Question | Answer |
4 Lactose Fermenters | "CEEK"
1. Citrobacter 2. Enterobacter 3. E.coli 4. Klebsiella |
Non Lactose Fermenters | "SHYPS"
1. Shigella 2. Yersinia enterolytica 3. Proteus 4. Salmonella |
6 Bacteria that may lack color | "These rascals may microscopically lack color"
1. Treponema 2. Rickettsia 3. Mycobacterium 4. Mycoplasma 5. Legionella 6. Chlamydia |
4 Microbes that increase cAMP | "CAPE"
1. Cholera 2. Anthracis (poly D glutamate capsule) 3. Pertussis (via Gi) 4. E. coli (LT enterotoxin) |
Bacteria that have capsules | "Some killers have pretty nice capsules"
1. Strep pneumo 2. Klebsiella 3. H. influenza 4. P. aeruginosa 5. Neisseria meningitidis 6. Cryptococcus neoformans |
5 Dimorphic Fungi | "Can Also Have Both Shapes"
1. Cocciodes 2. Aspergillus 3. Histoplasma 4. Blastomyces 5. Sporothrix |
Spore forming bacteria | Bacillus
Clostridium |
Have IgA proteases | "SHiN"
1. Strep pneumo 2. H. influenza 3. Neisseria |
Wayson's stain | Yersinia |
Invasins | Yersinia Pseudotuberculosis |
2 Obligate Aerobes | Pseudomonas
Mycobacterium |
3 obligate Anaerobes | Clostridium
Actinomyces
Bacteroides |
A protein Catalase + Coagulase + | S. aureus |
2 Non-motile Gram + rods | C. diphtheria
Nocardia |
Lancet shaped diplococci | Strep pneumo |
Gull's wings, comma shaped | Campylobacter |
Club shaped non-motile gram + rod | C. diphtheria |
Safety pin shaped bacteria | Yersinia |
Intranuclear Cowdry body inclusions | HSV |
Guarnieri intracytoplasmic and acidophilic inclusions | Pox virus |
2 Coagulase + microbes | S. aureus
Yersinia pestis |
3 Obligate Intracellular microbes | Chlamydia
Rickettsia
M. leprae |
Fried egg colonies on Eaton Agar | Mycoplasma pneumonia |
Spaghetti and Meat ball appearance | Malassazia furfur |
Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis | Measles |
Non-motile Bacilli and Clostridium | B. anthracis
C. perfringens |
Indian ink | Cryptococcus neoformans |
4 microbes that need Cysteine for growth | Francisella
Brucella
Legionella
Pastuerella |
Ecthyema Gangrenosum microbe | P. aeruginosa |
alpha hemolysis Optochin Sensitive | Strep pneumo |
alpha hemolysis Optochin Resistant | Strep. viridans |
Novobiocin resistant | Staph Saprophyticus |
Novobiocin sensitive | Staph Epidermidis |
Beta hemolysis Bacitracin Sensitive | Strep. pyogenes |
Beta hemolysis Bacitracin resistant | S. Agalactiae |
Lecithinase | C. Perfringens |
Gas Gangrene | C. perfringens |
2 C. difficile toxins | Enterotoxin
Cytotoxin |
Microbe whose toxin inhibits ACh release and causes Flaccid paralysis | C. botulinum |
Floppy baby Syndrome due to toxin in honey | Infant Botulinum |
Thayer Martin Agar | Neisseria |
DOC for N. gonorrhoeae | Ceftriazone |
Alcoholics Aspiration pneumonia Abscesses in lungs | Klebsiella |
Rice water diarrhea | V. cholera |
Cat bites | Pasteurella multocida |
Bordet Gengou agar | Bordetella pertussis = whooping cough |
Lowenstein-Jensen medium | M. tuberculosis |
Pink eye | Adenovirus type B |
Fifth disease = Erythema Infectiosum | Parvovirus B19 |
IFN mode of action | inhibits viral replication |
cause of Croup (Laryngotracheobronchitis) | Parainfluenza |
Swimming pool conjunctivitis | Adenovirus types 3 and 4 |
Bronchiolitis in infants | RSV |
Bone Fever | Dengue |
Necrotizing fasciitis | Group A Strep (pyogenes) |
Relapsing Fever | Borrelia recurrentis |
Loffler's medium | C. diphtheria |
Chlamydia infectious particle | Elementary body |
Chlamydia replicatory body | Reticulate body |
Thrush DOC | Nystatin |
Reduviid bug bite | T. cruzi = Chagas disease |
Infection by Tsetse fly | T. brucei = African sleeping sickness |
Infection by Sandfly | Leishmaniasis |
Roseola infection = Exanthema Subitum | HHV-6 |
only ssDNA virus | Parvovirus |
only dsRNA virus | Reovirus = repeatOvirus |
3 Naked RNA viruses | "Naked for CPR"
Calcivirus, Picornavirus, Reovirus |
2 circular DNA viruses | Papovavirus
Hepadnavirus |
Hepatitis virus families: ABCDE | A = Picorna
B = Hepadna
C = Flavi
D = Delta
E = Calici |
Only Rickettsia not intracellular | Quintana |
Arthroconidia | Coddiodes |
Obligate parasite Kills type I pneumocytes Ground glass appearance | PCP |
Cytokine that stimulates proliferation of B, T, and NK cells | IL-2 |
Only DNA virus to replicate in Cytoplasm | Pox |
Only RNA virus to replicate in Nucleus | Influenza |
Bacteria that has the only protein capsule | B. anthracis (poly D-glutamate capsule) |
2 bacteria that have + Weil Felix reactions | Rickettsia Proteus |