Streptococci

Question 1

Strep Pneumoniae hemolysis

Answer 1

Alpha

Question 2

Strep pneumo resistant or sensitive to optochin

Answer 2

sensitive

Question 3

Strep pneumo most frequently causes

Answer 3

MOPS

Meningitis, Otitis media in kids, Pneumoniae, Sinusitis

Question 4

KNOW that strep pneumo is most associated with

• Rusty Sputum
• Sepsis in sickle cell
• Splenectomy

Answer 4

ok

Question 5

Other alpha hemolytic strep

Answer 5

Strep viridans

Question 6

Strep viridans often cause

Answer 6

• Bacterial Endocarditis (S sanguis)
• ## Dental carries (strep mutans)

Question 7

How does Step Sanguis stick to valves?

Answer 7

Makes a glycocalyx

Question 8

Scarlet fever, toxic shock- like syndrome, necrotizing fascitis

Answer 8

Group A strep, the same stuff that causes strep throat

Question 9

What can follow strep throat?

Answer 9

Rheumatic Fever

glomerulonephritis

Question 10

Criteria for rheumatic fever

Answer 10

Jones Criteris

J- joints
o- heart
N- Nodules
E- Erythema marginatum
S- Sydenham's chorea

Question 11

What do you prophylactically treat pregnant women who test positive for strep B with

Answer 11

penicillin

Question 12

Group D strep?

Answer 12

Enterococcus

Question 13

E. Faecalis and Faecium are normal colonic bacteria that are resistant to what and cause what

Answer 13

Resistant to penicillin and cause UTIs, biliary tract infections, and subacute endocarditis

Question 14

VRE- vancomycin resistant enterococcus are an important cause of nosocomial infections

Answer 14

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Question 15

Pneumoniae caused by strep pneumo

Answer 15

Rust colored sputum and lobar

Question 16

Strep pneumo vaccine in kids

Answer 16

PCV

Question 17

Strep pneumo adult vaccine

Answer 17

PPV

Question 18

Group D strep to remember

Answer 18

Strep Bovis…..Lives in the gut. Can cause endocarditis

Must test pts for colon cancer…about 15-30% will develop colon cancer

Question 19

Group B strep causes what in neonates

Answer 19

Pneumonia, sepsis, meningitis

Question 20

What three things should you think of when you hear Sepsis in neonates

Answer 20

Group B , Listeria, E. Coli