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beta hemolytic respiratory tract organism:

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-Group A strep (strep pyogenes)

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Bacterial meningitis, < 2 months

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Group B Strep(agalactiae)

E. Coli

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Bacterial meningitis, young children

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  • H. Influenzae (vaccine)

- Non-polio Enterococcus

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Bacterial meningitis, teenagers

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  • Pneumococcus

- N. meningiditis

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Optichin sensitive

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Streptococcus pneumoiae

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Acute Otitis Media

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  • Pneumococcus

- H. influenzae

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Hemin and NAD for growth

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H. influenzae, type B (encapsulated)

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Painless genital lesion

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Syphilis (chancre)

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Painful genital lesion

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Herpes, chancroid

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Erythema Migrans

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Lyme Disease, Borrelia burgdorferri

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mecA gene

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MRSA

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chocolate agar

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Neisseria

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Neisseria oxidizing maltose

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Meningiditis

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Thayer – Martin Media

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Neisseria gonorrheae

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No peptidoglycan layer

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Chlamydia trachomatis

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Catalase Test

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+ = staphylococcus

  • = streptococcus
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Bacitracin Test

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+ = Strep. Pyogenes

  • = Strep. Agalactiae
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Coagulase Test

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+ = Staph. Aureus

  • = epidermidis
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Sweet odor on culture medium

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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Swimmer’s Ear

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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CF patients

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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Antibiotic associated diarrhea

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Clostridium dificile

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Sorbitol agar

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E. Coli

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Pseudomembranous colitis

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Clostridium dificile

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raw burger
e coli
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Poultry, reptiles
- Salmonella (motile) – shigella is non motile
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Rusty sputum
Pneumococcus
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Indwelling prosthetic infection
Staphylococcus epidermidis
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UTI post surgery
Enterococcus
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Vancomycin is bad to treat…
gram negative
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Resistance from decreased entry – mech.
porin mutations
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Resistance via altered target – mech.
mecA gene, PBP’s decreased affinity
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Resistance via enzyme degrade –mech.
Beta-lactamases ESBLs (extended spectrum beta lactamases)
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Resistance via metabolic bypass
sulfa drugs
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Resistance via increased exit – mech.
efflux pumps
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Toxin increasing cAMP levels
Cholera ETEC pertussis
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Strawberry Tongue
GAS complication
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Prairie Dogs
Plague Yersinia Pestis
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MacConkey non-lactose fermenters
Campylobacter Shigella Salmonella
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Acute Infectious Gastroenteritis, no diarrhea
S. typhii
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AIG, gram-negative rod, with bacteremia
Salmonella
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Right Lower Quadrant Pain
Campylobacter jejuni
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Impetigo
Group A strep
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Rash on Palms
RMSF = rocky mountain spotted Syphilis
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Conjunctivitis, most common
Adenovirus (pink eye), others = GC, CT, H.flu,
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Diarrheal pathogen with no animal reservoir
Shigella
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Amoeba
Legionella
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Bacterial Diarrhea
Salmonella Shigella Campylobacter E. Coli
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Bacterial Lower Resp. Infection
Pneumococcus H. Influenzae Pertussis Tuberculosis
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Rash causing bacteria
RMSF Syphilis Staphylococcus (poss strep sequelae)
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Internal fracture infection
Salmonella, strep, staph
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Bloody diarrhea
Shigella EHEC-O157
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Diarrhea, no stool culture
Clostridia dificile
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Bacteria, no person-person transmission
RMSF = rocky mountain spotted
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Complement deficient infection
Neisseria meningiditis
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Exotoxin
Subunit A = catalytic Sununit B = binding, highly antigenic
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Post-viral pneumonia
Staphylococcus aureus (#1) poss pneumo H.flu
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UTI catheter infection
Staphylococcus epidermidis
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M protein
Group A strep, Factor H can’t bind – no complement !!
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UTI during pregnancy
Group B strep
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Bacterial growth in bile
Enterococcus
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Gram-positive bacteria with endotoxin
Listeria
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Rx for Neisseria
3rd generation cephalosporins
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Microaerophilic bacteria
Campylobacter jejuni
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Macrolides used to treat
Atypicals = legionella, perfringens, chlaymid, campylo
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ETEC
Toxin, traveler’s diarrhea
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EPEC
Lesion, infantile diarrhea in developing country
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EHEC
Colon, stx toxin, bloody diarrhea
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EIEC
Actin invasion, dysentery, epidemics in poor countries
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EAEC
Biofilm, mucoid diarrhea
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DAEC
Diarrhea in older children in developing countries
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Virulence Gene locations
Plasmids or pathogenicity islands
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Endotoxin
LPS, LTA, weakly antigenic

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