Flashcards in Gram Positive Bacteria Deck (26):
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What are the two separations of gram positive bacteria?
Bacilli and cocci
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What are bacilli split into?
Aerobic and anaerobic
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Give 2 examples of aerobic spore forming bacilli and what they cause
- Bacillus Cereus - food poisoning
- Bacillus Anthracis - Anthrax
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Give 2 examples of non spore forming aerobic bacilli
- Listeria moncytogenes
- Corynebacterium Diptheriae
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What does listeria monocytogenes cause?
- Meningitis in neonates
- Bacteraemia in pregnancy
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What does corynebacterium diphtheriae cause?
Diptheria
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Give 4 examples of the clostridium species (anaerobic spore forming bacteria)
- Clostridium difficile
- Clostridium perfringens
- Clostridium botulinum
- Clostridium tetani
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What does clostridium difficile cause?
Diarrhoea
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What does clostridium perfringens cause?
- Can cause food poisoning
- Gas gangrene
- Is found normally in faeces
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What does clostridium botulinum cause?
Botulism
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What does clostridium tetani cause?
Tetanus
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What are the three subgroups of cocci?
- Staphylococci
- Streptococci
- Enterococci
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What coccus demonstrates a positive coagulase test?
Staphylococcus aureus
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What cocci demonstrate negative coagulase tests?
- Staphylococcus epidermis
- Staphylococcus saprophyticus
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What does staphylococcus aureus cause?
- Found normally in the nose and skin
- Can cause endocarditis, osteomyelitis, food poisoning and toxic shock
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Staphylococcus epidermis?
- Found everywhere on the skin
- Can infect catheters
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Staphylococcus sapropyticus?
- Cause of UTI in women of child bearing age
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What are streptococci separated into
Haemolytic and non haemolytic
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What are haemolytic streptococci separated into
Partial (alpha) and non partial (beta) haemolytic streptococci
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Give 2 examples of partial haemolytic streptococci
- Streptococcus pneumoniae
- Viridians streptococci
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Streptococcus Pneumoniae
- Normal flora of upper resp tract
- Major cause of meningitis in children and elderly
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Viridans Streptococci
- Normal flora of mouth cavity
- Can cause endocarditis.
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Give 2 examples of beta haemolytic streptococci
- Streptococcus Pyogenes
- Streptococcus agalactiae
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Streptococcus Pyogenes
- Sore throats
- Cellulitis
- Impetigo
- Post streptococcal sequelae can result in acute rheumatoid fever, glomerulonephritis
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Give an example of a non haemolytic streptococcus
Enterococcus faecalis
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