Exam One Flashcards
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Clostridium perfringens diagnosis
Gram pos rods, obligate anaerobe, beta hemolytic, detect toxins in food
Neisseria gonorrhoae diag
Gram neg diplococci, gram stain of urethral discharge on Thayer-Martin media in men, PCR and nucleic acid amplification in men and women, grows on chocolate agar
ASO test
Detects strep O confirming a recent GAS infection
Rickettsi r. diagnosis
Gram neg, obligate intracellular
Entamoeba histolytica diagnosis
Trophozoites in stool
T. gondi treatment
Sulfa drugs for CNA infections
Shigella diagnosis
Gram neg rods, oxidase neg, non motile, non lactose fermenter, stool culture
EIEC disease
Mucoid diarrhea (1-3 days)
GAS disease
Pharyngitis, scarlet fever, impetigo, necrotizing faciitis, TSS, sequelae of rheumatic fever, (glomerulonephritis, RBC’s and protein in urine)
H. flu treatment
Ampicillin, cephalosporins, type b vaccine
Mycoplasma pneumoniae treatment
Azithromycin (any macrolide), doxycycline
Entamoeba histolytica treatment
Metronidazole
Vibrio diagnosis
Gram neg rods, LPS antigen serotypes, cholera toxin in cholerae, seafood in others
Strep pneumonia diagnosis
Catalse negative, alpha hemolytic, optochin sensitive
Pseudomonas aeruginosa pathology
ExoA toxin, biofilms, CF patients, burn victims
Enterococcus f. pathology
biofilms
Bactrim
Folic acid synthesis and utilization inhibitor
Yersinia pestis disease
buboes, fever, chills
Rickettsia r. disease
spotted rash from per. to trunk
Taeniae solium
Tapeworm, undercooked pork, cysts and inflammation in brain, eyes, muscle, weight loss, praziquantel
GAS treatment
Penicillin V
Cryptosporidium disease and treatement
mild diarrhea, no treatment
Use for extended spec pennicilins
Increased gram neg, UTI’s otitis media, comm. pneumonia, H. Flu, Listeria, Lyme disease
T. gondi strucutre
Coccidian (non motile), intracellular, rising antibody titers