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BOARDSmicrobiology
Gram - & + bacteria
| Name | fact |
|---|---|
| staphylococcus aureus | clustered, causes boils, skin inf, osteomyelitis |
| staphylococcus aureus | toxic shock syndrome, impetigo |
| bacillus anthracis | Woolsorter's Dx, aerobic |
| clostridium botulinum | flaccid paralysis |
| clostridum perfringens | gas gangrene, bubbles under skin, food poisoning |
| mycobacterium | tuberculosis and leprosy |
| ghon comples | TB in lung |
| mycobacterium | acid fast stain, rods |
| streptococcus pyogenes (group A) | rheumatic fever |
| streptococcus pyogenes (group A) | adults |
| SPECS (strept pyogenes) | Sydenham's Chorea, Polyarthristis, Erythema marginatum, Carditis, Subcutaneous nodules |
| Scarlet fever | Dick test, strawberry tongue |
| Strep. agalactiae (Group B) | babies-- neonatal meningitis, occurs at birth |
| Streptococcus viridans | subacute bacterial carditis |
| Streptococcus mutans | dental caries |
| Lactobacillus listeria | milk borne disease |
| Corynebacterium diphtheria | Babes Ernst bodies |
| Corynebacterium diphtheria | gray pseudomembrane, DPT |
| streptococcus pyogenes (group A) | Scarlet fever |
| streptococcus pyogenes (group A) | Mitis-Salivarius Agar |
| Neisseria gonorrhea | thayer-martin chocolate agar |
| Neisseria gonorrhea | two coffee beans |
| Neisseria meningitidis | bacteremia (full body infection) |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | blue green pus |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | burn victums |
| Escherichia | travelers diarrhea |
| Escherichia | urinary tract infections, infantile diarrhea |
| Escherichia | Eosin Methylene Blue (EMB agar) |
| Shigella | No fever |
| Shigella | bacillary dysentery spread by flies |
| Yersinia pestis | bubonic plague |
| Haemophilus | meningitis |
| Camphylobacter jejuni | bacterial gastroenteritis |
| Camphylobacter jejuni | contaminated food and beverages |
| Bordetella pertussis | whooping cough, DPT vaccine |
| Brucella abortis | undulant fever |
| Fancisella tularenis | rabbit fever |
| Salmonella typhi | typhyoid fever |
| Salmonella typhi | WIDAL test |
| Klebsiella | pneumonia, red currant jelly sputum |
| vibrio cholera | comma shaped |
| vibrio cholera | dehydration, rice water stools, death |
| rice water stools | mucous & water |
| john snow | vibrio cholera |