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85 Cards in this Set
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G-, fusiform, -O2
Lemierre's disease, Vincent's angina (trench mouth), tongue piercing, oral flora |
Fusobacterium spp.
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G-, curved rod, f-O2
Rice water diarrhea, seawater/shellfish |
Vibrio cholera
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G-, curved rod, f-O2
Fluid-filled skin blisters, seawater/shellfish |
Vibrio vulnificus
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G-, curved rod (seagull), m+O2
Guillain-Barre syndrome (ascending paralysis), undercooked poultry |
Campylobacter jejuni
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G-, curved rod (seagull), m+O2
Thrombophlebitis |
Campylobacter fetus
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G-, diplococci, +O2
Meningitis, DIC, Waterhouse-Fredrickson, nasal flora |
Neisseria meningitidis
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G-, diplococci, +O2
Urethritis, cervicitis, PID, monoarthritis, neonatal conjunctivitis, STD |
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
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G-, cocci, +O2
Otitis, lower resp tract pneumonia, upper resp tract flora |
Moraxella catarrhalis
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G-, coccobacilli, f-O2
Epiglottis, meningitis, otitis, pneumonia, nasal flora |
Haemophilus influenzae
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G-, coccobacilli, f-O2
Chancroid, STD |
Haemophilus ducreyi
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G-, coccobacilli, f-O2
Cat bites |
Pasteurella multocida
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G-, coccobacilli, +O2
Whooping cough |
Bortatella pertussis
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G-, coccobacilli, +O2
Undulant fever, granulomas, cattle/goats/pigs |
Brucella spp.
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G-, coccobacilli, +O2
Rabbit fever, eschar, rabbits/deerfly/tick |
Francisella tularensis
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G-, bacilli, +O2
Fruity smell, otitis externa (swimmer's ear), hot tub folliculitis, burns-cellulitis & septicemia, CF-pneumonia, drug resistance |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
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G-, bacilli, +O2
Legionaire's disease, Pontiac fever, air conditioning/water |
Legionella pneumophila
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G-, bacilli, +O2
Cat scratch disease, febrile lymphadenitis, endocarditis, Warthin-Starry silver stain |
Bartonella henselae
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G-, bacilli, +O2
Trench fever (WWI, 5-day relapse cycle), body louse |
Bartonella quintana
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G-, bacilli, +O2
Sandfly, dermal eruption, febrile anemia |
Bartonella bacilliformis
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G-, bacilli, f-O2
Opportunist, GI flora |
Citrobacter spp.
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G-, bacilli, f-O2
UTI, ETEC-traveler's diarrhea, EIEC-dysentery, EHEC-hemolytic uremic syndrome (O157:H7), EPEC-nurseries, EAEC-watery diarrhea, undercooked food/GI flora |
Escherichia coli
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G-, bacilli, f-O2
UTI, lobar pneumonia |
Klebsiella spp.
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G-, bacilli, f-O2
UTI, respiratory tract infection, fast fermenter of lactose |
Enterobacter spp.
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G-, bacilli, f-O2
UTI, respiratory tract infection (pneumonia rare), red pigment |
Serratia spp.
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G-, bacilli (safety pin), f-O2
Plague (bubonic, pneumonic), rodents/prairie dogs/fleas |
Yersinia pestis
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G-, bacilli (safety pin), f-O2
Mesenteric adenitis |
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
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G-, bacilli (safety pin), f-O2
Enterocolitis |
Yersinia enterocolitica
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G-, bacilli, f-O2
Diarrhea (with or without dysentery), non-motile |
Shigella spp.
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G-, bacilli, f-O2
UTI, swarming motility, urease+ |
Proteus mirabilis
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G-, bacilli, f-O2
Urinary stones, urease+ |
Morganella morganii
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G-, bacilli, f-O2
UTI, gastroenteritis, bacteremia, urease- |
Providencia spp.
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G-, bacilli, f-O2
Abdominal cramping, bloody diarrhea, fever, vomiting |
Salmonella enteritidis (typhimurium)
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G-, bacilli, -O2
Most common Gram-negative pathogen, normal flora |
Bacteroides fragilis
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G+, cocci, f-O2
Catalase+, coagulase+, impetigo, toxic shock syndrome, rapid onset food poisoning, endocarditis, folliculitis, nasal flora |
Staphylococcus aureus
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G+, cocci, f-O2
Catalase+, skin flora, blood sample contaminant, novobiocin sensitive, biofilm |
Staphylococcus epidermidis
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G+, cocci, f-O2
Catalase+, UTI, novobiocin resistant |
Staphylococcus saprophyticus
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G+, cocci, f-O2
Alpha-hemolytic, dental caries, endocarditis, optochin resistant |
Streptococcus mutans
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G+, diplococci, f-O2
Alpha-hemolytic, lobar pneumonia, meningitis, otitis media, sinusitis, bile soluble, optochin sensitive |
Streptococcus pneumoniae
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G+, cocci, f-O2
Beta-hemolytic, bacitracin sensitive, phayngitis, impetigo, necrotizing fasciitis, scarlet fever, toxic shock, rheumatic fever, acute glomerulonephritis |
Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A)
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G+, cocci, f-O2
Beta-hemolytic, bacitracin resistant, neonatal sepsis, pneumonia, meningitis |
Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B)
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G+, cocci, f-O2
UTI, subacute endocarditis, nosocomial spread, alpha- or gamma-hemolytic |
Enterococci spp.
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G+, cocci, -O2
Synergistic gangrene (Meleney's gangrene) |
Peptostreptococcus spp.
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G+, bacilli, +O2
Pseudomembrane, pharyngitis, bullneck, endocarditis, Chinese letters/palisades |
Corynebacterium diptheriae
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G+, bacilli, +O2
Grows at cool temperatures, pregnant/elderly/ICH vulnerable, tumbling motility, meningitis |
Listeria monocytogenes
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G+, bacilli, +O2
Strongly PAS+, small bowel malabsorption (Whipple's Disease), |
Tropheryma whipplei
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G+, bacilli, +O2
Fisherman's cellulits |
Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
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G+, bacilli, -O2
Filamentous, sulfur granules, lumpy jaw |
Actinomyces spp.
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G+, bacilli, -O2
Acne |
Propionibacterium spp.
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G+, bacilli, -O2
Vaginal flora |
Lactobacillus spp.
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G+, bacilli, -O2
Breast milk, GI flora |
Bifidobacterium spp.
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G-, bacilli, f-O2
Vaginosis, yellow discharge, fishy odor, clue cells |
Gardnerella vagnialis
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G+, bacilli, +O2
spore forming, anthrax- cutaneous (painless, black, necrotic skin lesions), GI, respiratory (woolsorter's disease, mediastinal hemorrhage/widening) |
Bacillus anthracis
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G+, bacillus, +O2
spore forming, rapid onset food poisoning, rice dishes |
Bacillus cereus
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G+, bacilli, -O2
lock jaw, tennis racket spores |
Clostridium tetani
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G+, bacilli, -O2
Hospital acquired diarrhea, pseudomembranous colitis, side effect of clindamycin |
Clostridium difficile
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G+, bacilli, -O2
Spore forming, gas gangrene, food poisoning, cellulitis |
Clostridium perfringens
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G+, bacilli, -O2
Spore forming, flaccid paralysis, home-canned foods, honey (infants) |
Clostridium botulinum
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Non-Gram, +O2
Walking pneumonia, Reynaud's vasospasm, bullous myringitis, pharyngitis, Stevens-Johnson syndrome (severe urticaria), fried egg colonies |
Mycoplasma pneumonia
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Non-Gram, f-O2
Postabortal/postpartum fevers, GU flora |
Mycoplasma hominis
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Non-Gram
Nongonococcal/nonchlamydial urethritis, chorioamnionitis, postpartum fever, STD |
Ureaplasma urealyticum
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Spirochete, m+O2
Lyme disease, erythema migrans (bulls-eye rash), monoarthritis, Bell's palsy, white-footed mouse/hard tick |
Borrelia burgdorferi
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Spirochete, m+O2
Relapsing fever, body louse (epidemic), tick (endemic), Giemsa stain |
Borrelia recurrentis
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Spirochete, m+O2
Syphilis, painless chancre, rash on palms/soles, gumma, unculturable, condyloma lata |
Treponemes pallidum
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Spirochete, +O2
Weil's disease, jaundice, renal failure, meningitis, hooked end, contaminated water |
Leptospira interrogans
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(G+) Acid fast, +O2
Subacute/chornic disease in apices of lungs, cough, hemoptysis, slow growing, cords, HIV at risk |
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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(G+) Acid fast, +O2
ICH- disseminated disease, hot tub lung |
Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex (MAC)
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(G+) Acid fast, +O2
Cutaneous infections, saltwater/freshwater fish tanks |
Mycobacterium marinum
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(G+) Acid fast, +O2
Hansen's disease (tuberculoid or lepromatous), armadillos, mouse foot pad "culture" |
Mycobacterium leprae
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G+ (partially acid fast), +O2
Beaded rod appearance, dry/chalky colonies, mycetoma, ICH- disseminated disease |
Nocardia spp.
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G-, obligate intracellular
Q fever, (pneumonia with no rash), endocarditis, no vector (aerosolization of spores) |
Coxiella burnetii
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G-, obligate intracellular
Morulae in WBC (E. chaffeens- monocytes, E. ewingii/Anaplasma phagocytophilum- granulocytes), ticks |
Ehrlichiae spp.
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G-, obligate intracellular
Endemic murine typhus, rat flea |
Rickettsia typhi
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G-, obligate intracellular
Rocky Mountain spotted fever, centripetal (palms --> in) rash, ticks |
Rickettsia rickettsii
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G-, obligate intracellular
Rickettsialpox, eschar, rodent mites (chiggers) |
Rickettsia akari
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G-, obligate intracellular
Epidemic typhus fever, centrifugal (trunk --> out) rash, body louse |
Rickettsia prowazekii
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G-, obligate intracellular
Scrub typhus, rodent mites (chiggers) |
Orientia tsutsugamushi
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G- (no peptidoglycan), obligate intracellular
WBC inclusions, conjunctivitis, blindness, lymphogranuloma venereum (bubos, absesses), STD, children- pneumonia with staccato cough |
Chlamydia trachomatis
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G- (no peptidoglycan), obligate intracellular
Pneumonia, birds |
Chlamydophila psittaci
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G- (no peptidoglycan), obligate intracellular
Walking pneumonia, community acquired |
Chlamydophila pneumoniae
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G-, curved rod, m+O2
Urease+, gastritis, duodenal ulcers, MALT lymphoma |
Helicobacter pylori
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(G+) Acid fast, +O2
Pulmonary disease, cervical lymphadenopathy in children |
Mycobacterium scrofulaceum
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(G+) Acid fast, +O2
Beruli ulcer |
Mycobacterium ulcerans
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G+, cocci, f-O2
Beta-hemolytic, coagulase-, symptoms similar to S. aureus |
Staphylococcus lugdenensis
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G-, bacilli, +O2
Melioidosis, motile, bipolar, Ashdown's medium, |
Burkholderia pseudomallei
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G-, bacillus, f-O2
Enteric fever, rose spots, H2S+, motile, lactose-, in gallstones, osteomyelitis (sickle cell patients) |
Salmonella typhi
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