Microbiology Part 3 Flashcards
Bacteria with Gram positive Cell Wall structure
Peptidoglycan
if it ends in “us” or “um” it is usually what?
exceptions?
purple/gram positive; listeria monocytogen (gram+)
If it ends in “a” or “ia” it is usually what?
exceptions?
red/pink (gram negative); Campylobacter jejuni (gram+), Haemophilus (gram +)
DICK test, strawberry tongue, scarlet fever
Rheumatic fever
neonatal meningitis,
occurs at birth,
Group B
Strep. agalactiae
group B for babies
aka Babes Ernst bodies,
SCHICK TEST,
Gray pseudomembrane
Cornyebacterium diptheria
Acid fast stain
mycobacterium
Traveler’s diarrhea
E.coli
Rabbit fever
tularemia (Francisella tularensis)
air conditioner water
Leigonnaire’s Disease (Legionella)
Pea soup diarrhea
Salmonella
john snow,
comma shaped,
rice water stools
cholera
chlamydia psittaci
ornithosis, flu-like
chlamydia trachomatis
most common (bacterial) STD in the US (HPV is most common STD)
maculopapular rash,
epidemic typhus,
louse feces,
years after initial attack
Rickettsia prowazekii
Murine typhus,
caused by fleas
Rickettsia typhi
scrub typhus,
lymphadenopathy,
Chigger
Rickettsia tsutsugamushi
Rochalimaea quintana
Trench fever (lice bite)
Coxiella burnetii
Q fever
Borrelia Burgdorferi
Lyme disease
Leptospira interrogans,
vector=rat urine
Weil’s syndrome
envelope around the capsid
viruses
infectious particles made of protein only
prions
spongiform encephalopathy
creutzfeldt Jakob
