PP Clues - Micro 2 Flashcards
How do you know it is an anaerobe?
Gas, bad odor
What makes an adequate sputum sample?
25 leukocytes per lower power field
What bug causes acute bacterial endocarditis?
Staphylococcus Aureus
Attacks healthy valves
What bug causes subacute bacterial endocarditis?
Streptococcus Viridans
Attacks damaged valves
How do you diagnose rheumatic fever?
JONES Criteria Joints cardiO subcutaneous Nodules Erythema marginatum Syndenham's chorea
What are the G(-) diplococci?
Neisseria and Moraxella
What is the only G(+) diplococci?
Streptococcus pneumoniae
What bugs cause heart block?
LSD Loves Company Legionella Pneumophila Salmonella Typhii Diphtheria Lyme (Borrelia Burgdorferi) Chagas (Trypanosoma Cruzi)
What are the IgA protease bugs?
Streptococcus Pneumoniae
Haemophilus Influenzae
Moraxella Catarrhalis
What do the IgA protease bugs cause?
Sinusitis
Otitis media
Pneumonia
Bronchitis
What are the simple G(-) bugs?
Simple HE
Haemophillus Influenzae
Escherichia Coli
What are the atypical (no cell wall) bugs?
CLUMsy Chlamydia Legionella Pneumophila Ureaplasma Urealyticum Mycoplasma
What is the only G(+) endotoxin?
Listeria
What are the G(-) exotoxin?
Escherichia Coli Vibrio Cholerae Yersinia Enterocolitica Shigella Dysenteriae EHEC EIEC Bordetella Pertussis Psuedomonas Aeruginosa
What 4 bugs produce exotoxins that increase cAMP?
cAMP vibrio Cholerae bacillus Anthracis Enterotoxigenic Escherichia Coli (M) bordetella Pertussis
What are the G(+) endospore forming bugs?
Bacillus (aerobic)
Clostridium (anaerobic)
What is the G(-) spore forming bugs?
Coxiella Burnetii (Q fever) Not a true spore - can survive prolonged periods in soil, months to years Milk must be pasteurized to kill this bug
What bugs cause walking pneumonia?
0-2 months = Chlamydophila Pneumoniae
10-30 years = Mycoplasma Pneumoniae
>40 years = Legionella Pneumophilia
AIDS/premies = Pneumocystis Jirovecii
What causes cryoglobulinemia?
I AM HE Influenza/Immunodeficiency (HIV) Adenovirus Mycoplasma Hepatitis B and C Epstein Barr virus
What are the silver stainers?
Helicobacter Pylori
Listeria Monocytogenes
Vibrio
Campylobacter
What bugs cause diarrhea
Clostridium
Bacillus Cereus
Staphylococcus Aureus
What are the bugs with capsules?
"Even Some Strange Killers Have Pretty Nice Capsules" Escherichia Coli Streptococcus Pneumoniae Salmonella Klebsiella Bacillus Anthracis Haemophilus Influenzae B Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Neisseria Meningitidis Cryptococcus
