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Medical Bacteriology
Gram Positive and Gram Negative Bacteria
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Microbiology
Professional
03/18/2010

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Term
Scalded Skin Syndrome (SSS)is caused by?
Definition
an Exfolative toxin
Term
Urinary Tract Infections are caused by?
Definition
Staphylococcus saprophyticus
Term
Nosocomial Infections (catheters) are derived from?
Definition
Staphylococcus epidermis
Term
Staphylococcal food poisoning is caused by?
Definition
Staphylococcus entertoxin
Term
Toxic Shock Syndrome is caused by?
Definition
TSST - 1
Term
Name the bacteria that have positive coagulase.
Definition
Staphylococcus aureus
Term
Name the negative coagulase bacteria.
Definition

Staphylococcus saprophyticus

Staphylococcus epidermidis

Term
Cocci in the form of clusters are called?
Definition
Staphylococci
Term
Cocci that resemble a pearl necklace are called...
Definition
Streptococci
Term
These cocci resemble a very short chain and can survive with or without oxygen (faculative).
Definition
Enterococci
Term
What is meant by alpha hemolytic?
Definition
is the partial breakdown of RBC's
Term
What do you call the complete breakdown of RBC's?
Definition
beta hemolytic
Term
Name all of the aerobic gram positive bacteria.
Definition

Bacillus anthracis

Bacillus cereus

Term
Name all of the anerobic gram positive bacteria
Definition

Clostridium botulinum

Clostridium tetani

Clostridium perfringes

Clostridium difficile

Term
Another name for pulmonary anthrax is ...
Definition
Woolsorter's disease
Term

What bacilli cause pulmonary anthrax and

cutaneous anthrax

Definition
Bacillus anthracis
Term
Bacillus cereus cause...
Definition
Food poisoning (rice dishes)
Term
botulism is a ________ and causes________
Definition

neurotoxin

blurred vision, etc. and death

Term
Endocarditis is caused by
Definition
Entercoccus faecalis
Term
neonatal meningitis is caused by
Definition
Entercoccus faecium
Term
Group A streptococci are called
Definition
Streptococcus pyogenes
Term
Group B Streptococci are called
Definition
Streptococcus agalactiae
Term
Clostridium tetani causes...
Definition
tetanus (lock jaw)
Term
gas gangrene and food poisoning are both caused by..
Definition
Clostridum perfringes
Term
What is the difference between HA MRSA and CA MRSA?
Definition
HA MRSA is Hospital associated
CA is Community Associated
Term
Streptococcus agalactiae causes...
Definition

neonatal sepsis

obstetric infections

Term
What causes diptheria...
Definition
Corynebacterium diptheriae
Term
Listeria monocytogenes
Definition

meningitis

food poisoning

Term
What causes acne?
Definition
Propionbacterium acne
Term
Name the types of Non-sporforming bacilli
Definition

Corynebacterium diptheriae

Listeria monocytogenes

Propionbacterium acne

Term
Name the gram negative cocci from the neisseria family
Definition

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Neisseria meningitidis

Term
Neisseria meningitidis causes
Definition

meningitis

meningococcemia

Term
Neisseria gonorrhoeae is causes
Definition

1. gonnorrhea

2. gonococcal ophthalmia neonatorum

(neonatal conjuntivitis)

Term
scarlet fever is a
Definition
erythrotoxin
Term
Streptococcus pneumoniae causes
Definition
pneumococcal pneumonia
Term
Staphylococcus aureus causes...
Definition

pimples

carbuncles

impetigo

scalded skin syndrome(SSS)

toxic shock syndrome(TSST-1)

staphylococcal food poisoning(entertoxin)

Term
Name the 2 types of Bacilli
Definition

Sporeforming bacilli

Non-sporeforming bacilli

Term
Streptococcus pyogenes cause
Definition

streptococcal pharyngitis

endocarditis

scarlet fever

rheumatic fever

 

Term
Treponema pallidum causes...
Definition
syphilis
Term
What does MRSA stands for?
Definition
Methicillin Resistance Staphylococcus aureus
Term
Name the sporeforming bacilli....
Definition

bacillus anthracis

bacillus cereus

clostridium botulinum

clostridum tetani

clostridium perfringes

clostridium difficile

Term
Streptococci cause
Definition

Streptococcus pyogenes

Streptococcus pneumoniae

Streptococcus agalactiae

Term
what does MCV4 stand for....
Definition
Meninggeococcal Conjugate Vaccine
Term
which gram negative bacilli cause cholera (rice water stools 20L a day lost)
Definition
Vibrio cholerae
Term
which bacilli cause ulcers
Definition
Helicobacter pylori
Term
  1. what causes UTI infection, food poisoning(0157H:7), and traveler's diarrhea
Definition
Escherichia coli
Term
salmonellosis (typhoid fever) has signs of spots on abdomen its true names is
Definition
Salmonella s. typhi
Term
bacillary dysentery (shigellosis) is caused by...
Definition
Shigella
Term
chronic alcoholics have this pneumonia
Definition
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Term
What does Campylobacter jejuni causes.....
Definition
gastroenteritis
Term
burn infections are derived from...
Definition
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Term
Legionella pneumophila causes
Definition
Legionnaire's disease (produced by pneumonia contracted through the air of A/C units
Term
what causes the plague.....
Definition
Yersinia pestis
Term
Rickettsiae causes....
Definition
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Term
Chlamydia trachomatis causes.....
Definition

trachoma

NGU

inclusions conjunctivitis

Term
Chlamydia psittaci (contracted from parrots) causes....
Definition

psittacosis

          (parrot fever and pneumonia in humans)

 

Term
Haemophilus influenzae type b causes ear infections in children otherwise known as..
Definition

neonatal meningitis

and

pneumonia

Term
painful chancroids are caused by
Definition
Haemophilus ducreyi
Term

contagious conjunctivitis

"pink eye"

is derives from...

Definition
Haemophilus aegyptius
Term
Bordetella pertussis causes....
Definition
"whooping cough"
2 stages - 1. catarrhal (mild common cold) and 2. paroxyseal (violent cough)
Term
Pseudomembrane colitis is caused by....
Definition
Clostridium difficile
Term
E.T.E.C. stands for.....
Definition

Entertoxigenic Escherichia coli

in animals and humans, diarrehea with no fever

Term
E.I.E.C. stands for....
Definition

Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli

only in humans, profuse diarrehea and high fever

Term
E.H.E.C. stands for.....
Definition

Enterohemorrhagie Escherichia coli

in humans, cattle, and goats. most famous type of 0157:H7 causes kidney failure, bloody diarrehea, and no fever

Term
Vibrio causes.....
Definition
cholera
Term
Yersinia pestis causes...
Definition
the plague
Term
Campylobacter jejuni causes.....
Definition
gastroenteritis
Term
Klebsiella causes...
Definition
pneumonia (chronic alcoholics)
Term
Shigella causes....
Definition

bacillary dysentery

Diarrhea (blood and mucus in stool)

Term
Corynbacterium diptheriae causes....
Definition
diptheria (causes bull neck)or swollen neck
Term
What vaccine is used to prevent meningitis caused by Neisseria meningitidis?
Definition
MCV4 -  meningococcal conjugate vaccine
Term
Antibiotic drops are instilled into the eyes of a newborn following birth to prevent this disease.
Definition
neonatal conjuntivitis
Term
What is the genus and species responsible for neonatal sepsis, obsteric infections
Definition
Staphylococcus agalactiae
Term
the genus and species responsible for Pneumonococcal pneumonia is
Definition
Staphylococcus pneumoniae
Term
Pasteurella multocida is derived from..
Definition
animal bites
Term
a malignant pustule on the skin (boil like lesion that forms an ulcer w/black center without any pain
Definition
cutaneous anthrax
Term
what does faculative mean?
Definition
surviving with or without oxygen
Term
what does mycobacterium leprae cause
Definition
leprosy (common name), Hansen's disease (technical name)
Term
what disease causes nodules to form as well as gross disfigurement?
Definition
Hansen's disease
Term
what does VRE stand for?
Definition
vancromycin resistant e.
Term
what genus and species causes the most virulent foodborne viruses due to the consumption of raw meat and unpasturized milk?
Definition
Listeria monocytogenes
Term
what is mycology?
Definition
branch of microbiology that studies of fungi
Term
diseases caused by fungi are called...
Definition
mycoses
Term
name the 2 types of fungi
Definition
yeast and mold
Term
what are hyphae
Definition
long branching filaments of mold
Term
what do you call fungi that can grow as either mold or yeast?
Definition
dimorphic fungi, grow as mold at 25 degrees C, and grow as yeast at 37 degrees C
Term
superficial mycoses is a type of mycoses caused by
Definition
dermatophytes
Term
name the types of dermatophytes
Definition
Epidermophyton,Microsporum, Trichophyton
Term
dermatophytes produce infections called
Definition
ringworms or tineas
Term
what are subcutaneous infections
Definition
infections that result from traumatic implantation of certain fungi into subcutaneous tissue (splinters, thorns, insect bites)
Term
names 2 types of systemic infections
Definition
histoplasmosis, coccidioidomycoses
Term
candidiasis is causes
Definition
candida albicans (yeast infection)
1. oral candidiasis (thrush),
2. vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC)itching and discharge
Term
crytococcosis is causes by
Definition
crytococcus neoformans
Term
Pneumocystis (carinii) jiroveci
Definition
pneumoncystis carinii pneumonia (PCP), the first organism identified in those with AIDS.
Term
what is ringworm of the scalp cause
Definition
Tinea capitis
Term
ringworm of the feet "athlete's foot"
Definition
Tinea pedis
Term
ringworm of the beard is called
Definition
Tinea barbae
Term
ringworm of the body
Definition
Tinea corporis
Term
ringworm of the groin "jock itch"
Definition
Tinea cruris
Term
ringworm of the palm of the hand
Definition
Tinea manuum
Term
ringworm of the nails is called
Definition
Tinea unguium
Term
the protazoa life cycles are characterized by 3 stages
Definition
trophozoite (active feeding form)
cyst (dormant stage)
Term
name all 4 classes of protazoa
Definition
1. Class Sarcodina (move by pseudopodia (amoebas))
2. Class Mastigophora ( move by flagella)
3. Class Ciliata (move by cilia)
4. Class Sporozoa (nonmotile)
Term
name the different types of Sarcodina
Definition
1. Entamoeba hystolytica (amebic dysentery - blood and mucus in stool)
2. Naegleria fowlerii (primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM)found in swimming pools and enters nose, crosses blood brain barrier and infects CNS (fatal)
3. Acanthamoeba (amebic keratitis - found in people that wear contact lenses)
Term
name the types of Mastogophora
Definition
1. Giardia lamblia ( giardiasis )
2. Trichomonas vaginalis (trichomoniasis - frothy yellow green discharge)
3. Trypanosomes (african sleeping sickness - caused by bite from tsetse fly)
Term
name the types of Sporozoa
Definition
1. Plasmodium (malaria - anopheles -typically caused by mosquito)
2. Toxoplasma gondii (toxoplasmosis - caused by bacteria from cats and effects unborn child in pregnant women)
3. Cryptosporidium ( cryptosporodiosis - found in contaminated water)
Term
Mechanisms that allow parasites to resist host defenses
Definition
1. encystation - to be enclosed in a cyst or capsule
2. survival inside phagocytes
3. antigenic variation (the process by which an infectious organism alters its surface proteins in order to evade a host immune response)
Term
lyme disease causes
Definition
Borrelia burgdoferi (flea bite that spreads into large red spot)
Term
what is francisella tularensis or tularemia
Definition
rabbit fever
Term
what bacteria can you obtain from eating infected meat from
Definition
Brucella -agent , brucellosis - disease
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