microbiology - gram positive
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- A normal inhabitant of the oral cavity, infection assciated with dental procedures, with formation of lesions that erupt through the face with a purelent discharge
- Actinomycetes israelli
- diagnosis by finding sulfer granules
- Actinomycetes israelli
- inhalation of spores causes woolsorter's disease (mediastinitis, pulmonary edema, and hemorrhage
- Bacillus anthracis
- people at risk are textile workers and agricultural personnel that come in contact with infected hides or wool
- Bacillus anthracis
- Gastroenteritis associated with reheated rice
- Bacillus cereus
- Ingestion of preformed toxin in home-canned foods
- Clostridium Botulinum
- Ingestion of spores in honey by infants
- Clostridium Botulinum
- psuedomembranous colitis (due to the use of broad spectrum antibiotics)
- Clostridium difficile
- gas gangrene asocciated with automobile and motorcycle accidents
- Clostridium perfringins
- spores abundant in soil and germinate in wounds
- Clostridium perfringins
- Traumatic inoculation of spores that produce a toxin causing spastic paralysis
- Clostridium tetani
- long rod with a dilated terminal end containing spores that resemble tennis racquet
- Clostridium tetani
- Can cause risus sardonicus (lockjaw grimace)
- Clostridium tetani
- causes gray pseudomembranes on the back of the throat
- Cornybacterium diphtheriae
- organisms in chinese letter configuration
- Cornybacterium diphtheriae
- common cause of urinary tract infections, sepsis, meningitis, and endocarditis. High antibiotic resistance.
- Enterococcus spp
- causes a fishy smelling vaginal discharge. "cle cells" seen on pap smear
- Gardnerella vaginalis
- dominant orgamisn of the normal vaginal flora
- Lactobacillus spp
- metabolism produces lactic acid that helps prevent the overgrowth of pathogenic organisms
- Lactobacillus spp
- causes late onset noenatal sepsis is faculativeintracellular short non spore forming rod that spreads from cell to cell by actin rockets and has tumbling end over end motility
- Listeria monocytogenes
- gram positive, aerobic, weakly acid fast, filimentous growth, common in soil causes pneumonia in immunocompromised patients
- Nocardia asteroides
- bacilli that causes acne by producing lipases
- Propionibacterium acnes
- causes acute bacterial endocarditis, especially in IV drug users, typically causes right side, undamaged heart valve infection
- Staphylcoccus aureus
- major cause of abscesses, furncles, carbuncles, and other skin infections such as impetigo
- Staphylcoccus aureus
- coagulase+, beta-hemolytic, grows in grape like clusters
- Staphylcoccus aureus
- normal inhabitant of the skin, causes infection if IV lines and catheters
- Staphylococcus epidermis
- coagulase-,mannitol fermention-, no protein A production, a major cause of endocarditis in prosthetic valves
- Staphylococcus epidermis
- ferments mannitol, novobiocin resistant,2nd leading cause of urinary tract infection in sexually active women
- Staphyloccus saprophyticus
- beta-hemolytic, bacitracin-resistant cocci, causes neonatal sepsis and meningitis
- Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B)
- normal inhabitant of the female genital tract and can be acuired during vaginal delivery
- Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B)
- alpha-hemolytic, optochin-resistant, A major cause of dental caries
- Streptococcus mutans (viridians group)
- Lancet-shaped diplococci found in rusty brown sputum, causes over 90% of all cases of lobar pnuemonia
- Streptococcus pnuemoniae
- alpha-hemolytic, optochin-sensitive, quelling reaction to differentiate between capsular subtypes
- Streptococcus Pnuemoniae
- this bile-soluble coccus grows on sheep red blood cell agar
- Streptococcus Pnuemoniae
- Rhuematic fever (symptoms include:migratory polyarthritis, erythema marginatum, pancarditis)
- Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A)
- beta-hemolytic, bacitracin-sensitive cocci, major cause of pharyngitis
- Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A)
- acute glomerulonephritis with lumpy bumpy appearance
- Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A)
- mitral and aortic stenosis due to autoimmune response
- Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A)
- alpha-hemolytic, optochin-resistant, leading cause of subacute bacterial endocarditis
- Streptococcus viridians
- Hypersensitivity pnuemonitis with chronic exposure
- Thermophilic Actinomycetes
- PAS+ rods within macrophages of the lamina propria of the small intestines, causes Whipple's disease
- Tropheryma whippelii