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1
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FREQUENT GPC isolates

A

Staph
Strep
Enterococcus

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Why do GPC stain the way they do?

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Peptidoglycan layer in their cell wall

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What is in the cell wall of GPC?

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Thick peptidoglycan layer

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Which part of the gram stain does GPC like?

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Crystal violet
Iodine

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5
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List the steps of Gram Staining

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Crystal Violet
Iodine
Decolorizer
Safranin

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OCCASSIONAL GPC isolates

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Micrococcus
Strep-look alikes
(Leukonostoc, Gemella, Aerococcus, Pediococcus)

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What are the strep lookalikes?

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Leukonostoc
Gemella
Aerococcus
Pediococcus

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What are GPC theoretically susceptible to?

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Penicillin

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General Virulence factors of GPC

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Toxins
Hemolysins
Capsules
Protein factors
Combination of factors (S. pneumo)

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Pathology of GPC in body (what does it do to you?)

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Pyrogenic (fever)
Swelling
Purulence
Lysins
Tissue invasion (Spreading)

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What are diseases caused by GPC

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Pharyngitis
Abscesses
Scaled Skin Syndrome
Toxic Shock Syndrom
Impetigo (skin infection)
Pneumonia
Bacteremia
Food poisoning
UTI

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What genera are in the Micrococcaceae family?

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Staphylococcus
Micrococcus

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13
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What family is Staphylococcus in?

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Micrococcaceae

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14
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Common Strep-like genera

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Enterococcus

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15
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Uncommon strep-like genera

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Leukonostoc
Gemella
Aerococcus
Pediococcus

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16
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What enzyme is produced by Staph?

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Catalase

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17
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What does catalase do?

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Splits hydrogen peroxide into oxygen and water

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18
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What is a positive catalase test?

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Copious bubbles

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19
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How does staphylococcus appear under the microscope?

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Gram positive cocci in grape like clusters

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20
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What do the colonies of a staphylococcus look like?

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Smooth, raised round
Creamy
White to dirty white
Dollops of cream cheese

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21
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What type of hemolysis is seen on the SBA with staphylococci?

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Some are B hemolytic

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22
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Staphylococci are resistant to what test to differentiate it from Micrococcus?

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Bacitracin

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23
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What test differentiates Staphylococcus from Micrococcus? How so?

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Bacitracin
Staphylococcus RESISTANT to bacitracin
Micrococcus SUSCEPTIBLE to bacitracin

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Staphylococcal diseases

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TSS
Food poisoning
Skin infections
Abscesses
Blood infection
Pneumonia
UTI

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25
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What kind of agar is required for Staph ID?

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Non-fastidious

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26
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What kind of non-fastidious agar is used to grow staph?

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SBA (Trypticase soy agar w/ 5% sheep blood)
Nutrient agar

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27
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What plates will not produce staph growth? Why?

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EMB
MAC
Because they have antibiotics to prevent gram positive growth

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28
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How do staph colonies appear?

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Smooth
Creamy
White-yellow
Maybe B-hemolytic

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29
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What test is conducted after catalase?

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Coagulase

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30
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What organisms are Slide positive? (Bound)

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S. aureus
S. lugdunesnsis
S. schleiferi subs. schleiferi

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What organisms are tube coagulase positive? (Free coagulase)

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S. aureus
S. intermedius
S. pseudintermedius
S. scheliferi subs. coagulans

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What is the coagulase test for?

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Testing ability of organism to clot plasma

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33
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What does coagulase pos look like?

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Clumps

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34
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Delayed slide coagulase is indicative of what?

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S. lugdunensis

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35
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What is Novobiocin susceptibility done to accomplish?

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Distinguishing between CoNS (S. epidermis mainly) and S. saprophyticus

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36
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What agars are used for novobiocin susceptibility testing?

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Mueller Hinton
SBA

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What is the method done to conduct Novobiocin testing?

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0.5 McFarland standard prepared
Lawn plated
5ug disc placed
Incubate overnight

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38
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How long is Novobiocin incubated for?

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Overnight, at least 8 hours

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39
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What is a susceptible/resistant Novobiocin result?

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≤ 16mm = Resistant = S. saprophyticus
≥ 16mm = Susceptible = CoNS (S. epidermis)

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40
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What is the most virulent staphylococcal disease?

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S. aureus

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41
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What staph is PYR neg?

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S. aureus

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42
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Where can S. aureus be normal flora in?

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Carriers in nose

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43
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A food worker sneezed onto food, contaminating it, and gave patrons food poisoning. What is the likely pathogen that caused this?

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S. aureus
(bcz present in nasal passages as a carrier)

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44
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What diseases does S. aureus cause

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TSS
Infected wounds
Food poisoning
Bacteremia

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45
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What Staph was formerly thought of as a non-virulent/contaminant

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S. epidermidis

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What staph is now associated with nosocomial infections? Which ones?

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S. epidermidis
UTIs
Endocarditis

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47
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A young, sexually active female presents with a UTI. What is the bug most likely responsible?

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S. saprophyticus

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What bug is most associated with young females and causes UTIs?

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S. saprophyticus

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49
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S. lugdunensis causes what types of issues?

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Skin and soft tissue infections
Septicemia
Meningitis
Endocarditis

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50
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What bug is slide coagulase positive but tube coagulase negative?

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S. lugdunensis
S. scheliferi

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51
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What staph is isolated from dog bites?

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S. intermedius

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What bug is coagulase positive and is isolated from a dog-bite wound

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S. intermedius

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53
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When must you ID to species level?

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If from a sterile site

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54
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If a site is not sterile, how would you report a staphylococcus infection?

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CoNS

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55
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If a staph is resistant to methicillin what is the next step?

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Test susceptibility to vancomycin

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56
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What staph aureus strains have to be AST?

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All

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57
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What bug is normal skin flora and is yellow in color?

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Micrococcus

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58
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Normal flora in micrococcaceae family

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S. epidermis
Microccocus

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59
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How common is micrococcus in relation to staph?

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Not common

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60
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How to distinguish micrococcus from staph?

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Micrococcus
Bacitracin sus, Oxidase +

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Oxidase results for micrococcus?

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Positive

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62
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Furazolidone results Micrococcus vs Staph

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Micrococcus Furazolidone R
Staph Furazolidone S

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Lysostaphin results Micrococcus vs Staph

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Micrococcus Lysostaphin R
Staphylococcus Lysostaphin S

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Bacitracin results Micrococcus vs Staph

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Micrococcus Bacitracin S
Staphylococcus Bacitracin R

65
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What genera are GPC in pairs and chains?

A

Streptococci

66
Q

Catalse test results in Strep?

67
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How do strep colonies appear on a plate?

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Convex to umbonate

68
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Strep diseases

A

Pharyngitis
Scarlet fever
Newborn sepsis
UTIs
Pneumonia
Bacteremia
Endocarditis

69
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Agar required for Strep ID

70
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What plates will not grow strep and why?

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EMB
MAC
Antibiotics prevent GP growth

71
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what tests are done to ID strep

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Catalase Negative
Hemolysis type
Bacitracin or PYR
CAMP or Hippurate Hydrolysis
Optochin or Bile solubility
Bile esculin hydrolysis
Growth in salt broth

72
Q

What is the test for a past GAS infection?

73
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What test is confirmation of Strep ID

A

Lancefield antibody kits with antisera to Lancefield groups (A,B,C,D,F,G)

74
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B hemolytic strep

A

Groups A, B, C, G
S. Pyogenes (GAS)
S. agalactiae (GBS)
S. dysgalactiae (GCGS)

75
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Clinical diseases caused by S. pyogenes

A

Strep throat
Impetigo
Scarlet fever
Sequelae (rheumatic fever, glomerulonephritis)
Invasive infections

76
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What Strep group other than A can cause throat infections?

A

GCGS, less common than GAS

77
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What causes scarlet fever?

A

GAS infection that causes a rash

78
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What sequelae can occur with GAS

A

Rheumatic fever (throat inf)
Glomerulonephritis (skin & throat infection)

79
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What invasive infections caused by GAS

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Necrotizing fasciitis caused by Streptococcal pyogenic exotoxin (SPE)

80
Q

What Strep groups can be a carrier state in some people?

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GAS - Strep Pyogenes
S. pneumo

81
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What antibiotics are used for Strep pyogenes?

A

Penicillin
Clindamyicn or erythromycin in Penicillin allergy

82
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Is AST required for strep?

A

No, universally susceptible to penicillin

83
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Lab features of GAS

A

ß hemolytic
Pinpoint, umbonate colonies
Large zone of hemolysis
Bacitracin suscpetibility
PYR positive

84
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What tests are done to ID GAS?

A

Bacitracin/A Disk (sus)
PYR (pos)

85
Q

Difference between GAS and GBS hemolysis?

A

GAS obvious
GBS not obvious

86
Q

What strep causes infection in pregnant females that can cause abortions?

A

S. agalactiae

87
Q

What populations are susceptible to GBS?

A

Newborns (septicemia, meningitis)
Elderly

88
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What strep is normal flora in the vaginal/GI tract in females?

A

S. agalactiae GBS

89
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All pregnant females are cultured/tested for this in their last trimester

A

S. agalactiae

90
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What bug has a major emphasis for all infectious disease personnel to prevent disease in newborns ?

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S. agalactiae

91
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Where is specimen collected for S. agalactiae?

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Vaginal and rectal swabs
BOTH!

92
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Where is S. agalactiae grown?

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SBA
Selective media
Enrichment (LIM) broth

93
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Lab features of S. agalactiae

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B hemolytic (10% nonhemolytic)
Flatter colony growth than GAS
Hemolysis zone smaller than GAS
CAMP positive
Hippurate hydrolysis positive

94
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What % of S. agalactiae is non B hemolytic?

95
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IS AST necessary on S. agalactiae?

A

No, universally susceptible to penicillin

96
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What if patient is allergic to penicillin w/ S. agalactiae infection?

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Must test AST non B-lactam antibiotics for susceptibility
Shown resistance to erythromycin

97
Q

S. dysgalactiae clinical disease

A

Strep throat in teens and young adults
not common
B hemolytic

98
Q

A 16 year old presents with strep throat. What could be the bug?

A

S. dysgalactiae

99
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difference in strep throat by age

A

GAS - children
GCGS - teens & young adults

100
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Alpha hemolytic streps

A

Viridans streptococci
S. pneumoniae
Some GDS
Some Enterococci

101
Q

Strep pneumo clinical disease

A

Pneumonia
middle ear infections
meningitis
septicemia

102
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What lance field group is S. pneumoniae in?

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S. pneumo has no lancefield grouping

103
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What characteristic does Strep pneumo have?

A

Polysaccharide capsule that causes major virulence factor

104
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What helps to serotype strains of S. pneumo?

A

Its polysaccharide capsule

105
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Which strep has a polysaccharide capsule?

106
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How does S. pneumo appear on a plate?

A

Alpha-hemolytic
Muscoid, shiny or INDENTED CENTER

107
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What form of flora can S. pneumo be inside of a person?

108
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Lab features of S. pneumo

A

Optochin (p disc) susceptible
Bile soluble
GPC diplococci lancet shaped

109
Q

What is a positive P disk?

A

> 14mm pos = s. pneumo

110
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How does S. pneumo look under the microscope? Where is the swab collected from?

A

GPC
Diplococci
Lancet shaped
Collected from sputum

111
Q

Which is not an official taxonomic group of Strep?

A

Viridans strep

112
Q

A sputum sample is gram stained and gram positive diplococci are seen. what could this be

A

S. pneumoniae

113
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What is viridian strep?

A

Phrase for alpha hemolytic strep that is not sensitive to optochin

114
Q

Alpha hemolytic
Resistant to optochin

A

Viridians strep

115
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Species of viridians strep

A

mutans
salivarius
sanguis
mitis
anginosus

116
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What state is viridians strep found in?

A

Normal flora of the Upper Respiratory Tract

117
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What clinical infections are caused by viridian strep

A

Subacute bacterial endocarditis
Wound infections
Dental cavities

118
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When is Viridans strep identified to species level?

A

Only when serious infection from normally sterile site

119
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Lab features of Viridans strep

A

Alpha hemolytic, occasionally gamma
Colony raised and umbonate
Resistant to optochin
Bile insoluble

120
Q

GDS is normal flora of

121
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Clinical diseases of the GDS

A

UTIs
Abscessess
Endocarditis

122
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Lab features of GDS

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Y hemolytic, sometimes a or B
Grows in bile and hydrolyzes sculpin (BE pos)
No growth in 6.5% salt broth
PYR Negative

123
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Antibiotics for GDS

A

Penicillin
no AST required

124
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Enterococcus is normal flora of what

125
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Clinical diseases of enterococcus

A

UTI
Wound infections
endocarditis

126
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Antibiotics for enterococcus

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VERY resistant to antibiotics

127
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Lab features of enterococcus

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Raised and umbonate colony, resembles hat
usually Y hemolytic, SOMETIMES a or B
Bile esculin positive
Growth in salt broth (cloudy &/or color change)
PYR positive (GAS also PYR pos!)
Often ID’d to species level

128
Q

Difference between GDS and Enterococcus?

A

Both BE pos
GDS no growth in salt broth
Enterococcus growth in salt broth

129
Q

What two streps are PYR positive?

A

GAS
Enterococcus

130
Q

Growth in salt broth.. what could this be?

A

Enterococcus

131
Q

black color in BE.. what could this be?

A

GDS or Enterococcus

132
Q

What form of flora is nutritionally variant strep found in?

A

Normal flora of the mouth

133
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What does nutritionally variant strep need to grow?

A

Cysteine and Vitamin B6

134
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Does nutritionally variant strep grow on SBA?

A

No, in blood culture tubes

135
Q

What diseases can nutritionally variant strep cause?

A

Endocarditis
Otitis media

136
Q

GPC growth from blood culture tube
No growth on SBA
What could this be?

A

Nutritionally variant strep

137
Q

What bug can satellite around S. aureus?

A

Nutritionally Variant Strep

138
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What plate will Nutritionally Variant Strep grow on?

A

Chocolate agar

139
Q

How can you get NVS to grow on SBA?

A

Streak S. aureus and it will satellite around it

140
Q

What is NVS now named?

A

Abiotrophia spp.
Granulicatella spp.

141
Q

What strep like organisms are all resistant to vancomycin

A

Leoconostoc and pediococcus

142
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What strep like organisms are all sus to vancomycin

A

Aerococcus and gamella

143
Q

How often are strep like organisms isolated

A

Less commonly

144
Q

What do strep like organisms cause

A

Endocarditis
Septicemia

145
Q

LAP testing for all strep

146
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LAP testing for Enterococci

147
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LAP testing for Pediococcus

148
Q

Lap testing for leuconostoc

149
Q

LAP testing for aerococcus

150
Q

What does it mean if you have a bug that is LAP neg

A

Is NOT strep or enterococcus

151
Q

Which bugs have PYR enzyme?

A

S. pyogenes
Enterococcus sp.
Other GPC

152
Q

What does PYR do?

A

Hydrolyzes a substrate to alpha naphthylamine

153
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What is added to PYR?

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Cinnamaldehyde reagent

154
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Which test is most specific for Group A?

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