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79 Cards in this Set
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Staphylococcus aureus classification |
G+ cocci |
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Staphylococcus epidermidis classification |
G+ cocci |
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Staphylococcus saprophyticus causes... |
UTI |
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Group A Streptococcus classification |
G+ cocci |
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Group A Streptococcus hemolysis |
beta-hemolytic |
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Group B Streptococcus classification |
G+ cocci |
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Group B Streptococcus hemolysis |
beta-hemolytic |
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Streptococcus pneumoniae classification |
G+ cocci |
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Viridans Streptococcus classification |
G+ cocci |
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Viridans Streptococcus hemolysis |
alpha-hemolytic |
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Enterococcus spp classification |
G+ cocci |
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These bacteria use superantigens to cause disease |
Group A Strep |
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Bacillus cereus classification |
G+ rods |
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Bacillus cereus causes... |
food poisoning |
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Bacillus anthracis spreads by... |
zoonosis, spores |
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Listeria monocytogenes classification |
G+ rods |
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Listeria is found in meningitis caused by... |
food contamination |
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Corynebacterium spp classification |
G+ rods |
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C diphtheria causes... |
UTI |
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Escherichia coli classification |
G- rods |
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Commensal gut E coli causes opportunistic infection in... |
UTI |
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Vibrio cholerae classification |
G- curved rods |
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Vibrio cholerae disease presentation |
profuse, watery diarrhea |
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Salmonella spp classification |
G- rods |
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Shigella spp classification |
G- rods |
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Shigella spp disease in GI tract causes... |
BLOODY diarrhea (dysentery) |
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa classification |
G- rods |
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Pseudomonas infections are usually found in... |
hospitals; nosocomial infection |
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Acinetobacter baumanii classification |
G- rods |
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Neisseria spp classification |
G- diplococci |
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Haemophilus influenzae classification |
G- coccobacilli |
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Haemophilus influenzae often implicated what type of disease? |
Respiratory; influena, pneumonia, epiglottitis |
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Bordetella pertussis classification |
G- rods |
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Bordetella pertussis disease |
Whooping cough |
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Clostridium difficile classification |
G+ rods (anaerobic) |
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Clostridium difficile disease presentation |
severe diarrhea |
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Clostridium difficile disease risks |
antibiotic use, elderly age, immunocompromised |
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Bacteroides spp classification |
(anaerobic) spirochetes, fusiform |
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Bacteroides disease presentation |
aspiration >>> lung abscesses, empyema |
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Mycobacterium spp classification |
atypical; no Gram stain (acid-fast) |
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Mycobacterium spp risk factors |
AIDS/other immunocompromised |
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Chlamidya spp classification |
Atypical |
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Legionella spp classification |
G- rods |
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Legionella spp transmission |
aerosols/microaspiration of contaminated water |
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Mycoplasma spp classification |
no cell wall |
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Rickettsiae classification |
G- rods |
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Rickettsiae diseases |
Spotted fever, typhus |
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Borrelia burgdorferi classification |
spirochetes |
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Borrelia burgdorferi disease |
Lyme disease |
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Name 3 important ENCAPSULATED species |
S. pneumoniae, Neisseria, Haemophilus |
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Name 3 important TOXIN-MEDIATED infectious bacteria |
Vibrio cholerae, Corynebacteria (diphtheria), Bordetella pertussis |
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Exfoliotoxin A&B released by... |
S aureus |
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Exfoliotoxin A&B cause... |
scalded skin syndrome |
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Toxic shock syndrome is caused by which species? |
S aureus |
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Toxic shock is mediated by what protein? |
TSST-1 |
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Strep pharyngitis is caused by |
Group A Strep (S pyogenes) |
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Group A Strep uses this for molecular mimicry |
Protein M (M for mimicry!) |
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Group A Strep uses this for adhesion |
Protein F (F for fusion!) |
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High risk populations for Group B Strep infection |
neonates, diabetics |
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Enterococcus species which is less resistant |
E faecalis (E feca-LESS) |
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Enterococcus species which is more resistant |
E faecium(mmm for MORE) |
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B anthracis causes this characteristic lesion |
black eschar lesion |
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These compounds allow Listeria to act intracellularly |
Listeriolysin, ActA |
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ETEC is... |
toxogenic E coli |
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EPEC is... |
enterpathogenic E coli |
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EHEC is... |
hemorrhagic E coli |
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Vibrio cholerae infections come from... |
water/shellfish contamination |
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Legionella survives phagocytosis by... |
switching between replicative and transmissible form |
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Haemophilus is seen on culture as... |
"satellites" around S aureus |
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Common agents in NOSE & SINUS INFECTION |
S pneumoniae, GAS, S aureus, H influenzae |
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Common agent in THROAT/PHARYNX |
GAS |
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Common agents in LUNGS & BRONCHI INFECTION |
S pneumoniae, H influenzae, S aureus, Klebsiella (Enterobactericaecaeaeaeaea) |
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Common agent in MIDDLE EAR INFECTION |
S pneumoniae |
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Common agents of GI TRACT INFECTION |
Salmonella, Shigella, E coli 0157:H17 |
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Common agents of URINARY TRACT INFECTION |
Enterobactericaeaeaeae spp, Enterococcus (srsly I can't figure out how to spell that one so deal with it sorryyyyyy) |
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Common agents of CNS INFECTION |
N meningitidis, H influenzae, S pneumoniae, GBS, Listeria |
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Common agents of EYE INFECTION |
Haemophilus, Moraxella, N gonorrheae, S pneumoniae |
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Common agents in WOUND INFECTIONS |
S aureus, GAS |
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Streptococcus pneumoniae hemolysis |
alpha-hemolytic |
