Microbiology: bacteria, virus, mycoplasma Flashcards
- MC cause of acute endocarditis
- native valve (tricuspid valve) in IV drug user
staph aureus
2nd MC cause of UTI in sexually active female
staph saprophyticus
- MC cause of bacterial meningitis in adults
- MC cause of CAP in adults
- MC cause of otitis media in children
strep pneumonia
marantic endocarditis with abdominal malignancy
strep bovis
osteomyelitis (+) brodie abscess
staph aureus
SCARLET FEVER
strep pyogenes
MC cause of prosthetic valve endocarditis
keyword: PROSTHETICS
staph epidermidis
tampon using causing toxic shock syndrome
staph aureus
bullous impetigo
staph aureus
impetigo contagiosa
strep pyogenes
scalded skin syndrome (ritter disease)
staph aureus
fournier’s gangrene
strep pyogenes
ARF
strep pyogenes
endocarditis after GI surgery
enterococcus faecalis
Group D strep
MC cause of neonatal sepsis, meningitis
Strep agalactiae
GBS
salad or mayonaisse causing gastroenteritis
staph aureus
dental caries
strep mutans
VIRIDANS
granulomatous infantseptica
listeria monocytogenes
floppy baby syndrome
clostridium botulinum
the only clostridium that is non-motile
c. perfringens
MC cause of death in pulmonary anthrax
pulmonary hemorrhage
triad of botulism
- symmetric descending flaccide paralysis (with prominent bulbar involvement)
- absence of fever
- intact sensorium
subacute bacterial endocarditis
strep sanguis
VIRIDANS
toxic shock syndrome associated with septic abortion
c. sordelli
cell inhibited by c. tetani
renshaw cell
- nontraumatic myonecrosis in immunocompromised patients
- may indicate possible GI malignancy
c. septicum
waterhousen-friederichsen syndrome
n. menigitides
schick test
c. diphtheriae
MC cause acute epiglottits
what sign?
HiB
- thumb sign
MC site of asymptomatic gonococcal infection in women
endocervix
bacillary dysentery
shigella species
reactive arthritis (reitter's syndrome) Triad: - urethritis - uveitis - arthritis
campylobacter jejuni
pontiac fever
legionella hemophilia
- MC cause of otitis externa
- MC cause of malignant otitis externa in diabetics
- MC cause of chronic suppurative otitis media
pseudomonas aeruginosa
bubonic plague
yersinia pestis
weil’s syndrome
leptospira interrogans
3rd MC cause of nosocomial UTI
pseudomonas aeruginosa
chancroid
haemophilus ducreyi