Microbiology Flashcards
Gram positive stains?
Purple
What stains pink?
Gram negative
What is a pathogen?
Harmful organism
Definition of commensal?
Organism that is part of normal flora
Opportunistic pathogen?
Probably only cause infection in immunocompromised individuals
What is a contaminant?
Organism that has got into culture by accident
Definition of pathogenicity?
Ability of a microorganism to produce disease
Virulence?
Degree of pathogenicity of an organism
How do bacteria replicate?
Binary fission
3 types of atmosphere?
Anaerobic - no O2
Aerobic- O2
Microaerophillic - Reduced O2, enriched CO2
Which type of bacteria produces exotoxin and where?
Gram positive
- Produced inside of cell and exported out
Which type of bacteria produces endotoxin? Where?
Gram negative bacteria
-Part of gram negative bacterial cell wall
Example of moulds and how the reproduce?
Aspergillus
Produce spores and hyphae
Types of fungi?
Moulds
Yeasts
Example of yeasts and how they reproduce?
Candida
Single cells that reproduce by budding
What is candida?
Yeast
What is aspergillus?
Mould
Fact file on streptococcus?
- Appearance
- Gram
- Atmosphere
- Types in test
Aerobic
- Cocci chains
- Gram positive
- Alpha haemolysis = partial = strep pneumoniae, strep viridans
- Beta haemolysis= Complete= Group A Strep, Group B strep
What disease are included in strep pneumoniae?
Meningitis
Pneumonia
What diseases are included in strep viridans?
Endocarditis
Give the 3 types of gram positive bacteria?
Streptococcus
Enterococcus
Staphylococcus
Factfile on enterococcus?
- Gram
- Appearance
- Haemolysis?
Gram positive
- Aerobic
- Cocci chains
- Non-haemolytic
What is the cause of UTIs and normal gut commensal?
Enterococcus
Factfile on staphylococcus?
-Test
appearance
Gram
-Cocci clusters
-Gram positive
-Coagulase positive (golden)= staph aureus
Coagulase negative (white) = Staoh epidermidis
Where is staph aureus found, treatment and what it commonly causes?
- Wounds, infection
- Flucloxacillin
- Common cause of bacteraemia (bac in blood)
Explain the process of fever?
- Antigen attacks macrophage
- Releases cytokines
- Travel to anterior hypothalamus of brain
- Stimulates production of prostaglandin E
- Resets bodies thermal set point
- Body perceives it is cold, shivers to conserve heat
- FEVER- growth of pathogens slows if temperature increases
Physiological use of fever?
If temperature increases the growth of pathogens slows
Diplococci fact file?
Atmosphere
Gram
Example
Gram negative
- Aerobic
- Neisseria gonnhoroea/meningitidis
Coliforms fact file?
Gram negative bacilli
- Aerobic bit also can be anaerobic
- E coli, klebsiella, proteus
Examples of coliforms?
Klebsiella
E coli
Proteus
Examples of Diplococci?
Neisseria gonnhoroea
Neisseria meningitidis
Examples of gut pathogens?
Salmonella
Shigella
E colo 0157
What is the first line AB for coliforms?
Gentamicin
Fact file on strict aerobes?
Gram negative bacilli
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Legionella pneumophilia
What causes food poisoning?
Campylobacter
What does helicobacter Pylori cause?
Gastritis
Examples of spiral/curved gram negative bacilli?
Campylobacter
Heliobacter pylori
What is haemophillius influenzae?
Small gram negative bacillus
Common cause of chest infection, especially in COPD exacerbations
Example of a gram positive anaerobic bacilli?
Clostridium spp.
What is a gram positive anaerobic bacillus?
Part of normal gut flora
- produces spores and exotoxin that causes severe tissue damage