T2: pathogens Flashcards
G+ rods
Bacillus cereus
Lactobacillus spp. (box-car shaped, aerotolerant anaerobe)
Listeria monocytogenes (coccobacilli; facultative IC pathogen)
Actinomycetes (G+ thin, branding filaments w/ clubbed ends): Actinomyces israelii (faculative anaerobe)
-Corynebacterium diphtheriae (club-shaped rod)
G+ cocci
Staphylococci (in clusters):
-Staph aureous (coagulase positive)
-Staph epidermis, saprophyticus (coag neg)
Streptococci (in chains - aerotolerant anaerobes):
-Strep mutans, sanguis, salivarius, mitis (oral)
-Strep pneumoniae -pneumococcus (lancet shaped diplococci, a-hemolytic)
-Strep pyrogenes (GABHS)
-Strep agalactiae (GABHS)
Peptosteptococcus spp. (obligate anaerobic, cocci in chains)
G- rods
Aggrgatibacter/Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans (ob an)
Acinetobacter baumanii
Bacteroides forsythus (ob an)
Bordetella pertussis (coccobacilli)
Capnocytophaga canimorsus
Eikenella corrodens
Enterics: Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae
Fusobacterium: F. necrophorum(ob.an long rods, tap. ends)
Haemophilus influenza, type b (Hib) and NTHi (coccobacilli)
Porphyromonas gingivalis (ob an)
Pseucomonas aeruginosa
Prevotella intermedia (ob an)
Procaryotic, G- curved rod
NONE
G- cocci (kidney beans)
Neisseria gonorrhoeae(gonococcus) & other Neis. spp (NF) Moraxella catarrhalis
G- cell wall architecture: Spirochetes (internal flagella)
-Treponema denticola, T. vincentii (ob an, peridontal disease)
Acid fast bacilli
Nocardiae : N. asteroides (Nocardiosis)
Cell wall-less pleomorphic bac (not G-/+, no PTG)
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Ureaplasma urealyticum, U. parvum
*tx w. PCN
G- cell wall architecture: pleomorphic ob. IC bac
w/out PTG:
Chlamydia trachomatis, C. psittaci
Fungi
(eukaryotics) “J”
Candida albicans
Helminth
(euk) “K,L,M,N”
tissue round worm: “N” Filarial Nematodes: Onchocerca volvulus
Protozoan
(euk) O Toxoplama gondii (ob IC)
viruses
adenovirus
coronavirus
influenza (orthomyxovirus)
more viruses: Herpes virus
HSV 1 HSV 2 VZV (3) chicken pox, shingles CMV (cytomegalovirus) (5) hum. parvoviruses hum. bocavirus (HBoV)
more viruses: Paramyxovirus (cause syncytia formation)
parainfluenza virus (paramyxovirus, croup)
mumps
RSV
hMPV: hum. Metapneumovirus
more viruses: picornaviruses
Rhinoviruses Enteroviruses: polio/non-polio: -ECHO viruses -coxsackievirus -enterovirus 68-->71 -polio virus -parechovirus
eye NF
Staph epidermis
diphtheroids
Propionibacterium acnew
conjuntivitis
mostly G+ cocci: S. aureus, streptococci
“pink eye”: S. pneumonia, S. pneumo NT, H. flu (aegyptius)
conjunctivitis-OM syndrome
NTHi, S. pneumo, Moraxella catarrhalis
Inclusion Conjunctivitis (IC): bac. IC and trachoma:
Chlamydia trachomatis (#1 cause blindness in underdev. countries)
IC: viral
adenovirus, HSV 1, VZV, other agents
pharyngeal conjuntival fever: adenovirus (3,7)
epidermic ketratoconjunctivitis “shipyard eye”: adenovirus 8, 19
acute epidemic hemorrhagic conjunctivitis: coxsackie virus, enterovirus, adenovirus
IC: hyperacute mucopurulent conjunctivitis of newborn/ophthalmia neonatorum:
N. gonorrhoeae, Chlamydia trachomatis
Keratoconjuctivitis/Keratitis: bac agents
staph, strep, Listeria, Neisseria, anaerobes, P. aeruginosa
Keratitis: viral agents
HSV1: leading cause of adult infectious blindness in dev. countries)
HSV2
VZV
Keratitis: fungal
Aspergillus sp.
Candida sp.
Fusarium solani
Keratitis: Amoebae (v. rare in US)
Acanthamoea spp.
Vahlkampfia sp.
Harmanella spp.
Retinitis
CMV, VAV, HSV1