MICROCOCCACEAE, STAPHYLOCOCCI, STREPTOCOCCI Flashcards
GRAM+, CATALASE POSITIVE (VIGOROUS BUBBLING), NON-MOTILE, FACULTATIVE, MODIFIED OXIDASE Positive, FURAZOLIDONE RESISTANT, LYSOSTAPHIN Resistant, BACITRACIN Susceptible, GROWS IN 6.5% NACL
MICROCOCCUS
CATALASE-POSITIVE, NONMOTILE, FACULTATIVE ANAEROBES, GROWS IN 6.5% NACL, BACITRACIN RESISTAN FURAZOLIDONE AND LYSOSTAPHIN SENSITIVE
STAPHYLOCOCCI
THIS GENUS IS PART OF THE NORMAL ORAL FLORA AND IS RARELY ISOLATED FROM INFECTION. THE COLONIES ADHERE STRONGLY TO THE AGAR SURFACE CATALASE NEGATIVE, BACITRACIN, FURAZOLIDONE RESISTANT DOES NOT GROW IN 6.5% NACL:
Stomatococus
GRAM-POSITIVE, CATALASE(-), LAP POSITIVE, NON MOTILE, FACULTATIVE ANAEROBE:
Streptococci
(All are LAP +)
OPPORTUNISTIC PATHOGENS FOUND ONLY IN IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PERSONS
MICROCOCCI
ENTEROTOXINS A AND D
Occurs 2-6 hours of consumption of contaminated food
FOOD POISONING
BOILS, CARBUNCLES FURUNCLES AND FOLLICULTIS LUNCH BOX FOOD
S AUREUS
multisystem disease characterized by high fever, rash, hypotension, shock, desquamation of the hands and feet, and possible death
TSS TAMPON ASSOCIATED
EXTENSIVE EXFOLIATIVE DERMATITIS ____________________ CAUSED BY EPIDERMOLYTIC OR EXFOLIATIVE TOXIN
SCALDED SKIN SYNDROME (RITTER’S DISEASE)
MORTALITY RATE FOR RITTER’S IS HIGHER IN ADULTS (CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE/IMMUNOCOMPROMISED THAN CHILDREN
TOXIN A AND B
ENTEROTOXIN F
TSST-1
SECONDARY TO BACTEREMIA
OSTEOMYELITIS
SECONDARY TO INFLUENZA
STAPH PNEUMONIA
SECONDARY TO INFLUENZA
STAPH PNEUMONIA
MAJOR S. AUREUS VIRULENCE MARKER
COAGULASE
*HELPS THE BACTERIUM (SAU) AVOID PHAGOCYTOSIS:
PROTEIN A