Microbio Bacteriology Flashcards
Staphylococcus aureus
Important Properties
G+ cocci 90% b-lactamase plasmid 50% MRSA 2% VRSA staphyloxanthin catalase + / coagulase +
Staphylococcus aureus
Diseases
HA pneumonia septicemia abscesses food poisoning scalded skin toxic shock foliculitis
Staphylococcus epidermidis
Diseases
heart infection
prosthetic infection
Staphylococcus epidermidis
Important Properties
G+ cocci
catalase + / coagulase -
white colonies
Staphylococcus saprophyticus
Diseases
UTI
Staphylococcus saprophyticus
Important Properties
G+ cocci
catalase + / coagulase -
in genital tract
Staphylococcus pyogenes
Diseases
pharyngitis
heart infection
Streptococcus pyogenes
Important properties
G+ cocci catalase - beta hemolytic group A in throat
Streptococcus viridians
Diseases
gingivitis
dental decay
endocarditis
Streptococcus viridians
Important properties
G+ cocci
catalase -
alpha hemolytic
in mouth
Streptococcus agalactiae
Diseases
neonatal sepsis
meningitis
Streptococcus agalactiae
Important properties
G+ cocci catalase - beta hemolytic group B in vagina and colon
Enterococci
Diseases
pneumonia
meningitis
Enterococci
Important properties
G+ cocci catalase - beta hemolytic group D in intestines
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Diseases
pneumonia
meningitis
sinusitis
arthritis
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Important properties
G+ cocci catalase - alpha hemolytic capsule in throat
Neisseria meningitides
Diseases
meningitis
bacteremia
Neisseria meningitidis
Important properties
G- cocci
diplococcus
human host
capsule
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Diseases
gonorrhea
neonatal conjunctivitis
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Important properties
G- cocci
diplococcus
LOS
2nd most common STD
Bacillus anthracis
Diseases
Anthrax
Bacillus anthracis
Important properties
G+ bacilli large toxin coded in plasmid capsule nonmotile central endospores in soil
Bacillus cereus
Diseases
food poisoning
Bacillus cereus
Important properties
G+ bacilli
cooking helps growth, release vegetative cells
endospores
Clostridium tetani
Diseases
tetanus
Clostridium tetani
Important properties
G+ bacilli
anaerobic
terminal endospore
environmental
Clostridium botulinum
Diseases
infant botulism
wound botulism
Clostridium botulinum
Important properties
G+ bacilli
terminal endospore
environmental
Clostridium perfringens
Diseases
gas gangrene
food poisoning
Clostridium perfringens
Important properties
G+ bacilli
terminal endospores
in soil
in colon and vagina
Clostridium difficile
Diseases
biofilm in colon
chronic diarrhea
Clostridium difficile
Important properties
G+ bacilli
endospore
in soil
in colon (3% pop, 30% hospitalized pop, 20% kids)
Corynebactrium diphtheriae
Diseases
diphtheria
Corynebacterium diphtheriae
Important properties
G+ bacilli no endospore club-shaped red polyphosphate crystals inside only in humans
Listeria monocytogenes
Diseases
meningitis
sepsis
febrile gastroenteritis
Listeria monocytogenes
Important properties
G+ bacilli
no endospore
grows well in cold temps
in soil, plants, animals
Escherichia coli
Diseases
UTI
septicemia
neonatal meningitis
Escherichia coli
Important properties
G- bacilli, enteric facultative anaerobe ferments lactose in humans and animals in colon no endospores motile produces vitamin K
Salmonella
Diseases
enterocolitis
typhoid fever
septicemia
Salmonella
Important Properties
G- bacilli, enteric
don’t ferment lactose
typhoidal/ non-typhoidal species
leading cause of food infection in US
Shigella
Diseases
enterocolitis
shigellosis
Shigella
Important Properties
G- bacilli, enteric
don’t ferment lactose
resistant to stomach acid
100 produce disease
Vibrio cholerae
Diseases
cholera
hypovolemia
Vibrio cholerae
Important Properties
G- bacilli, enteric
curved bacilli
Bordetella pertussis
Diseases
whooping cough (pertussis)
Bordetella pertussis
Important Properties
G- bacilli, respiratory
small
capsule
humans only
Haemophylus influenzae
Diseases
CA meningitis
upper respiratory infection
Haemophylus influenzae
Important Properties
G- bacilli, respiratory
small
capsule
humans only
Staphylococcus aureus
Transmission
30% population
in nose
homeless, drug users at risk
Staphylococcus aureus
Pathogenesis
protein A -> abscesses
TSST toxin -> LPS-like effects
enterotoxin -> food poisoning
exfoliatin -> scalded skin syndrome
Staphylococcus aureus
Prevention
cleanliness
intranasal antibiotic for carriers
Staphylococcus epidermidis
transmission
into blood through IVs
Staphylococcus epidermidis
pathogenesis
HA
biofilms
Staphylococcus epidermidis
prevention
vancomycin
cleanliness
Staphylococcus saprophyticus
transmission
in mucosa of genital tract
can ascend into bladder
Staphylococcus saprophyticus
pathogenesis
CA
Staphylococcus saprophyticus
prevention
cleanliness
antibiotics
Streptococcus pyogenes
transmission
throat -> blood/tissues
10% pop carriers
in throat
Streptococcus pyogenes
pathogenesis
biofilms -> enzymes and toxins pyogenic inflammatory enzymes: -hyaluronidase: digests connective tissue -streptokinase: digests blood clots -DNAse: digests DNA toxins: -erythrogenic: causes rash -streptolysin O/S: digests RBCs -exotoxin A: shock -exotoxin B: flesh eating disorder immunologic: -protein M -> heart, kidney, joints, brain -> rheumatic fever, glomerulonephritis