Name! That! Organism! Flashcards
Most common agent in patient with recurrent meningeal infections
Strep pneumo
Lipooligosaccharide
Haemeophilus influenzae
Coagulase positive
Staphylococcus aureus
Chest x-ray = cavitation
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Gram-positive diplococci
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Gram-negative diplicocci is Moraxella catarrhalis
DIC and gram-negative shock can occur
Neisseria meningitidis
presence of skin rash- widespread eruption within hour s
Neisseria meningitidis
gray-white colonies with a narrow zone of beta-hemolysis
Streptococcus agalactiae (group B strep)
Gram-negative coccobacilli
one of the causes of otitis media/ sinusitis
Haemophilus influenzae
Fluorescent sputum
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Tracheal cytotoxin
Bordetella pertussis
microbe responsible for infant pneumonia
Chlamydiae trachomatis
Smallest living bacteria
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Gram-negative diplicocci
Moraxella catarrhalis
Gram-positive diplococci is Streptococcus pneumoniae
leading cause of bacteremia with meningitis in neonates
Streptococcus agalactiae (group B strep)
meningitis microbe associated with summer season
Listeria monocytogenes
Oxidase positive
B-lactamase producer
Moraxella catarrhalis
Quellung reaction to observe capsules
Strep pneumo
Green-colored on blood agar
Strep pneumo
Culture on buffered charcoal yeast extract
Legionella pneumoniae
Fruity smell
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Chest x-ray = patchy infiltrates
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Severe necrotizing community acquired pneumonia in upper lobes, hemorrhage of the lungs
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Capsulated and non-capsulated are virulent
Haemophilus influenzae
meningitis microbe that is transmitted by food
Listeria monocytogenes
B-hemolytic
Staphylococcus aureus
ID-Latex Particle Agglutination test (LAT)
Haemophilus influenzae
Convex, smooth, pale, gray/transparent colonies on blood agar due to “satiellte phenomenon”
Haemophilus influenzae
CAMP factor
Streptococcus agalactiae (group B strep)
Loeffler’s medium
Corynebacterium
Diphtheria
Bile solubility test will confirm diagnosis
Strep pneumo
Pertussis toxin (A-B exotoxin)
Bordetella pertussis
Lipopolysaccharide-like surface component
Listeria monocytogenes
Most common cause of bacterial meningitis
Strep pneumo
“Bull neck”
Diphtheria toxin
Corynebacterium
(Diphtheria)
Two main manifestations are sepsis and meningitis
Listeria monocytogenes
Most common etiology of lower respiratory tract infection in children under 4 years of age
Respiratory Syncytial virus (RSV)
Acute fibropurulent necrotizing pneumonia
Legionella pneumoniae
Cold agglutinin assay
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
“Tumbling” motility in hanging drop preparation
Listeria monocytogenes
gram negative organism from the GI tract that can cause a meningitis event
E. Coli
Dermonecrotic toxin
Bordetella pertussis
sensitive to optochin
Streptococcus pneumoniae
formation of pseudomembrane
Diphtheria toxin
Corynebacterium
(Diphtheria)
Adenylate Cyclase toxin
Bordetella pertussis
Listeriolysin O
Listeria monocytogenes
Infections are hyper-endemic in winter and the greatest incidence is in children and young adults
Rhinovirus
meningitis microbe that is gram-positive, motile, coccobacillus and facultative intracellular
Listeria monocytogenes
Gram-positive pleomorphic bacilli
“palisades” or “v” appearance
Corynebacterium
Diphtheria
Regan-Lowe agar
Bordetella pertussis
Elek Test
Diphtheria toxin
Corynebacterium
(Diphtheria)
virulence factors are: capsular polysaccharide, hyaluronidase, collagenase, and hemolysin
Streptococcus agalactiae (group B strep)
Gram-positive cocci in CLUSTERS
Staphylococcus aureus
CLUSTERS = BUZZWORD
Low iron concentration stimulates production of
Diphtheria toxin
Corynebacterium
(Diphtheria)
a-hemolytic
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Thayer-Martin agar
Neisseria meningitidis
Can cause Reyes syndrome and Guillain-Barre syndrome
Influenza virus
Alginate
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
gram-negative bacilli that produces pigments pyocyanin and pyoverdin
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Thick, slimey capusle
Klebsiella penumoniae
small, gram-negative coccobacilli that can grow aerobically on enriched agar
Bordetella pertussis
Bordet-Gengou agar
Bordetella pertussis
Rust-colored sputum
Strep pneumoniae
Most common cause of neonatal bacterial meningitis
Streptococcus agalactiae (group B strep)
Internal “red” staining on culture that is time consuming and difficult
Chlamydophila pneumoniae
Only pneumonia microbe with aersol transmission
Legionella pneumoniae
fastidious, gram-negative, kidney bean-shaped diplococcus
Neisseria meningitidis
Most likely cause of Croup
Parainfluenza virus
microbe associated with atherosclerosis
Chlamydiae pneumoniae
Cysteine-tellurite agar
Corynebacterium
Diphtheria
Filamentous hemagglutinin
Bordetella pertussis
Chest x-ray = consolidation
Strep pneumoniae
Metachromatic (volutin) granules
Corynebacterium
Diphtheria
Sterols in plasma membrane
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Obligate intracellular parasites *pneumonia
Chlamydolphia pneumoniae
Currant jelly sputum
Klebsiella pneumoniae