Bacteriology Flashcards
Gram + rods
Clostridium (ANAEROBES)
Corynebacterium
Listeria
Bacillus
Gram + cocci
Staph (catalase +)
Strep (catalase -)
Gram + branching filaments
Actinomyces (anaerobe, NOT acid fast)
Nocardia (aerobe, acid fast)
Staphylococci’s
s.aureus (coagulase +)
S.epidermis (coagulase -, novobiocin sensitive)
S. Saprophyticus (coagulase -, novobiocin resistant)
Strep hemolysis
ALPHA
S.pneumonia =capsule, optochin sensitive, bile soluble
S.viridans = no capsule, optochin resistant, bile insoluble
BETA
S.pyogens = bacitracin sensitive
S.agalactiae = bacitracin resistant
GAMMA
Group D enterococcus = grow in bile and 6.5%nacl (s.faecalis)
Group D nonenterococcus = growth in bile, NOT nacl (s.bovis)
Gram - diplococci
N.meningitidis (maltose fermenter)
N.gonorrhoea (maltose NON-fermenter)
Gram - coccoid rods
H.I. (need factor 5 and 10)
Pasteurella (animal bites)
Brucella (brucellosis)
Boredtella Pertussis
Gram - rods
LACTOSE FERMENTER
klebsiella (fast)
E.coli (fast)
Enterobacter (fast)
Citrobacter (slow)
Serratia (slow)
LACTOSE NON-FERMENTER
Oxidase +:
pseudomonas
Oxidase - (on TSI agar):
Salmonella, proteus, yersinia = produce H2S
Shigella = doesn’t produce H2S
Gram - , oxidase +
Comma shaped
Campylobacter (grows in 42degrees Celsius) Vibrio Cholerae (grows in alkaline media) Helicobacter pylori (produces urease)
M.avium
Intercellular; causes disseminated non-TB diseases in AIDS
M.Scrofulaceum
Cervical lymphadenitis in children
M.Marinum
Hand infection in aquarium handlers
Food poisoning
B.cereus C.botulism C.perfringens E.coli Salmonella S.aureus V.parahaemolytic and V.vulnificus
Bloody diarrhea
Campylobacter E.histolytica Enterohemorrhagic e.coli Enteroinvasive e.coli Salmonella Shigella Y.enterocolitica
Watery diarrhea
C.difficile C.perfringens Enterotoxigenic e.coli Protozoa V.cholerae Viruses
Neonate pneumonia
Group b strep
E. coli
Children (4weeks to 18yrs) pneumonia
RSV Mycoplasma C.trachomatis C.pneumoniae S.pneumoniae
Adult pneumonia (18-40)
Mycoplasma
C.pneumonia
S.pneumonia