Classification of pathogenic bacteria - Gram positive Flashcards by Jade Kiersten | Brainscape

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Cocci

Staphylococci and streptococci

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Staphylococci

Clusters

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Streptococci

Chains

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Coagulase test positive

Staphylococcus aureus - MSSA MRSA

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Coagulase test negative

Skin commensals which can be pathogenic in contact with foreign body/ prostheses

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Staphylococcus Aureus

Commensal carried in nose
Septicaemia, boils
Penicillin resistant ( beta lactamase production)

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Alpha haemolytic

Partial haemolysis
Blood agar green
Streptococcus pneumonia
Veridans streptococci - oral flora cause endocarditis

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Beta haemolytic

Groups A-G identified using Lancefield grouping but A,B + D most scientifically important
Tur blood agar clear and are completely haemolytic

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Group A

Streptococcus pyogenes - necrotising fasciitis and cellulitis

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Group B

Streptococcus agalactiae - neonatal sepsis, genital tract carriage

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Group D

Enterococci and are non haemolytic - UTI

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Clostridium difficile

- Increased risk with antibiotic use and spreads through spores
- detected using antigen detection in stool with ELISA
- pseudomembranous collitis

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Clostridium perfingens

Found in soil and responsible for gas gangrene

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Clostridium tetani

Toxins cause tetanus

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Clostridium botulinum

Botox

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Bacilus Anthracis

Cause anthrax