Microbiology Flashcards
How do you know it’s an anaerobe?
Gas, bad odor
Acute bacterial endocarditis
Staph aureus (attacks healthy valves)
Subacute bacterial endocarditis
Strep viridans (attacks damaged valves) Ex. Rheumatic heart disease
How do you diagnose Rheumatic fever?
At least 2 SPECC: Subcutaneous nodules Polyarthritis Erythema marginatum (red margins) Chorea (Sydenham’s) Carditis (MAT: MS > AS > TS)
Only Gram – diplococci
Neisseria
Only Gram + diplococci
Strep pneumo
Heart block infections (5)
Don’t TeLL Chaga: Diphtheria Typhoid fever (salmonella typhii) Legionella Lyme disease Chaga’s disease (Whipple’s)
IgA protease bugs (3)
Strep pneumo
H. Influenza
Neisseria catt
What do IgA protease bugs cause?
Sinusitis, otitis media, pneumonia, bronchitis
Simple Gram – bugs (2)
Simple HE:
H. Influenza
E. Coil
Atypical (no cell wall) bugs (4)
CLUMsy: Chlamydia Legionella Ureaplasma Mycoplasma
Only Gram + endotoxin
Listeria
Gram – exotoxins (2)
H. Influenza, Bordatella pertussis
Spore forming Gram + bacteria (2)
Bacillus anthracis, Clostridium botulinum
Walking pneumonia bugs
Come My Love: 0-2 mo: Chlamydia pn 10-30 yrs: Mycoplasma pn >40 yrs: Legionella pn AIDS/Premies: Pneumo carinii
Cryoglobulinemia bugs
“I AM HE”: Influenza Adenovirus Mycoplasma Hep B,C EBV
Silver stainers
HaLV-C: H. Pylori Listeria Vibrio Campylobacter
Diarrhea onset <8 hrs
CBS:
Clostridium
Bacillus
Staph aureus
Bugs with capsules
Some Silly Killers Have Pretty Nice Capsules: Strep pneumo (only gram +) Salmonella Klebsiella H. Influenza B Pseudomonas Neisseria Citrobacter
Urease + bugs
“Urease PPUNCH” Proteus Pseudomonas Ureoplasma Nocardia Cryptococcus H. Pylori
What bugs cause Monocytosis?
“STELS” Syphilis Tb EBV Listeria Salmonella
What are the Big Mama Anaerobes?
Bacteroides fragilis
Strep bovis
C. melanagosepticus
What bugs disrupt G proteins?
Pertussis: inhibits Gi
Cholera: stimulates Gs
E. Coli: stimulates Gs
What bacteria cause UTIs and prostatitis?
E. Coli
Proteus
Klebsiella
Pseudomonas
What bug is associated with cat scratch?
Bartonella henselae
What big is associated with car saliva?
Pasturella multocida
What big is associated with cat pee?
Toxoplasmosis
What big is associated with car caca (poop)?
Toxacara cati
What diseases are caused by the Ixodes Tick?
Lyme disease – bulls eye lesion
Babesiosis – hemolytic anemia
Ehrlichyosis – puncture near eye
What bugs cause hospital abscesses?
Day 1-3: Staph aureus – lots of O2
Day 4-7: Strep viridans – no enzymes
Day >7: Anaerobes – PMNs
What kind of patients do Staph and Pseudomonas like to attack?
DM
Cystic fibrosis
Burn patients
Neutropenic patients
What diseases have granulomas?
Tb Sarcoidosis Syphilis Histiocytosis X The -ellas
What diseases provide malaria protection?
Sickle cell: African Americans
G6PD: Mediterraneans
What bug causes multiple liver abscesses?
Entamoeba histolytica
What bug causes multiple cerebral abscesses?
Citrobacter
What has multiple lung aneurysms?
Osler-Weber-Rendu
What bugs cause Loeffler Syndrome?
“NASSA” Necator americanus Ancylstoma duodenale Schistosomiasis Strongyloides Ascaris lumbticoides
What is the symptom of Loeffler Syndrome?
Pulmonary eosinophilia
What is PIE syndrome?
Pulmonary Infiltrate with Eosinophilia
What diseases have PIE syndrome?
Aspergillus
Loeffler’s
Churg-Strauss
What disease does Coxsackie A cause?
Hand Foot Mouth Disease
What disease does Coxsackie B cause?
Endocarditis, DM type 1
What bugs cause meningitis?
Bacteria 0-2 mo: “baby BEL” Group B Strep E. Coli Listeria > 2 mo: Strep pneumo 10-21 yo: N. meningitidis
What are the CSF lab values for meningitis?
PMNs —> bacteria
T cell/MP —> non bacterial
Normal glucose —> viral
What does the Hep B Core Ag tell you?
Gone before patient has symptoms (2 mo)
What does Hep Core Ab tell you?
Past infection
What does Hep Surface Ag tell you?
Current infection