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Microbiology Flashcards

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Viridans strep

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Infection through dental surgery

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Streptococcus aglactiae predisposing factors

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Diabetes and breast cancer

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Streptococcus galloyticus

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Causes endocarditis. Strongly associated with colon cancer

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Bacillus cereus

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Food poisoning. Toxin: cereuide found in fried rice

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Clostridia perfingens

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Gram positive. Gas gangrene. Alpha toxin. Boxcar rods. Found in soil and meats (meats, poultry, and gravy)

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Clostridia tetani

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Tetanus. AB toxin.

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Clostridia botulinum

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Floppy baby–infants inhaling spores from carpet or raw honey. AB toxin

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Shigella

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GN rid. Bloody diarrhea. Day care

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Salmonella enterica (serotype typhimurium)

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Typhoid fever. Rose spots

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Vibrio vulnificus

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Diarrhea or death with liver disease. Raw oysters

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Bactericides

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GN rod. Intra-abdominal abscesses. Through broken mucosal surfaces. Obligate anaerobe rod

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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Obligate aerobe. Blue/green on agar with fruity smell. Multi drug resistance. Biofilms. Opportunistic pathogen

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Klebsiella pneumoniae

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Opportunistic pathogen. In alcoholics and malnourished.

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Causes currant jelly sputum

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Neisseria meningitides

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Kissing kidney bean. Meningitis.

Prerequisite nasopharyngeal colonization

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What phase of bacterial growth does spore production occur?

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The stationary phase

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What are Koch’s postulates?

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  1. The microbe must be present in all disease cases
  2. It must be isolated from infected host and grown in pure culture
  3. Disease is reproduced when pure colony is given to new host
  4. Microbe must be isolated from intentionally infected host
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What bacteria are alpha hemolytic?

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Strep pneumoniae. Viridans strep

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Strep pyogenes

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Group A strep. Pharyngitis, cellulitis, necrotizing fasciitis, scarlet fever, TSS, rheumatic fever. Acute glomerulonephritis

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Strep pneumoniae

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Alpha hemolytic. Meningitis, otitis media. Diplococci

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Enterococcus so

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Group D strep. Blood stream infections (line related) endocarditis, hospital UTIs

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Bacillus anthracis

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GP rod. Spores. Either inhaled or cutaneous( dark spots surrounded with red, eschar). AB toxin.

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Corynebacterium diptheriae

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Gram positive. Non-spore forming rod. AB toxin. Pseudomembrane

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Enterohemorrhagic E. Coli (EHEC)

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GN rod. From undercooked meat. Antibiotics contraindicated. Toxin. Hemorrhagic colitis

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Vibrio parahaemolyticus

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GN rod. Raw seafood (especially oysters). Diarrhea

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Haemophilus influenzae

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GN rod. Epiglottis. Meningitis (capsule)

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Sporotrichosis

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Rose garden fungus

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