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Other Gram + Rods
Gram + Rods, Aerobic
Question | Answer |
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Bacillus cereus: Labs | Aerobic, extracellular |
Bacillus cereus: Toxins | Flagella, spore forming with heat-stabile and heat-labile toxins |
Bacillus cereus: Diseases | Vomiting and Diarrhea |
Bacillus cereus: Treatment | Self-limited--> no antibiotics necessary. Water and electrolytes, Vancomycin |
Bacillus cereus: Transmission | Reheated fried rice in Chinese restaurants |
Listeria monocytogenes: Labs | Intracellular zoonotic, aerobic |
Listeria monocytogenes:Toxins | Hemolysin O |
Listeria monocytogenes: Diseases | Food poisoning, Neonatal meningitis, Infection s/p abortion |
Listeria monocytogenes: Treatment | Pen G, Bactrim, 3rd generation cephalosporin |
Listeria monocytogenes Transmission | Animal reservoir; Unpasteurized milk; Vertical transmission via transplacental or intrapartum infection |
Corynebacterium diphtheriae: Labs | Club-shaped extracellular rod |
Corynebacterium diphtheriae: Toxins | Diphtheria Toxin, a ADP ribosyl transferase, which blocks protein synthesis |
Corynebacterium diphtheriae: Diseases | Necrotic tissue and Pseudomembrane formation in the pharynx/larynx |
Corynebacterium diphtheriae: Treatment | Pen G, erythromycin, clindamycin |
Corynebacterium diphtheriae: Vaccine | DPT |
Corynebacterium diphtheriae: Transmission | Respiratory droplets |
Gram + Rods, Aerobic | Bacillus cereus, Listeria monocytogenes, Corynebacterium diphtheriae |