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Lung Microbes Block 4
VCOM Block 4 2012
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Microbiology
Graduate
04/22/2012

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Term
Bordetella pertussis
Definition
Bordet-Gengou agar. inhibitory G protein. whooping cough.
Term
cornybacterium diptheriae
Definition
club shaped, palisades, non-motile, elongation factor 2, pseudomembrane
Term
coxiella burnetii
Definition
placenta. pneumonia and hepatitis
Term
Haemophilus influenza
Definition
V factor, X factor, Quellung positive
Term
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Definition
non-motile. currant jelly. lung abscess. alcoholism.
Term
Legionella pneumophila
Definition
contaminated water sources, elderly, smokers, alcohol, immune suppression
Term
moraxella catarrhalis
Definition
otitis, sinunsitis, bronchitis. atypical pneumonia
Term
mycobacterium avium
Definition
CD4 below 50. kyphosis/scoliosis. azythromycin
Term
mycobacterium tuberculosis
Definition
acid fast. 8 weeks. niacin. night sweats, weight loss. Ghon complex. multi-drug resistant
Term
mycoplasma pneumoniae
Definition
no stain, no cell wall. fried egg colony. walking pneumonia.
Term
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Definition
diplococci. Thayer martin agar.
Term
nocardia sp
Definition
acid fast. mimic TB
Term
psudomonas aeruginosa
Definition
pyocyanin and pyoverdine. nosocomial. otitis media. cystic fibrossi. multiple drug resistant.
Term
staphylococcus aureas
Definition
clusters, golden hue, coagulase positive. secondary pneuomia. methicillin, vancomycin, daptomycin.
Term
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Definition
diplococci. susceptible to bile, quellung. capsule. splenectomy. #1 cause of community acquird pneumonia
Term
Streptococcus pyogenes
Definition
bactitracin. M protein. rheumatic fever.
Term
histoplasma
Definition
bird feces. mississsippi, ohio, misouri river valley.
Term
coccidiodes immitis
Definition
thick walled spheres, smaller endospores. earthquake. san joaquin valley.
Term
blastomyces
Definition
thick walled. midwestern river valleys and atlantic states. sub-acute pneumonia similar to histoplasma
Term
pneumocystis jiroveci
Definition
clumps of cysts. AIDS. ground glass haziness. High LDH
Term
cryptococcus neoformans
Definition
capsule. pigeon. AIDS.
Term
mucor and rhizopus
Definition
non-septate hyphae. diabetic ketoacidosis.
Term
adenovirus
Definition
airborne, feco-oral, fomite, outbreaks common in communal living. pharyngo-conjunctival fever.
Term
coxsackievirus
Definition
herpangina (sores and ulcers in mouth)
Term
rhinovirus
Definition
common cold
Term
coronavirus
Definition
SARS. common cold.
Term
hantavirus
Definition
rodent feces. nevada, new mexico, arizona. ARDS.
Term
influenza
Definition
hemagglutinin, neuraminidase. osteltamivir and zanamivir (contraindicated in asthma).
Term
parainfluenza virus
Definition
croup
Term
respiratory syncytial virus
Definition
severe pneumonia in young children
Term
paragoniums
Definition
raw crab meat. hemoptysis (red streaked sputum).
Term
ascaris lumbricoides
Definition
eosinophilic pneumonia. migration of larvae
Term
Class A pathogens that may be used as bioweapons and cause respiratory illness
Definition
bacillus anthracis. yersinia pestis. francisella tularensis. smallpox (variola).
Term
staphylococcus sp
Definition
catalase positive
Term
streptococcus and enterococcus sp
Definition
catalase negative
Term
enterococcus faecalis
Definition
bile resistant. esculin. hypertonic saline.
Term
streptococcus bovis
Definition
bile resistant. esculine. hypertonic saline
Term
streptococcus agalactiae
Definition
bactiracin resistant
Term
streptococcus pyogenes
Definition
bacitracin sensitive
Term
viridans streptococcus
Definition
bile/optochin/deoxycholate
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