Microbiology Flashcards
(33 cards)
Incubation of Malaria
7-30 days or 1week to 1month
Only DNA virus in hepatitis
Hepatitis B
Common causes of common cold
RSV
CORONAVIRUS
PARAINFLUENZA
RHINOVIRUS
Ciliated protozoan
Balantidium coli
Complement pathway mediated by antibodies
Classic pathway
Hepatitis virus and their families
Hep A - Picorniavirus Hep B - Hepadnavirus Hep C- Flaviviridae Hep D - defective virus Hep E - calcivirus
Alcoholic + currant jelly sputum presents with pneumonia.
Dx? Characteristics?
Klebsiella pneumonia
Mucoid colonies on culture due to thick capsule
Most common cause of uti?
E. Coli - mc cause of both complicated and uncomplicated
What makes the gram stain positive?
Presence of teichoic acid in cell wall
Diagnostic test for influenza
Reverse PCR
Eating raw honey
Floppy baby syndrome
Clostridium botulinum
Causing botulism
Fried egg appearance
M. Pneumonia
Single stranded negative sense RNA virus
Mumps virus
Cestode that does not require an intermediate host to infect humans?
Hymenolopsis nana
Biofilm in catheters and iv lines
Which organism?
Staphylococcus epidermidis
In a patient with Repeated N. Meningitidis septicemia, the physician should suspect?
C5-C8 deficiency
Cat feces? Cat bites? Associated organisms
Cat feces: TOXOPLASMA GONDII
CAT BITE: pastuerella multocida
Most common cause of pneumonia in
Teens and young adults
Mycoplasma pneumonia
MC cause of pneumonia in ADULTS
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Doc for s. Epidermidis
Vancomycin
2nd most leading cause if UTI in sexually active women
Staphylococcus saprophyticus
DOC : penicillin
Major cause of otitis media in children
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Major virulence factor of GABHS
M protein
Major virulence factor of strep pneumoniae
Polysaccharide capsule
