MICROBIO II Flashcards
-Adult pneumonia
-Otitis media
-Adult meningitis
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Pharyngitis/sore throat
Skin infections
Scarlet fever
Streptococcus pyogenes
Subacute bacterial endocarditis
Streptococcus viridans
Neonatal meningitis and pneumonia
Streptococcus Agalactiae
TSS
Staphylococcus aureus
Catheter
Staphylococcus epidermidis
2nd cause of UTI in sexually active women
Staphylococcus saprophiticus
Anthrax, Woolsorter’s
disease
Bacillus anthracis
Diarrhea
from fried rice
Bacillus cereus
Blocks Ach release Flaccid paralysis
(Fluffy Baby Syndrome)
Clostridium
botulinum
Blocks GABA & glycine
Spastic paralysis
Clostridium tetani
-α-toxin/lecithinase: splits lecithin into phosphocholine
& diglyceride
-Gas gangrene
Clostridium
perfringes
Gas gangrene AKA
Clostridial myonecrosis)
Pseudomembranous
colitis caused by
Clindamycin
Clostridium difficile
Diphtheria
Corynebacterium
diphtheriae
Common cause of
meningitis in neonates
Listeria
monocytogenes
Typhoid fever
Rotten egg diarrhea
Rose Spots on the belly
S. typhi
Sepsis
S. choleraesius
Diarrhea/Gastroenteritis
S. enteritidis
Common cause of UTI and
nosocomial infections
Proteus mirabilis
Traveller’s/Montezuma’s
ETEC
Children’s / Infants
EPEC
Enteropathogenic
Bloody (no pus & fever)
EHEC
Bloody (with pus & fever)
EIEC
Watery diarrhea
EAEC
enteroaggregative
2nd most common cause of G(-) sepsis
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Dysentery
Shigella dysenteriae
Rice watery diarrhea
Vibrio cholera
Contaminated raw fish
(sushi); halophilic
V. parahemolyticus
-Zoonotic; from uncooked
poultry, unpasteurized milk
-Bloody diarrhea
Campylobacter jejuni
Spiral, highly motile,
microaerophile, Urease (+)
-Ulcer
Helicobacter pylori
Meningitis
Meningococcemia
Neisseria meningitidis
Gonorrhoea, STD, PID
(Pelvic Inflammatory
Disease)
Gonococcal Ophthalmia
Neonatorum
Neisseria gonorrheae
Pneumonia
Opportunistic (burn patients)
1° cause of nosocomial
infections
P. aeruginosa
Oxidase (+)