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What makes an adequate sputum sample?

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< 10 epithelial cells and > 25 leukocytes per low power field

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How do you know it’s an anaerobe?

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Gas

Bad odor

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What bugs causes acute bacterial endocarditis?

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Staph aureus ( attacks healthy valves)

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What bug causes subacute bacterial endocarditis?

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Strep viridians ( attack damage valves)

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How do you diagnose Rheumatic fever?

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Need at least 2 “SPECC”

  • subcutaneous nodules
  • Polyarthritis
  • erythema marginatum ( red margins)
  • chorea (Sydenham’s)
  • carditis ( MS > AS > TS )
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What are the only Gram - diplococci?

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Neisseria

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What is the only Gram + diplococci?

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Strep pneumo

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What bugs cause heart block infection?

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“Don’t TeLL Chaga”

  • diphtheria
  • typhoid fever ( salmonella typhii)
  • legionella
  • Lyme disease
  • Chaga’s disease
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What are the IgA protease bugs?

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Strep pneumo
H. Influenza
Neisseria Catt.

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What do the IgA protease bugs cause?

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Sinusitis
otitis media
Pneumonia
Bronchitis

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What are the simple Gram - bugs?

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” simple HE “

  • H. Influenza
  • E. Coli
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What are the atypical ( no cell wall) bacteria?

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“CLUMsy”

  • chlamydia
  • legionella
  • ureaplasma
  • mycoplasma
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What is the only Gram + endotoxin?

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Listeria

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What is the only Gram - exotoxin?

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H. Influenza

Bordetella pertussis

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What are the spore forming Gram + bacteria?

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Bacillus anthracis

Clostridium botulinum

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What bugs cause walking pneumonia?

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“Come My Love for a walk”

  • 0-2mo: Chlamydia pn.
  • 10-30 y: Mycoplasma pn.
  • > 40 y: Legionella pn.
  • AIDS/Premies: Pneumo Jirovecii
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What causes Cryolgobulinemia?

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“I AM HE”

  • influenza
  • adenovirus
  • mycoplasma
  • hep. B, C
  • EBV
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What are the Silver Stainers?

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” HaLV-C = Comma”

  • H. Pylori
  • Listeria
  • Vibro
  • Campylobacter
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What bacteria cause diarrhea < 8h after introduction?

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“CBS”

  • Clostridium
  • Bacillus cereus
  • Staph aureus
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What are the Gram - capsule?

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“Some Killers Have Pretty Nice Capsule”

  • salmonella
  • klebsiella
  • H. Influenza B
  • pseudomonas
  • neisseria
  • citobacter
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What is the Gram + capsule?

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Strep pneumo

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What are the Urease + bugs?

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“Urease PPUNCH”

  • proteus
  • pseudomonas
  • ureoplasma
  • nocardia
  • cryptococcus
  • H. Pylori
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What bugs cause Monocytosis?

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” STELS”

  • syphilis
  • TB
  • EBV
  • Listeria
  • Salmonela
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What are the Big Mama Anaerobes?

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Bacteroides fragilis
Strep. Bovis
C. Septicum

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What bugs disrupt G protein?

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Perturris: inhibits Gi
Cholera: stimulates Gs
E. Coli: stimulates Gs

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What bug is associated w/ cat scratch?

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Bortonella henselae

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What bug is associated w/ cat saliva?

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Pasturella multocida

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What bug is associated w/ cat pee?

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Toxoplasmosis

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What bug is associated w/ cat caca?

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Toxic area cati

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What disease are cause by the Ixodes Tick?

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Lyme disease - bull’s eye lesion
Babesiosis - hemolytic anemia
Ehrlichiosis - puncture near eye

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What bugs cause hospital abscesses?

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Day 1-3: Staph aureus -> lost of O2
Day 4-7: Step viridians -> no enzyme
Day >7: Anaerobe -> PMNs

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What kind of patients does Staph and Pseudomonas like to attack?

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DM
Cystic fibrosis pts
Burn pts
Neutropenia pts

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What disease have granulomas?

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TB
Sarcoidosis 
Syphilis
Histocytosis X
The ella's
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What disease provide malaria protection?

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Sickle cell : AAs

G-6PD: Mediterranean

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What bug causes multiple liver abscesses?

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Entamoeba histolytica

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What bug causes multiple cerebral abscesses?

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Citrobacter

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What has multiple lung aneurysm?

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Osler-Weber-Rendu

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What bugs cause Loesffler syndrome?

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“NASSA”

  • necator americanus
  • ancylostoma duodenal
  • schistosomiasis
  • strongyloides
  • ascaris lumbricoides
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What is the symptom of Loeffler syndrome?

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Pulmonary eosinophilia

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What is PIE syndrome?

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Pulmonary infiltrate w/ Eosinophilia

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What disease have PIE syndrome?

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Aspergillus
Loeffler
Churg-Strauss

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What disease does Coxsackie A cause?

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Hand-Foot-Mooth disease

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What disease does Coxsackie B cause?

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Endocarditis

DM type 1

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What bugs cause Meningitis?

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0-2mo: "baby BEL"
- group B strep
- E. Coli
- Listeria
> 2mo: strep pneumo
10-21y/o: N. Meningitidis
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What are the CSF lbs values for Meningitis?

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PMNs-> bacteria
T cells/ MP -> non-bacterial
Normal glucose - > viral

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What does the Hep B Core AG tell you?

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Gone before pt has symptoms ( 2 mo)

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What does the Core Ab tell you?

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Past infection

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What does the Surface Ag tell you?

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Current infection

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What does the Surface Ab tell you?

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Vaccination has occurred

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What does the E Ag tell you?

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Transmissibility / infectivity

50
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What does the E Ab tell you?

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Low transmissibility

51
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What antibody show current Hep A infection?

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Urease + Bacteria?

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"PPUNCHES"
Proteus
Pseudomonas
Ureaplasma
Nocardia
Cryptococcus neoformans
H. Pylori
S. Saprofiticus
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What antibody shows past Hep A infection?

54
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What type of people does Hep E like to infect?

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Pregnant women

Asians

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What is associated w/Staph aureus?

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Cellulitis
Dairy products
Gold pigment
Endocarditis
Styles
Hordeolum (on eyelid)
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What is associated w/ Strep pyogenes?

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“LINES”
ASO
Hyaluronic acid capsule

57
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What is associated w/ Staph epidermidis?

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Central lines
VP shunt
White pigment

58
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What is associated w/ Propionibacterium?

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Acne

Progesterone => prop ionic acid

59
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What is associated w/ Pasteurella Multicoda?

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Cat/ dog saliva => cellulitis w/ lymphadenitis

60
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What is associated with Staph saprophyticus?

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Female UTIs, honeymooners cystitis

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What is associated w/ Hemophilus aegyptus?

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Swollen eyeball w/ pus

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What is associated w/ Francisella tularensis?

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Ulcers at rabbit or deer tick bite site

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What is associated w/ Pseudomonas aeruginosa ?

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Otitis external
Ecthyma granulosum
Loves rubber
Whirlpool folliculitis
ADP ribosylates EF-2
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What is associated w/ Streptococcus pneumoniae?

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Otitis media

Red bulging tympanic membrane

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What is associated w/ Fusobacterium?

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Painful mouth ulcers
Gum pus
Vincent’s angina

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What is associated w/ Strep mutans?

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Dental cavities

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What is associated w/ Strep viridians?

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Subacute bacterial endocarditis

Green pigment

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What is associated w/ Strep salivarius?

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Cold agglutinin test

69
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What is associated w/ Strep pyogenes?

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Rheumatic fever, strain 12 => PSGN

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What is associated w/ Group C strep?

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Pharyngitis

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What is associated w/ Corynebacterium?

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Chinese letters
Gray pseudomembrane 
Suffocation
ADP ribosylates EF2
Heart block
Leek test
72
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What is associated w/ Strep pneumonia?

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Gram + diplococci
Rusty sputum
IgA protease
Vaccine covers 23 strains

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What is associated w/ H. Influenza?

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Gram - pleomorphic rod
Factor V/X
5C-ribose capsule
B-type: meningitis, Epiglotitis, sepsis

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What is associated w/ N. Catarrhalis?

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Loves mucus -> attacks respiratory tract

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What is associated w/ Chlamydia psittaci?

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Parakeets, parrots

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What is associated w/ Chlamydia pneumonia?

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Staccato coughing

Elementary and reticulate bodies

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What is associated w/ Mycoplasma?

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Bullous miringitis
Ground-glass CXR
P1 protein
Erythema multiforme

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What is associated w/ Legionella pneumonia?

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AC ducts
Silver stain lung
CYEA
Pontiac fever
Legionnaire pneumonia
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What is associated w/ Pneumocystis Jiroveciinia?

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AIDS/ Premies
Rusty sputum
Silver stains lung
Increase LDH

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What is associated w/ Clostridium botulinum?

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Canned food
Honey
Inhibits ACh release
Resp. Failure
Stool toxins
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What is associated w/ Clostridium tetani?

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Rusty nail wounds
Inhibits Gly release 
Resp. Failure
Risus sardonicus
Tennis racquet shape
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What is associated w/ Bordetella pertussis?

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Whooping cough

ADP ribosylates Gi

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What is associated w/ Bacillus anthracis?

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Black eschar
Woolsorter’s lung disease
D-Glu
Boxcar-like spore

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What is associated w/ H. Pylori?

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Duodenal ulcer

85
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What is associated w/ Slamonella?

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Raw chicken & eggs
Turtles 
Rose typhoid spots
H2S
Sickle cell osteomyelitis
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What is associated w/ Campylobacter jejuni?

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Raw chicken & eggs
Very bloody diarrhea 
Inactivated bay gastric juice
Guillain-Barre
Seagull-shape
87
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What is associated w/ clostridium perfringens?

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Holiday ham & turkey
DM gas gangrene
Soil/ feces

88
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What is associated w/ Bacillus cereus?

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Fried rice

Pre-formed toxin

89
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What is associated w/ Listeria Monocytogenes?

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Raw cabbage
Hot dog
Spoiled milk
Migrant workers=> heart block
Meningitis
Abortions
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What is associated w/ Vibrio parahaemolyticus?

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What is associated w/ actinomyces?

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Face fistulas

Sulfur granules

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What is associated w/ Vibrio vulnificus?

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Raw oysters

Cellulitis in swimmer’s cuts

93
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What is associated w/ Shiguella?

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Day care outbreaks
Seizures
Destroys 60S ribosome
Infects M cells

94
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What is associated w/ Vibrio cholera?

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Rice water diarrhea

ADP rybosilates Gs

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What is associated w/ Clostridium difficile?

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Explosive diarrhea = Pseudomembranous colitis

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What is associated w/ Yersinia enterocolitica?

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Presents like Apendicitis + Reiter’s

Bloody diarrhea

97
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What is associated w/ Strep bovis?

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Colon cancer

Black pigment

98
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What is associated w/ Clostridium seticum?

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Colon cancer

99
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What is associated w/ ETEC?

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Traveler’s => rice-water diarrhea

100
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What is associated w/ EHETC?

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Hemorrhagic => renal failure

101
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What is associated w/ EIEC?

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Inflammatory => loose stool

102
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What is associated w/ EPEC?

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Pathogenic => newborn diarrhea

103
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What is associated w/ E. Coli?

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Raw hamburger
ADP rybosilates Gs
Verotoxin
HUS

104
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What is associated w/ Proteus mirabilis?

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Staghorn calculus

UTI

105
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What is associated w/ Klebsiella pneumonia?

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Alcoholic
Currant jelly sputum
UTI
Lung fissures

106
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What is associated w/ Staph saprophyticus?

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Young and collage girls UTIs

107
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What is associated w/ Enterococcus?

A

UTI

Infective endocarditis post GI/ GU procedure

108
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What is associated w/ N. Meningitidis?

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DIC
Pili
Release toxin in log phase

109
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What is associated w/ Brucella?

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Farmers/ vet
Spiking fever 5x/day
Animal placenta

110
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What is associated w/ R. Rikettsii?

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Ticks => Rocky Mountain spotted fever

111
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What is associated w/ R. Akari?

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Mites => flesh papules

112
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What is associated w/ R. Typhi?

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Fleas

Starts in armpit

113
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What is associated w/ R. Prowazekii?

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Lice

Starts on body

114
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What is associated w/ R. Tssutsugamushi?

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Mites => scrub typhus

115
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What is associated w/ Coxiella busrnetii?

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Dusty barn => Q fever

116
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What is associated w/ Yersenia pestis?

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Rats
Fleas
Bubonic plague

117
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What is associated w/Bartonella henselae?

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Cat scratch => single painful lymph node

Silver stain

118
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What is associated w/ Bacteroides fragilis?

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Post-op bowel abscess

Grows in blood clots

119
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What is associated w/ Chlamydia trachomatis?

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Neonatal inturned eyelashes/ cornea ulcers

120
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What is associated w/ N. Gonorrhea?

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Pili
Urethritis
Tenovitis
Septic arthritis

121
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Enterobacteriaceae?

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(E. Coli, Salmonela, Shigella, Klebsiella, Enterobacter, Serratia Proteus)

  • Gram (-)
  • All have somatic (O) antigen
  • Capsular (K) antigen
  • Flagelar (H) antigen
  • All ferment glucose
  • All are oxidative (-)
122
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What bugs cause Food poisoning?

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Vibrio Parahaemolyticus & V. Vulnificus ( contaminated seafood)
Bacillus Cereus ( reheated rice)
S. Aureus (meats, mayonnaise and custard)
Clostridium Perfringens ( reheated meat)
C. Botulinum ( canned food)
E. Coli O157:H7 ( undercooked meat)
Salmonella ( poultry, meat and eggs)

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