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MOPS strep pneumonia :
1. Meningitis adult
2. Otitis media
3. Lobar pneumonia community acquired
4. Sinusitis
Colon cancer endocarditis : Strep Bovis / gallolyticus
GI or genital urinary surgery and then endocarditis : Enterococcus feacalis
Meningitis neonate:
1. Strep agalactiae
2. E.coli
3. Listeria Monocytogenes ( why preg should avoid deli)
- can lead to spontaneous abortions
- granulomatosis infantiseptica
Hot tube folliculitis : Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Abdominal abscess : Bacteroides fragilis
Osteomyelitis
Assume Staph aureus is nothing else given #1
Sickle cell : salmonella enteridis ,
Puncture foot (diabetic drug) : pseudomonas
TB : vertebral osteomyelitis ( Potts disease)
Infectious arthritis
Neiserria gonorrhea: sexually active
Staph aureus: not sexually active or kids
UTI
1. E.coli
2. Staph saprophyticus (especially for newly sexually active females)
3. Klebsiella
Information
UTI
ToRCHeS
Toxoplasmosis
Others (Coxsackie B, Polio, Parvovirus B19, Listeria)
Rubella
CMV
HIV, Herpes simplex (HSV-2)
Syphilis
Rashes
Special Properties
Special cultures :
1. Chocolate ( have V (NAD+) and X (hemin) : haemophilus influcenza ,
Neisseria
2. Thayer-Martin ( Chocolate + VPN) : for N.gonorrhea select
-Vancomycin: inhibit Gram (+)
-Polymyxin: inhibit Gram (-)
-Nystatin: fungal
3. Cholesterol: mycoplasma
- Eatons agar: mycoplasma pneumonia
4. Salt : Staph aureus , Vibrio, Enterococci ( differentiate from strep Bovis)
5. Lowenstein-Jensen: TB slow growth
6. Bordatella Pertussis:
-Regan-Lowe
-Bordet- Gengou
7. Lofflers media : Corynebacteria .diptheria ( and tellurite)
8. Thioglycolate : anerobes
9. Charcoal ( cysteine and Iron) : Legionella
10. Cysteine : Francisella, brucella, legionella, pasteurella
Tick Vectors:
Ixodes tick
-Borrelia burgdorferi
-Babesia
-Ehrlichia
Dermacentor tick (dog tick)
-Rickettsia
-Francisella tularensis
Toxins carried by Phages COBEDS
1. Cholera
2. Botulinum
3. DIptheria
4. Erythrogenic toxin strep pyogenes
5. Shiga toxin
Definitions
Viral
1. Recombination: exchange genes 2 chromosomes in homologous
2. Reassortment: segmented genomes exchanged (Influenza Pandemic)
-two virsuses music infect one cell
3. Complementation: 2 viruses infect cell but one is mutated and depends on
the other to replicate and survive ( Hep D depend Hep B)
4. Phenotyping mixing: two virsues infect same cells but change the coat
phenotype
Weird facts
Meningitis:
HSV-1 classic for encephalitis (temporal perivenular)
HSV-2 classic for meningitis
Aspectic meningitis is one cause by NOT BACTERIA (without stupor and
meningeal irritation)
STD
Chlamydia trachomatis
- Have elementary body and reticular bodies (replicating)
1. Chlamydia : D-K serotypes DKNY
2. Lymphogranuloma Venerum : L1-L3
HIV
Hepititis B
Gardnerella vaginalis, trichomonas vaginallis
Questions
EBV:
Mechanisim
Presentation
LPS
K1 capsular
polysaccharide
Verotoxin/ shiga like
Head stable/liable
enterotoxin
P fimbriae