Organism(s)/Disease(s) Flashcards
(187 cards)
S. aureus
- Exotoxin mediated:
- Staphylococcus scalded skin syndrome (SSSS)
- Food poisoning
- Toxic shock syndrome
- Invasive
- Skin/soft tissue infections (abscesses, mastitis, impetigo, and surgical infections)
- Endocarditis
- Pneumonia/empyema
- Osteomyelitis
- Septic arthritis
S. epidermidis
Prosthetic devices and indwelling catheters infections
S. saprophyticus
Community acquired UTI in sexually active women (honeymoon cystis) (2nd most common)
S. pneumoniae
- Pneumonia (most common)
- Adult meningitis (most common)
- Otitis media and sinusitis in children (most common)
S. mutans, S. mitis, and S. sanguis
- Dental caries (mutans)
- Subacute infective endocarditis (sanguis)
S. pyogenes
- Pyogenic:
- Pharyngitis
- Cellulitis
- Impetigo
- Erysipelas
- Toxigenic:
- Scarlet fever
- Toxic shock-like syndrome
- Necrotizing fasciitis
- Immunologic:
- Rheumatic fever
- Glomerulonephritis
S. agalactiae
Neonatal septicemia and meningitis (most common)
S. bovis
GI tract malignancies (bovis)
Enterococci (E. faecalis and E. faecium)
- Urinary and biliary tract infection
- Subacute infective endocarditis (in damaged heart valves)
B. anthracis
- Cutaneous anthrax
- Pulmonary anthrax
- GI anthrax
B. cereus
Gastroenteritis
C. tetani
Tetanus
C. botulinum
Botulism
C. perfringens
- Gas gangrene (myonecrosis)
- Food poisoning
C. difficile
- Antibiotic associated diarrhea
- Pseudomembranous colitis
C. diphtheriae
Diphtheria
L. monocytogenes
- Listeriosis
- Neonatal granulomatosis infantisepticum (early onset) or meningitis with septicemia (late onset)
- Septicemia and meningitis in IC patients (most common on renal transplant and adults with cancer)
Nocardia
- Pneumonia and brain abscess (N. asteroides)
- Cellulitis and mycetoma (N. brasiliensis)
Actinomyces
Mycetomas and solitary brain abscess
M. tuberculosis
- Primary tuberculosis
- Secondary tuberculosis
- Miliary tuberculosis
M. leprae
- Lepromatous leprosy
- Tuberculoid leprosy
M. avium intracellulare
- Pneumonia in AIDS
- Gastroenteritis
M. kansasii
- Pneumonia
- Gastroenteritis
M. scrofulaceum
Lymphadenitis