Microbiology Flashcards
Gram positive cocci
Staphylococcus aureus
Streptococcus pyogenes
Streptococcus agalactiae
Gram negative cocci
Neisseria meningitidis
Neisseria gonorrhoea
Gram positive bacilli
Bacillus anthracis
Clostridium difficile
Listeria monocytogenes
Corynebacterium diptheriae
Gram negative bacilli
Salmonella typhi
Escherichia coli
Proteus sp
Yersinia pestis
Gram negative coccobacilli
Haemophilus
Bordetella
Brucella
Spiral bacteria
Helicobacter Campylobacter Leptospira Borrielia Treponema pallidum
Why do certain bacteria cause particular infections?
Host factors
Opportunity
Bacterial factors
What bacteria is the commonest cause of UTIs?
What does it adhere to?
E. coli
Uroepithelial cells
What is the primary cause of skin/soft tissue infections?
Where is it normally found?
S. aureus
In the nose
It is coagulase positive
Staphylococcus aureus is a …
primary pathogen
S. aureus can cause…
bacteraemia osteomyelitis/septic arthritis endocarditis pneumonia UTIs meningitis
Staphylococcus epidermis is an…
opportunistic pathogen
S. epidermis is…
a coagulase negative staphylococci
S. epidermis
adheres to plastic/metal using glycocalyx, forming biofilms
causes infection in association with foreign bodies
Streptococcus pyogenes is also known as…
Group A strep
S. pyogenes is the commonest cause of …
bacterial sore throat
S. pyogenes also causes…
scarlet fever
necrotising fascilitis
puerperal sepsis
Streptococcus pneumoniae is the commonest cause of…
Bacterial pneumonia Bacterial meningitis (except in neonates)
S. pneumoniae can also cause…
otitis media
Streptococcus agalactiae is also known as…
Group B strep
S. agalactiae is the commonest cause of…
Bacterial meningitis and sepsis in neonates
Streptococcus milleri complex are…
three closely related pus-forming streptococcu that are associated with abscesses
Viridans streptococci
are alpha-haemolytic streptococci that inhabit the upper respiratory tract
cause subacute bacterial endocarditis
Streptococcus gallolyticus was formerly known as…
S. bovis
