Microbiology Flashcards
Name 3 gram +ve cocci?
Staphylococci
Streptococci
Enterococci
Name 3 gram -ve cocci?
Neisseria meningitidis
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Moraxella catarrhalis
Gram +ve bacilli can be remembered with mnemonic ABCD L. Name these?
Actinomyces Bacillus anthracis (anthrax) Clostridium Diphtheria: Corynebacterium diphtheriae Listeria monocytogenes
Which gram class and shape do these organisms belong to?
Escherichia coli Haemophilus influenzae Pseudomonas aeruginosa Salmonella sp. Shigella sp. Campylobacter jejuni
Gram -ve bacilli
Staphlococci
Gram +ve or -ve / cocci or bacilli?
gram +ve cocci
Clostridium
Gram +ve or -ve / cocci or bacilli?
Gram +ve bacilli
Moraxella catarrhalis
Gram +ve or -ve / cocci or bacilli?
gram -ve cocci
Escherichia coli
Gram +ve or -ve / cocci or bacilli?
Gram -ve bacilli
Haemophilus influenzae
Gram +ve or -ve / cocci or bacilli?
Gram -ve bacilli
Salmonella sp.
Gram +ve or -ve / cocci or bacilli?
Gram -ve bacilli
Shigella sp.
Gram +ve or -ve / cocci or bacilli?
Gram -ve bacilli
Campylobacter jejuni
Gram +ve or -ve / cocci or bacilli?
Gram -ve bacilli
Streptococci
Gram +ve or -ve / cocci or bacilli?
gram +ve cocci
Enterococci
Gram +ve or -ve / cocci or bacilli?
gram +ve cocci
Gastroenteritis ‘Traveller’s Diarrhoea’ presenting with acute diarrhoea, abdominal pain and nausea is commonly caused by which organism?
E.coli
Which organism causes bloody diarrhoea, abdominal pain and vomitting?
Shigella
Which organism has a short incubation period and causes severe vomitting?
Staphylococcus aureus
Which organism has an incubation period of >7 days, causing slow onset abdominal pain, tenderness, bloody diarrhoea, lasting several weeks?
Amoebiasis
Which organism causes prolonged bloody diarrhoea?
Giardiasis
Which organism causes profuse, watery diarrhoea &
severe dehydration resulting in weight loss.
Cholera
Which organism causes a flu-like prodrome, usually followed by crampy abdominal pains, fever and diarrhoea which may be bloody
May mimic appendicitis
Complications include Guillain-Barre syndrome
Campylobacter
