Microbio Exam 3 Flashcards
To pass this fucking class lol
What are Gram Positive Cocci?
Staphylococcus
Streptococcus
What are Gram negative Cocci?
Neisseria
Name two features of Staphylococcus
Grapelike clusters
Catalase Positive
Name Two Features of Streptococcus
Chains
Catalase Negative
What is the coagulase positive staphyloccous
S. aureus
What is the coagulase negative Staphylococcus
S. epidermidis
S. saprophyticus
What can S. Aureus cause
Folliculitis
Furuncle
Carbuncle
Impegito
What else can Staphylococcus cause?
Toxigenic diseases such as food intoxication, staphylococcal scaled skin syndrome, and toxic shock syndrome
What toxin induces bright red flush, blisters, then slow decaudation of the epidermis
Exfoliation Toxin
Toxemia leading to shock and organ failure is called
Toxic Shock Syndrome
What is the almost always nosocomial normal flora that only causes diseases when it enters the bloodstream
S. epidermidis
What is the almost always community acquired UTI in young, sexually active women?
Staphylococcus/S. Saprophyticus
What are the classification systems based on the cell walls and the systems based on how it affects the blood
First system is called Lancefield classification, Second system is called hemolysis
What is hemolysis?
Hemolysis is a classification of how a gram-positive bacteria affects the bloodstream based on how well it eradicates/limits RBC function
What are the B bacteria hemolysis capable of?
Breaking down red blood cells, eliminating them entirely
What are A hemolysis bacteria capable of?
Partial and incomplete breakdown red blood cells, turning them green
S pyogenes is a
Group A-Beta
S. agalactiae is a
Group B-Beta
S. pneumoniae
N/A - Alpha
The important virulence factor in streptococcus pyogenes
M-Protein
What facilitates the spread of streptococcus through tissues
Hyaluronidase
What can stimulate fever, rash, and shock?
Pyrogenic toxins
What causes superficial lesions to break and form highly contagious crust; often in epidemics in school children
Impetigo
What is Streptococcal pharyngitis
Strep Throat
What are other diseases caused by S. pyogenes (there are four)
Scarlet Fever, Septicemia
Pneumonia, Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome
What follows overt or subclinical pharyngitis in children, causing extensive valve damage in the heart?
Rheumatic fever
What is the long term complication of Group A infections that can cause kidney damage and could become chronic?
Acute glomerulonephritis
What is the exotoxin that is a superantigen that causes dissolving skin tissue?
Necrotizing fasciits
What is the only group B disease that regularly resides in human vagina and is only serious in pregnant women?
Streptococcus agalactiae
What is the most serious infection of alpha-hemolysis streptococci that affects the heart
Subacute endocarditis
What causes plaque on teeth
Streptococcus mutans
What causes 60-70% of all bacterial pneumonias as well as meningitis
Streptococcus pneumoniae
What are the two gram negative cocci human pathogens
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Neisseria meningitidis
What are the virulence factors of gonorrhea (two)
Fimbriae and an IgA protease
What causes gonorrhea
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
What causes yellowish discharge, scarring and infertility in men affected by gonorrhea
Urethritis
What are the virulence factors for Neisseria meningitis
capsules, adhesive fimbriae, IgA protease, endotoxins
What are the medically important gram positive bacilli? (four)
Bacillus
Crostridium
Corynebacterium
Listeria
What are the endospore forming bacilli (Two)
Bacillus
Clostridium
What is the dense survival unit that develops in a vegetative cell in response to nutrient depravation or other unfavorable conditions?
endospore
What are some general characteristics of Bacillus
Gram Positive
Endospore Forming
Rods
Mostly Saprobic
Aerobic, facultative anaerobes
Primary habitat is soil
What are the two species of medical importance in Bacillus and what is the motility of them?
Anthracis - nonmotile
Cereus - Motile
What are the four types of Anthrax?
Cutaneous
Gastrointestinal
Pulmonary
Injectional
What is Bacillus cereus most commonly associated with
foods, mainly rice that is undercooked
What are some general characteristics of clostridium
Gram Positive
Forms endospores
Anaerobic (dies in presence of oxygen)
Synthesize organic acids, alcohols, exotoxins
What is the most frequent clostridium involved in soft tissue and would infections
Clostridium perfringens