Streptococci Flashcards
Strep Pneumoniae hemolysis
Alpha
Strep pneumo resistant or sensitive to optochin
sensitive
Strep pneumo most frequently causes
MOPS
Meningitis, Otitis media in kids, Pneumoniae, Sinusitis
KNOW that strep pneumo is most associated with
- Rusty Sputum
- Sepsis in sickle cell
- Splenectomy
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Other alpha hemolytic strep
Strep viridans
Strep viridans often cause
- Bacterial Endocarditis (S sanguis)
- ## Dental carries (strep mutans)
How does Step Sanguis stick to valves?
Makes a glycocalyx
Scarlet fever, toxic shock- like syndrome, necrotizing fascitis
Group A strep, the same stuff that causes strep throat
What can follow strep throat?
Rheumatic Fever
glomerulonephritis
Criteria for rheumatic fever
Jones Criteris
J- joints o- heart N- Nodules E- Erythema marginatum S- Sydenham's chorea
What do you prophylactically treat pregnant women who test positive for strep B with
penicillin
Group D strep?
Enterococcus
E. Faecalis and Faecium are normal colonic bacteria that are resistant to what and cause what
Resistant to penicillin and cause UTIs, biliary tract infections, and subacute endocarditis
VRE- vancomycin resistant enterococcus are an important cause of nosocomial infections
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Pneumoniae caused by strep pneumo
Rust colored sputum and lobar
Strep pneumo vaccine in kids
PCV
Strep pneumo adult vaccine
PPV
Group D strep to remember
Strep Bovis…..Lives in the gut. Can cause endocarditis
Must test pts for colon cancer…about 15-30% will develop colon cancer
Group B strep causes what in neonates
Pneumonia, sepsis, meningitis
What three things should you think of when you hear Sepsis in neonates
Group B , Listeria, E. Coli
