytic, encapsulated,

pneumonia, meningitis, otitis media, pneumonia, sinusitis

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Enterococcus spp

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gram +, cocci,

UTI, endocarditis, biliary tree infection

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Bacillus anthracis

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gram +, spore-forming, bacillus, capsule,

black necrotic cutaneous lesion, pulmonary anthrax

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Clostridium tetani

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gram-positive, spore-forming bacillus, tetanus toxin, obligate anaerobes

puncture wound from metal, tetanus

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Clostridium botulinum

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gram-positive, spore-forming bacillus, obligate anaerobes, botulinum toxin

botulism, canned food, obligate anaerobes, descending flaccid paralysis, honey

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Streptococcus Viridans

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gram +, cocci, alpha-hemolytic

bacterial endocarditis

31
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Bacillus cereus

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gram-positive, spore-forming bacillus

food poisoning

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Clostridium perfringens

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gram-positive, spore-forming bacillus, obligate anaerobes, alpha toxin, beta-hemolysis,

food poisoning, necrotizing skin and soft tissue infection, gas gangrene, Clostridal
myonecrosis

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Clostridioides difficile

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gram-positive bacillus, obligate anaerobe, spores, toxin A, toxin B

pseudomembranous colitis, watery diarrhea

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Corynebacterium Diphtheriae

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gram-positive bacillus, diphtheria toxin

lymphadenopathy, Myocarditis//Arrhythmia//Heart block,

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Listeria monocytogenes

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gram-positive bacillus, weakly beta-hemolytic, flagella, catalase-positive

dairy products, neonatal meningitis, listeriosis in pregnancy

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Actinomyces israelii

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gram-positive filamentous bacillus, obligate anaerobes,

cervicofacial disease following oral/jaw trauma

37
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Nocardia asteroides

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gram-positive filamentous bacillus, obligate aerobes, catalase-positive, urease-positive

pulmonary nocardiosis in immunocompromised, brain abscesses, cutaneous nocardiosis

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Vibrio spp.

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oxidase-positive, gram-negative comma shaped rod, cholera toxin

diarrhea

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Bordetella pertussis

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whooping cough

ram-negative bacterium, adenylate cyclase toxin

40
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Legionella pneumophila

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gram-negative bacillus, oxidase-positive

Legionnaires’ disease

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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gram-negative bacillus, oxidase-positive, catalase-positive, obligate aerobic, encapsulated, exotoxin A, motile

osteomyelitis, otitis externa, sepsis, hot tub folliculitis, UTI, wound infections

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Bartonella henselae

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gram-negative zoonotic bacillus

cat-scratch disease

43
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bacillary angiomatosis

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gram-negative zoonotic bacillus

immunocompromised cat-scratch disease

44
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Brucella spp.

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gram-negative zoonotic coccobacilli, facultative intracellular organisms

fever, night sweats, and anorexia;

45
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Francisella tularensis

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gram-negative zoonotic coccobacillus

skin ulcers and necrosis, lymphadenopathy

46
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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acid-fast bacterium, obligate aerobes

tuberculosis

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Mycobacterium leprae

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acid-fast bacterium

tuberculoid leprosy

48
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Borrelia burgdorferi

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spirochete bacterium

Lyme disease

49
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Leptospira interrogans

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spirochete bacterium,

leptospirosis

50
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Treponema pallidum

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spirochete bacterium

syphilis

51
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Rickettsia rickettsii

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gram-indeterminate

Rocky Mountain spotted fever

52
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Rickettsia prowazekii

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gram-indeterminate, obligate intracellular organisms

rash, epidemic typhus, pneumonia, encephalitis

53
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Mycoplasma pneumoniae

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gram-indeterminate

walking pneumonia

54
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Gardnerella vaginalis

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gram-indeterminate

bacterial vaginosis (clue cells)

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Coxiella burnetii

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gram-indeterminate, obligate intracellular organisms, forms spore-like

Q fever, granulomatous hepatitis

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Chlamydia spp

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gram-indeterminate, obligate intracellular organisms

STI, lymphogranuloma venereum, trachoma, reactive arthritis (Reiter’s syndrome), pelvic inflammatory disease, atypical pneumonia

NPLEX I (2022) (20 decks)

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