PP Micro Flashcards
What makes an adequate sputum sample?
< 10 epithelial cells and > 25 leukocytes per low power field
How do you know it’s an anaerobe?
Gas
Bad odor
What bugs causes acute bacterial endocarditis?
Staph aureus ( attacks healthy valves)
What bug causes subacute bacterial endocarditis?
Strep viridians ( attack damage valves)
How do you diagnose Rheumatic fever?
Need at least 2 “SPECC”
- subcutaneous nodules
- Polyarthritis
- erythema marginatum ( red margins)
- chorea (Sydenham’s)
- carditis ( MS > AS > TS )
What are the only Gram - diplococci?
Neisseria
What is the only Gram + diplococci?
Strep pneumo
What bugs cause heart block infection?
“Don’t TeLL Chaga”
- diphtheria
- typhoid fever ( salmonella typhii)
- legionella
- Lyme disease
- Chaga’s disease
What are the IgA protease bugs?
Strep pneumo
H. Influenza
Neisseria Catt.
What do the IgA protease bugs cause?
Sinusitis
otitis media
Pneumonia
Bronchitis
What are the simple Gram - bugs?
” simple HE “
- H. Influenza
- E. Coli
What are the atypical ( no cell wall) bacteria?
“CLUMsy”
- chlamydia
- legionella
- ureaplasma
- mycoplasma
What is the only Gram + endotoxin?
Listeria
What is the only Gram - exotoxin?
H. Influenza
Bordetella pertussis
What are the spore forming Gram + bacteria?
Bacillus anthracis
Clostridium botulinum
What bugs cause walking pneumonia?
“Come My Love for a walk”
- 0-2mo: Chlamydia pn.
- 10-30 y: Mycoplasma pn.
- > 40 y: Legionella pn.
- AIDS/Premies: Pneumo Jirovecii
What causes Cryolgobulinemia?
“I AM HE”
- influenza
- adenovirus
- mycoplasma
- hep. B, C
- EBV
What are the Silver Stainers?
” HaLV-C = Comma”
- H. Pylori
- Listeria
- Vibro
- Campylobacter
What bacteria cause diarrhea < 8h after introduction?
“CBS”
- Clostridium
- Bacillus cereus
- Staph aureus
What are the Gram - capsule?
“Some Killers Have Pretty Nice Capsule”
- salmonella
- klebsiella
- H. Influenza B
- pseudomonas
- neisseria
- citobacter
What is the Gram + capsule?
Strep pneumo
What are the Urease + bugs?
“Urease PPUNCH”
- proteus
- pseudomonas
- ureoplasma
- nocardia
- cryptococcus
- H. Pylori
What bugs cause Monocytosis?
” STELS”
- syphilis
- TB
- EBV
- Listeria
- Salmonela
What are the Big Mama Anaerobes?
Bacteroides fragilis
Strep. Bovis
C. Septicum
What bugs disrupt G protein?
Perturris: inhibits Gi
Cholera: stimulates Gs
E. Coli: stimulates Gs
What bug is associated w/ cat scratch?
Bortonella henselae
What bug is associated w/ cat saliva?
Pasturella multocida
What bug is associated w/ cat pee?
Toxoplasmosis
What bug is associated w/ cat caca?
Toxic area cati
What disease are cause by the Ixodes Tick?
Lyme disease - bull’s eye lesion
Babesiosis - hemolytic anemia
Ehrlichiosis - puncture near eye
What bugs cause hospital abscesses?
Day 1-3: Staph aureus -> lost of O2
Day 4-7: Step viridians -> no enzyme
Day >7: Anaerobe -> PMNs
What kind of patients does Staph and Pseudomonas like to attack?
DM
Cystic fibrosis pts
Burn pts
Neutropenia pts
What disease have granulomas?
TB Sarcoidosis Syphilis Histocytosis X The ella's
What disease provide malaria protection?
Sickle cell : AAs
G-6PD: Mediterranean
What bug causes multiple liver abscesses?
Entamoeba histolytica
What bug causes multiple cerebral abscesses?
Citrobacter
What has multiple lung aneurysm?
Osler-Weber-Rendu
What bugs cause Loesffler syndrome?
“NASSA”
- necator americanus
- ancylostoma duodenal
- schistosomiasis
- strongyloides
- ascaris lumbricoides
What is the symptom of Loeffler syndrome?
Pulmonary eosinophilia
What is PIE syndrome?
Pulmonary infiltrate w/ Eosinophilia
What disease have PIE syndrome?
Aspergillus
Loeffler
Churg-Strauss
What disease does Coxsackie A cause?
Hand-Foot-Mooth disease
What disease does Coxsackie B cause?
Endocarditis
DM type 1
What bugs cause Meningitis?
0-2mo: "baby BEL" - group B strep - E. Coli - Listeria > 2mo: strep pneumo 10-21y/o: N. Meningitidis
What are the CSF lbs values for Meningitis?
PMNs-> bacteria
T cells/ MP -> non-bacterial
Normal glucose - > viral
What does the Hep B Core AG tell you?
Gone before pt has symptoms ( 2 mo)
What does the Core Ab tell you?
Past infection
What does the Surface Ag tell you?
Current infection
What does the Surface Ab tell you?
Vaccination has occurred