question
Actinomyces (Gram +)
answer
Filamentous
Respiratory Diseases, cavities
Respiratory Diseases, cavities
question
Bacillus (Gram +)
answer
Endospore
B. anthracis: anthrax
Other strains, food poisoning
B. anthracis: anthrax
Other strains, food poisoning
question
Clostridium (Gram +)
answer
Obligate Anaerobe Endospore
C. tetani: tetanus
C. perfringens: food poison, gas gangrene
C. botulinum: botulism
C. tetani: tetanus
C. perfringens: food poison, gas gangrene
C. botulinum: botulism
question
Corynebacterium (Gram +)
answer
Pleiomorphic
C. Diphtheriae
C. Diphtheriae
question
Enterococcus (Gram +)
answer
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Vancomycin Resistant E__________ (VRE)
Vancomycin Resistant E__________ (VRE)
question
Gardnerella (Gram +)
answer
Rods
Vaginitis
Vaginitis
question
Lactobacillus (Gram +)
answer
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Vaginal Flora
Vaginal Flora
question
Listeria (Gram +)
answer
Rods
Fetal Pathogens
Newborn meningitis
Fetal Pathogens
Newborn meningitis
question
Mycobacterium (Gram +)
answer
Acid Fast
M leprae
M tuberculosis
M leprae
M tuberculosis
question
Mycoplasma (Gram +)
answer
No cell Wall
Walking pneumonia
Walking pneumonia
question
Nocardia (Gram +)
answer
Filamentous
Respiratory Diseases
Respiratory Diseases
question
Propionibacterium (Gram +)
answer
Rods
Acne
Acne
question
Staphylococcus (Gram +)
answer
Cocci in clusters
S epidermidis
S aureus
Methicillin Resistant Staph aureus (MRSA)
Vancomycin Resistant Staph aureus (VRSA)
S epidermidis
S aureus
Methicillin Resistant Staph aureus (MRSA)
Vancomycin Resistant Staph aureus (VRSA)
question
Streptococcus (Gram +)
answer
COCCI IN CHAINS
S pneumonia: Alpha hemolysis
S pyogenes: Beta hemolysis
S mutans: Cavities
S pneumonia: Alpha hemolysis
S pyogenes: Beta hemolysis
S mutans: Cavities
question
Streptomyces (Gram +)
answer
Filamentous
Antibiotics
Antibiotics
question
Acetobacter (gram -)
answer
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Acetic acid from ethanol
Acetic acid from ethanol
question
Borrelia (gram -)
answer
Spirochete
Lyme Disease
Arthropod borne
Lyme Disease
Arthropod borne
question
Bortadella (gram -)
answer
Rod Aerobe
B. Pertussis
B. Pertussis
question
Burkholderia (gram -)
answer
Rod Aerobe
B cepacia:
Cystic Fibrosis patients!!
B cepacia:
Cystic Fibrosis patients!!
question
Campylobacter (gram -)
answer
Curved Rod
GI infections
GI infections
question
Chlamydia (gram -)
answer
Obligate Intercellular Parasite (<--O.I.P)
STD
Trachoma (blindness)
Pneumonia
STD
Trachoma (blindness)
Pneumonia
question
Enterobacter (gram -)
answer
Rod
Opportunistic UTI (urinary tract infections)
Opportunistic UTI (urinary tract infections)
question
Escherichia (gram -)
{E. coli}
{E. coli}
answer
Rod
Normal GI tract
O157:H7 strain
Normal GI tract
O157:H7 strain
question
Fusobacterium (gram -)
answer
Rod Anaerobe
Gingivitis
Gingivitis
question
Helicobacter (gram -)
answer
CURVED ROD
Peptic Ulcer
Peptic Ulcer
question
Hemophilus (gram -)
answer
ROD
H influenzae
URI (upper respiratory infections)
Epiglottitis
Meningitis
Otitis
H influenzae
URI (upper respiratory infections)
Epiglottitis
Meningitis
Otitis
question
Klebsiella (gram -)
answer
ROD
Hemorrhagic pneumoniae
Hemorrhagic pneumoniae
question
Legionella (gram -)
answer
ROD AEROBES
pneumonia
pneumonia
question
Leptospiria (gram -)
answer
SPIROCHETE
leptospirosis
leptospirosis
question
Neisseria (gram -)
answer
AEROBE DIPLOCOCCUS
N gonorrheae
N meningitidis
N gonorrheae
N meningitidis
question
Nitrobacter (gram -)
answer
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Nitrogen fixing bacteria
Nitrogen fixing bacteria
question
Proteus (gram -)
answer
ROD
"Opportunistic UTI
"Opportunistic UTI
question
Pseudomonas (gram -)
answer
ROD AEROBES
Pyocyanin (blue-green pigment)
Nosocomiel infections (aquired at a hospital)
Burn patinets!!!
"Cystic Fibrosis patients!!!
Pyocyanin (blue-green pigment)
Nosocomiel infections (aquired at a hospital)
Burn patinets!!!
"Cystic Fibrosis patients!!!
question
Rickettsia (gram -)
answer
Obligate Intercellular Parasite (<-- O.I.P)
Rocky Mtn spotted fever
"Enter host through vectors (term: arthropod borne)
Rocky Mtn spotted fever
"Enter host through vectors (term: arthropod borne)
question
Salmonella (gram -)
answer
ROD
typhus
Food poisoning
typhus
Food poisoning
question
Serratia (gram -)
answer
ROD
"Opportunistic UTI
Respiratory Infections
"Opportunistic UTI
Respiratory Infections
question
Shigella (gram -)
answer
ROD
Dysentery
Dysentery
question
Thiobacter (gram -)
answer
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Sulfur reducing
Sulfur reducing
question
Treponema (gram -)
answer
SPIROCHETE
T pallidum -syphilis
T pallidum -syphilis
question
Vibrio (gram -)
answer
CURVED ROD
Cholera
GI disease
Cholera
GI disease
question
Yersinia (gram -)
answer
ROD
plague
plague