Micro Flashcards
(289 cards)
How do you know it’s an anaerobe?
Gas, bad odor
What bug causes Acute Bacterial Endocarditis?
Staph aureus (attacks healthy valves)
What bug causes Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis?
Strep viridans (attacks damaged valves)
Optochin-resistant
Bile-insoluble
How do you diagnose Rheumatic Fever?
Subcutaneous nodules
Polyarthritis
Erythema Marginatum (red margins)
Chorea (Sydenham’s)
Carditis (MS > AS > TS) “MAT”
Etiology of Rheumatic Fever
PYR, bacitricin sensitive
Group A- B-Hemolytic Strep (GAS)
Streptococcus pyogenes
what is Aschoff bodies
rheumatic heart disease
Granuloma of rheumatic inflammation.
*fibrinoid necrosis
*type IV hypersensitivity
What are the only Gram – diplococci
Neisseria
What is the only Gram + diplococci?
capsule
Strep pneumo
Heart block bugs
Diptheria
Chaga’s dz
Typhoid fever(salmonella)
Legionella
Lymes dz
What are the IgA protease bugs?
Strep pneumo.
H. influenza
Neisseria catt.
What do the IgA protease bugs cause?
Sinusitis,
otitis media,
pneumonia,
bronchitis
What are the simple Gram – bugs?
“simple HE”
What are the atypical (no cell wall) bacteria?
“CLUMsy”
Chlamydia
What is the only Gram + endotoxin
Listeria
What are the Gram – exotoxins
H. influenza, Bordetella pertussis
What are the spore forming Gram + bacteria?
Bacillus anthracis,
Clostridium botulinum
What bugs cause walking pneumonia? By age group
“Come My Love for a walk”
0-2 yo: Chlamydia pn.
10- 30y: Mycoplasma pn. >40 y:
40+ : Legionella pn.
AIDS/Premies: Pneumo carinii
Gram-pos bacilli
Listeria
Corynebacterium Dip
Bacillus
What causes Cryoglobulinemia
“I Am HE”
Influenza
Adenovirus
Mycoplasma
Hep B, C
EBV
What are the Silver Stainers?
H. pylori
Listeria
Vibrio
Campylobacter
PJP
What bacteria cause diarrhea <8hrs after introduction
“CBS”
Clostridium
Bacillus cereus
Staph aureus
What are the Gram – capsules?
“Some Killers Have Pretty Nice Capsules”
Salmonella
Klebsiella
H. influenza B
Pseudomonas
Neisseria
Citrobacter
What is the Gram + capsule?
Strep pneumo
What are the Urease + bugs?
“Urease PPUNCH”
Proteus
Pseudomonas
Ureaplasma
Nocardia
Cryptococcus
H. Pylori