Microbiology: Exam 4 Material Flashcards
pus former that grows in chains
Streptococcus Pyogenes
These are gram stain positive and they form pus ____
Pyogenic Cocci
Causes infection of the lungs
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Venereal disease, round in shape.
Neisseria gonorrhea
- Gram positive stains blue
- Rod shaped bacteria
3. They grow in the absence of oxygen.
Anaerobes
____ causes skin abscesses (acne, zits,boils, carbuncles, impetigo, and furncles), secondary infections, is nosocomial, as well as toxic shock syndrome, food intoxication such as ptomaine for poisoning from milk and cheese come from this; common name is MRSA.
Staphylococcus aureas
I’m an opportunist in Norma flora; I grow in golden round bunches, and gram stain positive, I’m an exotoxin. My name tells you that I produce “golden” pus which is my vehicle of exit, and my mode of transmission is direct person to person physical contact. Who am I?
Staphylococcus aureas
I can cause septic sore throat (aka, strep throat), scarlet fever, rheumatic fever, puerperal sepsis, glomerulonephritis, and toxic shock shock syndrome. I’m ____.
Streptococcus pyogens
According to my characteristics I am round shaped and grow in chains; As shown in my species name I produce green pus; I produce cellulitis ( a typical lesion, diffuse or widespread inflammation of subcutaneous connective tissue); strict pathogen (which means it’s NOT in normal flora), and stains gram positive. My portal of entry is the respiratory tract, and my portal of exit is sputum. My mode of transportation is direct person to person droplet infection or indirect fomites (contaminated instruments)
Streptococcus pyogenes
Acne, Zits, Boils, Carbuncles, Impetigo, furuncles are all examples of ____.
Skin Abscesses
Ptomaine food poisoning from milk and cheese are symptoms of ____.
Food intoxication
Aschoff bodies- scar tissue that forms after recovery are another name for ____.
Rheumatic fever
Rheumatic fever causes ____.
Achoff Bodies
Scar tissue that forms after recovery is ____.
Aschoff Bodies
Childbed fever is known as ____.
Puerperal sepsis
Puerperal sepsis is also known as ____.
Childbed fever
Childbed fever affects the ____, not the ____.
Mother of a newborn
Newborn or child
Inflammation of little tuft of capillaries in kidneys is ____.
Glomerulonephritis
A typical lesion, diffuse or widespread inflammation of subcutaneous connective tissue is known as ____.
Cellulitis
My pathogenicity is lobar pneumonia which is confined to one or more segments of lung lobes of tissue, meningitis, and otitis media (middle ear infection). Who am I?
Streptococcus pneumoniae
____ is confined to one or more segments of lung lobes of tissue. 95% of my cases are caused by strep pneumoniae.
Lobar pneumonia
I am round shaped and grow in pairs, and I am gram positive. I am the only one you study that always forms a capsule which increases virulence, I am usually only present in your norma flora during the seasonal winter through fall. I enter through your respiratory tract and am a droplet infection (person to person) My vehicle is sputum. I am commonly called pneumococcus; Who am I?
Streptococcus pneumonaie
I can cause opthalmia neonatorum disease in newborn in the first 30 days after birth. I am also a common STD reported named gonorrhea. Who am I?
Neisseria Gonorrhoeae
I am a round shaped diplococcus, mostly in the shape of the coffee bean, and grow in pairs. I have pili ( little hair like projections which aid in attachment to the urethra), usually in couples that have me the males seek treatment first, There is no immunity gained with me. I am gram negative, and cause gonococcus which causes gonorrhea. My portal of entry is the GUT and my mode of transmission is direct person to person physical contact. Who am I?
Neisseria Gonorrhoeae
