Microbiology Flashcards
Bug: Pus, empyema, abscess
S. aureus
Bug: Pediatric infection
H. influenza
Bug: PNA in CF or Burn patients
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Bug: Branching rods in oral infection; sulfur granules
Actinomyces israelii
Bug: Traumatic open wound
C. perfringens
Bug: Surgical wound
S. aureus
Bug: Dog or cat bite
Pasturella multocida
Bug: Currant jelly sputum
Klebsiella
Bug: Positive PAS stain
Tropheryma whipplei (Whipple’s disease)
Bug: Sepsis/meningitis newborn
GBS
Bug: Health care provider needlestick
HBV
Bug: Fungal infection in DM or IC host
Mucor or Rhizopus
Bug: Asplenic patient
Encapsulated: S. pna, H. influenza B, N. meningitis
Bug: Chronic granulomatous disease
Catalase-positive: S. aureus
Bug: Facial nerve palsy
Borreilia burgdorferi (Lyme disease)
Nosocomial: newborn nursery
CMV, RSV
Nosocomial: urinary catheterization
E. coli, Proteus mirabilis
The 2 most common causes of nosocomial infection:
- E. coli (UTI)
2. S. aureus (wound infection)
Nosocomial: respiratory therapy equipment
Pseudomonas (with air or burns)
Nosocomial: working in a renal dialysis unit
HBV
Nosocomial: TPN
Candida albicans
Nosocomial: water aerosols
Legionella
Unimmunized child with rash:
- Head down with post-auricular LAD
- Head down preceded by cough, coryza, conjunctivitis w/ Koplik spots
- Rubella
2. Measles
Unimmunized child with meningitis
H. influenza B [colonizes nasopharynx]
Poliovirus [myalgia and paralysis]
Unimmunized child with pharyngitis
- Grayish OP exudate
- Cherry-red epiglottitis, difficulty breathing
- Corynebacterium diptheriae
2. H. influenza B
Peds: Vesicular rash on palms & soles; ulcers in oral mucosa
Coxsackie A “Hand-foot-mouth disease”
Peds: Erythematous, sandpaper-like rash with fever & sore-throat
S. pyogenes “Scarlet fever”
Peds: Slapped cheek rash on face (that can cause hydrops fetalis in pregnant women)
Parvovirus B19 “Erythema infectiosum”
Peds: A macular rash over body that appears after several days of high fever; can present with febrile seizures
HHV-6 “Roseola”
UTI Bugs \+ LE \+ Nitrite \+ Urease - Urease
+ LE = bacterial
+ Nitrite = GN
+ Urease = Proteus, Klebsiella
- Urease = E. coli, Enterococcus
UTI: blue-green pigment and fruity odor; usually nosocomial and drug resistant
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
UTI: motility causes “swarming” on agar; produces urease; associated with struvite stones
Proteus mirabilis
UTI: nosocomial and drug resistant (3 examples)
Pseudomonas, enterobacter, serratia
UTI: some strains produce red pigment; often nosocomial and drug resistant
Serratia
UTI: top 3 causes
- E. coli: green metallic sheen
- Staph sapro (Coag-negative): sexually active women
- Klebsiella: large mucoid capsule and viscous colonies
Osteomyelitis: Assume if no other information is available
S. aureus
Osteomyelitis: sexually active
N. gonorrhoeae [Septic arthritis more common]
Osteomyelitis: diabetics & IVDU
Pseudomonas and Serratia
Osteomyelitis: Sickle Cell Disease
Salmonella
Osteomyelitis: prosthetic replacement
S. aureus & S. epidermidis
Osteomyelitis: vertebral disease
M. tb (Pott’s disease)
Osteomyelitis: cat/dog bite/scratch
Pasturella multocida
Osteomyelitis: classic lab finding
Elevated ESR/CRP
UTI: predisposing risk factors
Male risk factors
WBC casts in pyelo or cystitis
Female; obstruction; renal surgery; catheterization; GU malformation; diabetes; pregnancy
Male: congenital defect, VUR, BPH
WBC casts: pyelo
3 bugs that can mimic appendicitis
Yersinia; non-typhoidal Salmonella; Campylobacter jejuni
PNA: nosocomial (2)
Staph
Enteric GNR’s
PNA: IC hosts
Staph Enteric GNR Fungi Viral PCP (HIV)
PNA: aspiration
Anaerobes
PNA: ETOH/IVDU
Staph, S. pna, Klebsiella
PNA: CF
Staph, S. pna, Pseudomonas
PNA: Post-viral
Staph, S. pna, H. influenza
PNA: atypical
Mycoplasma, Legionella, Chlamydia
PNA: elderly
S. pna Influenza Anaerobes H. influenza GNR
PNA: adults 40-65 yo
S. pna H. influenza Anaerobes Viruses Mycoplasma
PNA: adults 18-40 yo
S. pna
C. pna
Mycoplasma
PNA: children < 18 yo
RSV, Mycoplasma, Chlamydia trachomatas (<3yo), C. pna (school-age), S. pna [Runts may cough chunky sputum]
PNA: neonates
GBS, E. coli
Normal dominant flora: skin
S. epi
Normal dominant flora: nose
S. epi; S. aureus colonization
Normal dominant flora: oropharynx
S. viridans
Normal dominant flora: colon
Bacteroides > E. coli
Normal dominant flora: vagina
Lactobacillus, E. coli, GBS
Culture medium: H. influenza
Chocolate agar with factors V (NAD+) & X (hematin)
Culture medium: NM + NG
Thayer-Martin: V
Virulence factor of E. coli that causes neonatal meningitis.
K-capsular polysaccharide
Inactivated toxin vaccines
C. diptheria
C. tetani