Microbiology Flashcards
What are pili made of?
gylcoprotein
what are spores made of?
keratin-like coat, peptidoglycan, dipicolinic acid
what do capsules protect against?
phagocytosis
what helps bacteria adhere to surfaces?
what is is made from?
glycocalyx
loose polysaccheride layer
where are endotoxins found? and give two examples
outer leaflet of outer membrane
LPS, LOS
what is in the inner leaflet of the outer membrane?
phospholipids
what is in the periplasm?
peptidoglycan (in g-ve)
lipoteichoic acid: found, does
g+ve, induces TNF and IL-1
which bacteria have no cell wall?
mycoplasma, ureaplasma
Pathogens which don’t stain well
Treponema, leptospira, mycobacteria, mycoplasma, legionella, rickettsia, chlamydia, bartonella, ehrlichia, anaplasma
Really Can’t TELL My Bacteria Apart
what is low in chlamydia’s peptidoglycn?
muramic acid
responsive to Giemsa stain
Chlamydia, Borrelia, Rickettsia, Trypanosomes, Plasmodium
Certain Bugs Really Try My Patience
What does Periodic acid- Schiff staining stain?
glycogen
What does Ziehl-Neelsen stain
+ve result
mycolic acid in cell wall
nocardia, protozoa, cryptosporidium
India ink +ve
cryptococcus neoformans
Silver stain +ve
fungi, legionella, H.pylori
FTA-ABS
syphilis
Thayer-Martin agar for
what does it contain?
Neisseria gonorrhoea, Neisseria meningitidis
Vancomycin, Trimethoprim, Colistin, Nystatin (Very Typically Cultures Neisseria)
MacConkey agar
pH indicator used for E.coli (Acid)
Enterobacter, klebsiella, serratia
macConKEES
Chocolate agar for, needs
H.influenzae
NAD and hematin
Bordet-Gengou agar for
contains
B pertussis
blood, charcoal, potato, antibiotic
Tellurite agar, Löffler medium
C. diptheriae (black colony)
Löwenstein-Jensen agar
M. tuberculosis
Eaton agar for, requires
M pneumoniae
Cholesterol
Eosin-methylene blue agar for, +ve =
E.coli, green metalic sheen
charcoal yeast agar for, buffers
Legionella
cysteine, iron
Sabouraud agar
Fungi
What abx are ineffective against anaerobes?
aminoglycosides
Obligate Intracellular bacteria
Rickettsia, chlamydia, coxiella
Faculative intracellular bacteria
Salmonella, neisseria (neutrophils), brucella, mycobacterium, listeria, francisella, legionella, yersinia pestis
My Faculative Bugs Need Your SeLLs
encapsulated bacteria
Please SHINE my SKiS
Strep. pneumoniae, h.flu, N.meningitidis, E.coli, Salmonella, Klebsiella pneumoniae, group b Strep
Urease positive organisms
Pee CHUNKSS
Proteus, cryptococcus, H pylori, Ureaplasma, Nocardia, Klebsiella, S epidermis, S saprophyticus
catalase
degrades H2O2 –> H2O + O2
catalase +ve organisms
Nocardia, pseudomonas, listeria, aspergillus, candida, e.coli, staph, serratia, B cepacia, H pylori
Nice PLACES See Horrible Bubbles
yellow sulfur granules
actinomyces israeli
blue green pigment
p. aeruginosa
pyocyanin
red pigment
serratia marcescens
biofilm bacteria
s.Epidermis, Viridians streptococci, p.Aeruginosa, H.flu (uncapsulated)
HAVE a biofilm
Protein A
binds Fc of IgG
prevents opsonisation and phagocytosis
s.Aureas
IgA protease
S pneumoniae, H flu (B), Neisseria
Respiratory*
M protein
prevents phagocytosis
group A strep
acute rhumatic fever
type III secretion system is, expressed by
delivery of toxin from bacteria to eukaryocyte
pseudomonas, salmonella, shigella, e.coli
ability to take up naked DNA known as, exhibited by
transformation
S pneumoniae, H flu, Neisseria
Hfr
plasmid being incorporated into bacterial chromosomal DNA
transposition
bit that can jump DNA from plasmid to chromosome
spore forming bacteria
bacillus anthraxus, cerus, clostrdium
121 degreesC for 15 minutes
biochemistry of exotoxins
polypeptides
which types of toxins are worse?
exotoxins
what do endotoxins cause and how?
Fever, shock, DIC
induce TNF, IL-1, IL-6
typical bacteria producing endotoxins
g-ve rods
bacteria producing exotoxins
tetanus, botulism, diptheria
diptheria toxin
inactive EF-2
exotoxin A causes, produced by
inactive EF-2, superantigen
pseudomonas aeuriginosa, strep pyogenes
shiga toxin
inactivates 60S
removes adenine from rRNA
shiga-like toxin caused by
enterohemorrhagic e.coli
difference between shiga and shiga like toxin
shiga-like does not invade host cells
heat-labile toxin caused by, action
enterototoxigenic e.coli
overactives cAMP in gut
watery diarrhoea
heat-stable toxin caused by, action
enterotoxigenic e.coli
overactivates cGMP in gut
edema toxin caused by, does
anthrax
cAMP increase
cholera toxin
overactivates cAMP in gut
pertussis toxin
disables Gi and increases cAMP
stops phagocytosis
tetanospasmin
cleave SNARE, prevents inhibitory GABA release
spastic paralysis
botulinum toxin
cleave SNARE, prevents ACh stimulatory release
flaccid paralysis
alpha toxin from, does
clostridium prefringens
phospholipase degrading tissue - gas gangrene
double zone of hemolysis
gas gangrene - clostridium prefringens
streptolysin O from, does
s. pyogenes
degrades cell membranes
TSST-1 from does
S.aureas
superantigen - release of IL-1, IL-2, INF-y, TNF-a
what does endotoxin do?
mpg activation, complement activation, tissue factor activation (coagulation cascade)
novobiocin
saprophyticus is resistant
nacitracin
group B strep are resistant
partial reduction of Hb on agar without clearing
a-hemolytic
prolonged nasal packing, AST, ALT, bilirubin raised, fever
TSS - s.aureas
ate 2-6 hours ago, diarrhoea, emesis
s.aureas food poisoning
lancet shaped diplococci
strep pneumoniae
most common cause of meningitis, otitis media, pneumonia, sinusitis
strep pneumoniae
rusty sputum
strep pneumoniae
sepsis + sickle cell splenectomy
strep pneumoniae
second most common female UTI organism
staph saphrophticus
viridians strep cause
dental caries (mutans, mitis), subacute IE (sanguinis)
pyrrolidonyl arylamidase positive
strep pyogenes
recent strep pyogenes infection
ASO titre
baby infections
group B strep
CAMP factor
group B strep
hippurate +ve PYR-ve
group B strep
strep gallolyticus
s bovis type I
d-glutamate
anthraxus
ulcer with black eschar
cutaneous anthrax
woolsorter’s disease
anthrax
d&v 1-5 hrs, GI pain 8-18hrs
bacillus cerus
botulinum injestion from
preformed toxin, honey
c diff toxins
A - binds brush boarder
B - actin depolymerisation
RF c diff
clindamycin, ampicillin, PPI use
Rx c diff
metronidazole, vancomycin
pseudomembranous pharyngitis, see, caused by
greyish white membrane, c.diptheriae
blue and red granules
c.diptheriae
elek test +ve
c. diptheriae
unpasturized dairy, cold deli meat: specifically careful
listeria
crosses placenta
rocket tails
listeria monocytogens
nocardia found in
Rx
soil
sulfonamides
mimic of TB
Nocardia
false negative PPD in TB
sarcoidosis
Langerhans giant cells
secondary TB
mycobacterium avium found in, Rx
AIDS
azithromycin
mycobacterium scrofluaceum causes
cervical lymphadenitis in children
what stops phagocytes in TB?
sulfatides
lepromatous disease
communicable, diffuse, low cell mediated defense, Th2 response
dangerous one
tuberculoid leprosy disease
hairless skin plaques, Th1 response
Rx leprosy
dapsone + rifampicin + clofazimine (lepromatous)
maltose fermentation
meningococci
fitz-hugh-curtis syndrome caused by
gonococci
Rx gonococci
erythromycin
Rx meningococci
ceftriaxone, penicillin
H flu causes
epiglottitis, meningitis, otitis media, pneumonia
Rx legionella
macrolide, quinolone
pontiac fever: features, from
mild flu-like; legionella
Pseudomonas is associated with
Pneumonia, Sepsis, Ecthyma gangernosum, UTIs, Diabetes, Osteomyelitis, Mucoid polysaccheride capsule, Otitis externa, Nosocomial infection, exotoxin A, Skin infection
hot tub folliculitis
pseudomonas
Rx pseudomonas
CAMPFIRE Carbapenems Aminoglycosides Monobactams Polymyxins Fluroquinolones trIRd and 4th generation cephalosporins Extended-spectrum penicillins
immunocompromised, rapidly spreading necrotic lesion
ecthyma gangrenosum
EIEC
invasive dysentery
ETEC
Travelers’ diarrhoea
EPEC
pediatric diarrhoea
EHEC
hemorrhage, hamburgers, HUS
currant jelly sputum
klebsiella
4 A’s of klebsiella
Aspiration pneumoniae, abscess in lung and liver, Alcoholics, diAbetics
bloody diarrhoea
campylobacter
invade via M cells of Peyer’s patches
salmonella, shigella
pet faeces, contaminated milk or pork
yersinia
Rx H pylori
amoxicillin, clarythromycin, PPI
spirochetes
borrelia, leptospira, treponema
flu like, jaundice, photophobia, drank stream water, surfing in Hawaii
leptospirosis
stream water has animal urine
Weil disease
leptospira - severe
borrelia burgadorferi
Lyme disease
where is lyme disease found?
mice
features of lyme disease
FACE facial nerve palsy arthritis cardiac block erythema migrans
treponema pallidum
syphilis
maculopapular rash, condylomata lata, lymphadenopathy, patchy hair loss
secondary syphilis
gummas - are, seen in
chronic granulomas, tertiary syphilis
baby: deaf, notched teeth, linear scars at mouth angle, saddle nose
syphilis
false positive VDRL
Viral infection (EBV, hepatitis)
Drugs
RF
Lupus and leprosy
Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction
flu like syndrome after abx due to killed bacteria releasing toxins
anaplasma spp.
ixodes ticks
borrelia recurrentis
louse
coxiella burnetti
cattle, sheep
ehrlichia chaffeensis
amblyomma (Lone star tick)
farncisella tularensis
ticks, rabbits, deer flies
pasteurella multocida causes, transmitted by
cellulitis, osteomyelitis
cat/ dog bite
rickettsia prowazekii causes, transmitted by
thypus, human lice
rickettsia rickettsii causes, transmitted by
rocky mountain spotted fever dog tick (dermacentor)
rickettsia typhi
fleas
salmonella spp
reptiles, poultry
yersinia pestis causes, transmitted by
plague, fleas
gardnerella vaginalis causes, Rx
bacterial vaginosis
metronidazole, clindamycin
Rx rickettsia/ vector disease
doxycycline
north carolina, rash on wrists and ankles
rocky moutain spotted fever
truncal rash, spreading out
typhus
mulberry inclusions in cytoplasm of monocytes
ehrlichoiosis
granulocytes with morulae
anaplasmosis
Rx chlamydia
azithromycin or doxycycline
chlamydia trachomatis A, B, C
chronic, blindness (africa)
chlamydia trachomatis D-K
urethritis/PID, ectopic pregnancy, neonatal pneumonia
chlamydia trachomatis L1, L2, L3: causes, Rx
STI symptoms
doxycycline
Local fungal infection
fluconazole
itraconazole
systemic fungal infection
amphotericin B
where are histoplasma found?
inside mpgs
histoplasmosis from
bird or bat droppings
where is histoplasmosis found?
mississippi and ohio river valleys
fungal infection cause inflammatory lung disease
blastomycosis
broad-base budding
what does it form?
blastomycosis
granulomatous nodules
where do you find blastomycosis?
eastern US
Central america
where can blastomycosis disseminate to?
bone and skin
where do you find coccidioidomycosis?
southwestern US - think deserts
what does coccidioidomycosis cause?
transmission
pneumonia, meningitis
dust particles - think deserts
erythema nodosum, arthralgia, hiking in arizona
coccidiodomycosis
paracoccidioidomycosis found in
Latin america
budding yeast with captain’s wheel formation
paracoccidioidomycosis
branching spetate hyphae on KOH
tinea
t.capitis
scalp
t.corporis
ringworm - can have central clearing
t.cruris
inguinal, no central clearing
t.pedis types
interdigital
moccasin
vesicular
t.unguium
nails
malassezia spp.
t.versicolor (pityriasis)
spghetti and meatballs on microscopy
malassezia spp. - t.versicolor
dimorphic pseudohyphae and budding - 20C
germ tubes 37C
candida
Rx vaginal candida
topical azole