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”