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Exam 3 Slide-set 1

Medically Important Bacteria

QuestionAnswer
Pathogens are kept in check by? Competing microbes and our immune systems
Quorum sensing is what? Communication for bacteria
Septicemia is what? E.coli in the blood
Staphylococcus (MRSA) Gram + cocci (methicillin-resistant staph aureus)
Streptococcus Gram + cocci
S. pneumoniae Gram + cocci (Staphylococcus)
S. pyogenes Gram + cocci (Staphylococcus)
Enterococcus Gram + cocci
E. faecalis Gram + cocci (Enterococcus)
E. faecium Gram + cocci (Enterococcus)
VRE Vancomycin resistant enterococci
Actinomyces (opportunistic immuno-comprimised) Gram + rod *Important* (Not all are Gram +)
Cornybacterium diptheriae Gram + rod
Clostridium botulinum Gram + rod
Clostridium difficile Gram + rod
Clostridium tetani Gram + rod
Listeria monocytogenes Gram + rod
Bacillus antracis Gram + rod (Anthrax)
Niesseria gonorrhoeae Gram -
N. meningitis Gram -
Hemophilus influenza Gram - (Respiratory)
Klebsella pneumoniae Gram - (Respiratory) Enterrobacteriaceae
Legionella pneumophila Gram - (Respiratory)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Gram - (Respiratory)
Acinetobacter baumannii Gram - (Nosocomial)
E. Coli Gram - (Urinary) Enterrobacteriaceae
Proteus mirabilis Gram - (Urinary) Enterrobacteriaceae
Enterobacter Cloacae Gram - (Urinary) Enterrobacteriaceae
Helicobacter pylori Gram - (GI)
Salmonella enteritidis Gram - (GI) Enterrobacteriaceae
Salmonella typhy Gram - (GI) Enterrobacteriaceae
Vibro cholerae Gram - (GI)
B. fragilis Gram - Bacteroides
Clostridium Gram +
Chlamydia trachomatis #1 STD, Gram - but in its own phylum, all are intracellular obligates
Treponem pallidus Spirochetes, Syphilis
Borellea burgdorferi Spirochetes, Lyme disease
Mycoplasma pneumonia Mycoplasma, walking pneumonia, very small bacteria, lacks peptidoglycan wall
Mycobacterium tuberculosis Other
Mycobacterium leprae Other
Mycobacterium avium intracellulare Other
Rickettsia Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Other
Isoniazid Narrow spectrum antimicrobial drug, Mycobacteria (other)
Ampicillin Extended spectrum antimicrobial drug, Gram + (listeria monocytogenes), Gram - rods (E. coli, H. Influenza, Proteus Mirabilis, Salmonella typhi)
Tetracycline Broad spectrum antimicrobial drug, Gram - rods, anaerobic organisms, spirochetes, mycoplasma, chlamydia, actinomyces, rickettsia, amoebae
Created by: mitrae78
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