Microbio Flashcards
Currant jelly sputum
Klebsiella
Aspiration Pneumonia
Abscess in lungs and liver
Alcoholics
DiAbetics
Klebsiella (4 A’s)
Antibiotics to salmonella will prolong _____
Prolong symptoms
Antibiotics to shigella will prolong ____
Prolong excretion of organism in feces
Produce hydrogen sulfide and can cause non-bloody diarrhea
Salmonella
Antecedent to Guillain Barre syndrome and Reactive arthritis
Campylobacter jejuni
Triple therapy for Helicobacter pylori
Proton pump inhibitor+ Clarithromycin + Amoxicillin OR Metronidazole
Spirochete visualized in light microscopy using aniline dyes
Borrelia (Wright’s or Giemsa)
Weil’s disease
Leptospira interrogans
Tick Ixodes
Borrelia burgdorferi
Babesia microtii
Lyme disease treatment
Doxycycline
Ceftriaxone
Bull’s eye red rash in Lyme disease
Stage 1- Erythema Migrans
Syphilis caused by
Treponema pallidum
Painless chancre
Syphilis
Tertiary syphilis
Gumma
Aortitis
Neurosyphilis
Argyll robertson pupil
Purple colonies with green sheen in EMB agar
E.coli
Waterhouse-Friderichsen Syndrome
N. Meningitidis
Cherry red epiglottitis
H. Influenza
Antigen in urine
Pontiac fever
Legionella pneumophilia
Malignant otitis externa in DM
Pseudomonas aeruginosa