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Streptococcus pyogenes = ?
? = Group A β-hemolytic Strept
Group A β-Hemolytic Streptococci
Gram Positive Cocci

*Local Invasion*
Streptococcal pharyngitis
Skin Infections
Necrotizing fasciitis
Scarlet fever
Toxic Shock Syndrome

*Delayed Antibody-mediated*
Rheumatic Fever
Acute postreptococcal glomerulonephritis
Streptococcus agalactiae = ?
? = Group B Streptococci
Group B β-Hemolytic Streptococci
Gram + Cocci
Bacitracin resistant

"B for Baby"
neonatal:
meningitis
pneumonia
sepsis
Viridans group strep
Gram + Cocci
Alpha-hemolytic
Optochin resistant

* Normal Flora
* Dental caries (S. mutans)
* Subacute endocarditis (S. sanguis)
* Abscesses (S. intermedius)
Enterococcus
Gram + gamma-Hemolytic Group D cocci

* Normal flora
* Hospital-acquired diseases
UTI
Subacute Endocarditis

Rapidly vancomycin reistant
Streptococcus bovis
Gram + cocci
Non-Enterococci group D strep
Normal flora
Similar to enterococcus, but **associated with colon cancer**


* Normal flora
* Hospital-acquired diseases
UTI
Subacute Endocarditis
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Gram + α-hemolytic lancet shaped diplococci
Capsulated! / Quellung
Optochin sensitive

"P for Parents"

* Pneumonia
* Bacterial meningitis
* Otitis media (children)
Staph aureus
Gram + Coagulase + clusters

Insane Disease Spectrum!

Exotoxin-mediated disease

* Gastroenteritis
* Toxic shock syndrome (TSST-1
superantigen)

* Scalded skin syndrome



Direct Organ Invasion
* Skin infection
* Pneumonia

* Osteomyelitis
* Acute bacterial endocarditis
* Meningitis

* Septic arthritis
* Bacteremia/sepsis
* UTI
MRSA
Treat with vancomycin
Staphylococcus epidermidis
Gram + Coagulase - clusters
Novobiocin sensitive
Normal skin flora; common contaminant

* Infects prosthetic devices
Staphylococcus saprophyticus
Gram + Coagulase - clusters
Novobiocin resistant
Community Acquired

#2 UTIs in sexually active females (#1 E coli)
Bacillus anthracis
Aerobic Gram + spore-forming rod

Only bacterium with protein capsule (poly-D-glutamic acid), phagocytosis

* Cutaneous anthrax malignant pustule
Painless black lesion with edema rim
* Respiratory anthrax
* GI anthrax
Bacillus cereus
Aerobic Gram + spore-forming rod
No capsule!
Motile
Penicillin Resistant

* Food poisoning
heat labile toxins
heat-stable toxins
Clostridium botulinum
Anaerobic Gram + Spore forming rod

* Smoked fish or home canning
* Botulism
* Heat labile toxin that inhibits ACh
Clostridia causes...
Tetanus
Botulism
Gas gangrene
Pseudomembranous colitis
Clostridium tetani
Anaerobic Gram + Spore forming rod

* Toxin inhibits Renshaw cell interneurons
* Prevents GABA release and glycine
* Inhibition of inhibitory neurotransmitters
Clostridium perfringens
Anaerobic Gram + Spore forming rod
Gas gangrene

* alpha toxin (lecithinase)
* myonecrosis (gas gangrene)
* hemolysis
Clostridium difficile
Anaerobic Gram + Spore forming rod
Often secondary to broad spectrum antibiotic use.
Exotoxin kills

* Pseudomembranous colitis
* Diarrhea
Corynebacterium diphtheriae
Gram + Non-Spore Forming Rod

Diphtheria
* Pseudomembranous pharyngitis
* lymphadenopathy

ABCDEFG
*Exotoxin coded by beta-prophage
* Toxin Inhibits protein synthesis via ADP ribosylation of EF-2 ("human antibiotic" A-B complex)
* Metachromatic granules

ADP ribosylation
Beta-prophyage
C. Dificille
EF2
Granules
Listeria monocytogenes
Gram + Non-spore forming rod
Only gram + with endotoxin
Facultative intracellular organism
* Unpasteurized milk/cheese
* "actin rockets"

* Meningitis in neonates / immunosuppressed
* Mild gastroenteritis
* Pregnant women: amnionitis, septicemia, spontaneous abortion
* Granulomatosis infatiseptica (infection during birth)
Neisseria causes...
gram - diplococci
Kissing Coffee Beans

Neisseria meningitides
Neisseria gonorrheae
Neisseria meningitides
Gram negative cocci
petechial rash

Meningococcemia
Meningitis
Waterhouse-Friedrichsen

VCN media
Waterhouse-Friedrichsen
...aka?
... caused by?
= Fulminant meningococcemia
Neisseria meingitides

Septic shock
Bilateral hemorrhage to adrenals
Acute hypotension /tachycardia
Rapidly enlarging skin lesions
DIC
Coma / Death
Neisseria gonorrheae
Gram - diplococci

* Gonorrhea
* Septic arthritis
* neonatal conjunctivitis
* UTI
* PID
E. Coli
Gram - Lactose Fast Fermenting Rod
Must pick up virulence factor to cause disease

* UTI
* Neonatal meningitis (#2)
* Sepsis (#1 gram -)
* ETEC (LT/ST)
* EHEC (shiga-like toxin)
* EIEC (also shigella)
* Pneumonia
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Gram - Lactose Fast Fermenting Rods
Encapsulated
Non-motile
Alcoholics and Hospitalized Pts

* "Red currant jelly" aspiration pneumoniae
* Sepsis (#2)
* UTIs in foley catheters
Proteus mirabilis
Gram - Rods (No oxidase No Lactose)

* super motile
* Urease

* UTI
* Hospital acquired infection
* Ricketssial cross-reactivity
Enterobacter
Gram - Lactose Fast Fermenting Rods

* Normal flora, occasional hospital acquired stuff
* Highly motile
Serratia
Gram - Lactose Slow Fermenting Rod

* Bright red pigment

* UTIs
* Wound infection
* Pneumonia
Shigella
Gram - Rods (no lactose no oxidase)

* bloody diarrhea
* same as EHEC / EIEC
* Shiga toxin "human antibiotic"
Salmonella
Gram - Rods (no lactose no oxidase)
Motile, like a salmon
Non-lactose fermenter, like a salmon
H2S, like salmonella
Facultative intracellular!

Vi antigen, similar to K

Salmonella typhi
Salmonella cholerae
Salmonella enteritidis

All zoonotic, minus typhoid

1) Typhoid fever
2) Gastroenteritis
3) Sepsis
4) Carrier state
Yersinia enterocolitica
Gram negative
Motile

* Pet feces
* Contaminated milk
* Pork

* Day care centers
* Looks like appedicitis or Crohn's
Vibrio cholera
Fecal oral transmission

* A subunit permanently activates G protein
* Rice water dehydration
* ETEC-like disease
Vibrio parahaemolyticus
sushi gastroenteritis - leading cause of diarrhea in Japan
Campylobacter jejuni
Comma, or S-shaped
Oxidase positive
Growth at 42 degrees

* Bloody loose diarrhea
Helicobacter pylori
Gram-negative rod
Urease-positive

* Chronic Gastritis
* Duodenal ulcers
* Risk factor for peptic ulcer, gastric adenocarcinoma, lymphoma
Bacteroides fragilis
Gram negative bacteria with no lipid A
No endotoxin

* Normal flora, colon and intestine
* Lame unless GI puncture
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Gram - Oxidase + Rod (No lactose)

* Drug reps; resistant to almost everything
* Sick, hospitalized, immunocompromised
* Greenish-blue / Grape-like scent

Clinical
* Burn wound nfections
* Pneumonia (cystic fibrosis)
* Sepsis (black lesions on skin)
* External otitis (swimmers)
* Drug use endocarditis
* Osteomyelitis diabetics, kids)
* UTIs and pyelonephritis
* Malignant external otitis
* Corneal infection
* Hot tub folliculitis
Haemophilus influenzae
Gram negative "coccoid" rod

* Haemophilus
blood-loving
NAD+ Necessary

* opportunistic
* respiratory disease
* otitis media
* B capsule: meningitis, epiglottitis, septic arthritis
Hemophilus influenzae type B
Gram negative "coccoid" rod

* Meningitis
* Acute "red cherry" epiglottitis
* Septic arthritis (#1 infants)
* Sepsis (6 mo - 3 yo)
Haemophilus ducreyi
Causes chancroid

PAINFUL ulcer with SIMULTANEOUS lymph nodes with PUS
Gardnerella vaginalis
Pleomorphic gram-variable rod

Vaginitosis
Non-white/gray vaginal discharge, fishy smelling

* Clue Cells
Bordetella pertussis
Gram negative "coccoid" rod

Whooping cough
Bordent-Gengou medium

AB Toxin: activate cAMP via G
Cytoplasmic adneylate cyclase
Tracheal cytotoxin
Whooping Cough Stages
Catarrhal
Paroxysmal
Covalescent
Legionella pneumophila
Aerobic gram negative
Ubiquitous in environment
Facultative intracellular

Pontiac Fever
Legionnaire's Disease
Yersinia pestis
Gram negative rod
Facultative intracellular

* Bubonic plague
Francisella tularensis
Ulceroglandular tularemia

Francis the rabbit playing in tulips
* Rabbits, tick, and deerflies
* similar to Bubonic plague
* pneumonic talermia
Brucella spp.
Gram - "Coccoid" Rod

Infected animal meat

* Undulant fever
* brucellosis
Pasteurella mulocida
Gram negative "coccoid" rod
Animal bites; cats and dogs

* closed wound infections (e.g. sutures)
Chlamydia
Gram negative intracellular parsite
Can't make ATP
TINY

* Elemntary body
* Initial body

* trachoma
* inclusion conjunctivitis
* infant pneumonia
* urethritis
* cervicitis, PID
* epididymitis
* lymphogranuloma venereum

Chalmydia psittaci
Gram negative intracellular parsite

* Bird feathers
* Psittacosis -- atypic pneumonia (1-3 weeks)
Rickettsia
Gram negative intracellular parsite

Classic Triad
Headache
Fever
Rash (vasulitis) on wrists

"Rickettsia on wrists, typhus on trunk"

Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Endemic and epidemic typhus
Ehrlichiosis
Q fever
Rickettsia ricketsii
Gram negative intracellular parsite

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fevert
Ticks
Rickettsia akari
Gram negative intracellular parsite

Mite-y Mouse Atari Akari
Rickettsialpox transmitted via mouse mites
Rickettsia typhi
Gram negative intracellular parsite

Endemic typhus
Fleas. Rodent reservoir.
Rickettsia prowazekii
Gram negative intracellular parsite

Epidemic Typhus
Human body louse
Flying squirrels reservoir.

Central rash, spreads outward
"Typhus on trunk"
Usually 3 weeks to self resolve, sometimes fatal.
Rickettsia tsutsugamushi
Gram negative intracellular parsite
Tsutsugamushi Fever.
Rats-chiggers (mite larvae)
Bartonella henselae
Cat scratch fever
Coxiella burnetii
Gram negative intracellular parsite
Rickettsia family.
Q FEVER

* endospores
* Extracellular Survival
* Ticks and cattle; spore inhalation
* Pneumonia
Queer Q Fever
Coxiella burnetti
* No rash
* No vector
* No Weil-Felix
* Long external survival
* No Rickettsia as genusu name
spirochetes
gram negative corkscrews

BLT
Borellia (big)
Leptospira
Treponema (darfield only)
Treponema pallidum
gram negative Spirochete
Syphilis

Treaet with Penicillin G.
Treponema pertenue
gram negative Spirochete

Yaws. (VDRL test positive)
* mother yaw
* Secondary lesions
* tertiary gummas in skin and bones
* Facial disfigurement
Borrelia burgdorferi
gram negative Spirochete
Lyme disease
Borrelia recurrentis
gram negative Spirochete
Relapsing Fever
Darkfield microscopy
Leptospira interrogans
gram negative Spirochete
Question mark shaped
Contaminated animal urine

Leptospirosis
* flulike symptoms
* jaundice

Weil's disease = icterohemorrhagic leptospirosis
* Severe form
* jaundice
* azotemia
* renal failure
* liver failure
* fever, hemorrhage, anemia
Mycobacteria
weakly gram positive acid-fast staining rod

Tuberculosis
Leprosy
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
weakly gram positive acid-fast staining rod

TB
fever
night sweat
weight loss
hemoptysis
Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare
weakly gram positive acid-fast staining rod

50% AIDS Pts at Autopsy
Disseminated antibiotic resistant disease in AIDS
Usually only affects birds

* chronic wasting
* watery diarrhea
Mycobacterium leprae
weakly gram positive acid-fast staining rod

* cannot be grown in media
* US reservoir: armadillos
* likes cool temperatures
Leprosy facies
'Leonine Facies' of Leprosy

Loss of eyebrows
Nasal collapse
Lumpy earlobe

Leprosy forms
aka Hansen's Diseaes

**Lepromatous = Lethal**
No cell-mediated response
Defective T cells
Leonin Facies
Saddlenose deformity
Internal testicular damage
Blindness
Glove + Stocking neuropathy

**Tuberculoid = Self-limiting**
Hypopigmented, well defined, elevated blotches
Palpable enlarged nerves
Patients are non-infectious
Mycoplasma
* Neither Gram -/+
* Smallest free living organisms.
* No peptidoglycan wall, only cell membrane containing cholesterol.
* Pleomorphic

Mycoplasma pneumonia
Ureaplasma urealyticum
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Not gram + / -, no cell wall.

Atypical Walking Pneumonia. <30 yo.
Military recruits and prisons.

* CXR >>> pt.
* Insidious onset
* Headache
* Nonproductive cough
* Diffuse interstitial infiltrate
* Cold agglutinins

* Eaton's agar
Ureaplasma urealyticum
Mycoplasma. No gram +/-, no cell wall.

* UTI
* Normal flora
* Urease + .
Chlamydia trachomatis
Gram negative intracellular parsite

Types A,B,C
Africa Blindness Chronic Infection

Types D-K
Urethritis/PID
Ectopic Pregnancy
Neonatal Pneumonia
Neonatal conjunctivitis
Epididymitis

Types L1, L2, and L3
Lymphogranuloma venereum