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Neisseria

Gram - diplococci


Contains Lipooligosaccarides (LOS)

Gonococci

Neisseria


No polysacc capsule


No maltose acid detection


No vaxx (antigen variation of pilus)

Meningococci

Neisseria


Has polysacc capsule


Has maltose acid detection


Has vaxx (type B)

G: Sexually, perinatally


M: respiratory & oral secretions

Transmission:


Gonococci - 2


Meningococci - 2

G: gonorrhea, neonatal conjunctivitis, PID, Fitz-Hugh-Curtis sx



M: meningococcemia, gangrene toes, meningitis, Waterhouse-Friderichsen sx

Causes:


Gonococci - 4Meningococci - 4

G: NAT


M: Culture-based tests, PCR

Diagnosis:


GonococciMeningococci - 2

G: condom, erythromycin (neonatal blindness)


M: Rifampin, ciprofloxacin, ceftriaxone

Prophylaxis:


Gonococci - 2 ECMeningococci - 3 RCC

G: ceftriaxone (IM 250mg) + azithromycin / doxycycline (chlamydial co infxn)


M: ceftriaxone (IV) or Pen G (DOC)

Treatment:


Gonococci Meningococci - 2

Chocolate agar; factors 5,10; S.aureus (5)



Epiglottis, meningitis, otitis media, pneumonia



Vaccine Type B capsular



Amox +/- clavulanate (mucosal infxn)


Ceftriaxone (meningitis)


Rifampin (prophylaxis)

Coccobacilli


HaEMOPhilus influenzae



Culture agar, contents, can be with


Causes (EMOP)


Vaccine


Treatment

Catarrhal, Paroxysmal, Convalescent



Tdap, DTaP vaxx (mistaken as viral infx bcs of lymphocyte infiltrate)



Macrolide, TMP-SMX (allergy)

Coccobacilli


Bordatella pertussis



3 Clinical stages CPC


Vaccines


Treatment

Brucella

Coccobacilli



Unpasteurized milk


Undulant fever



Tx: doxycycline + Rifampin or streptomycin

Acinetobacter baumannii

Coccobacilli



-Commensal opportunist but


Inc associated with resistant hospi-acquired infxn (ICU)



-Ventilator-assoc pneumonia

Campylobacter jejuni

Curved rod



Grows at 42°C


Major cause of bloody diarrhea


Common antecedent to Guillain-Barré sx and reactive arthritis

-C.jejuni


-C.botolinum

-Ascending flaccid paralysis


-Descending flaccid paralysis

Vibrio cholerae

Curved rod



Grows in alkaline media


Profuse Rice water diarrhea


Acid labile


Requires large inoculum


Ingestion of raw shellfish


Tx: ORS

Helicobacter pylori

Curved rod



Triple + COU: catalase, oxidase, urease


Causes gastritis and peptic ulcers


Risk factor for MALT Lymphoma


Triple therapy: Amox, Clarith, PPI; + Bi (for macrolide resistance)

fimbriae (cystitis, pyelonephritis, P Pilus)


K capsule (pneumonia, neonatal meningitis)


LPS endotoxin (septic shock)



EIEC


ETEC


EPEC


EHEC

Bacilli Lactose fermenter


E.coli strains



Virulence factors (3)



Invades intestinal mucosa --> inflam & necrosis



Heat-labile and stable enterotoxins, traveller's diarrhea, no inflam



No toxin pdxn, adheres and prevents absorption, diarrhea in children



Hemorrhagic, hamburgers, Hemolytic-uremic sx

Klebsiella

Bacilli Lactose fermenter



ABCDE


Aspiration / Lobar pneumonia in alcoholics (E-OH abuse) and Diabetics


aBscess in lungs, liver


Currant jelly sputum

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Bacilli NON Lactose fermenter