Med Micro Block Test 1 Clinical Features – Flashcards

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Staphylococcus aureus
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cutaneous: impetigo, folliculitis, furuncles, carbuncles, wounds

disseminated: pneumonia, empyema, osteomyelitis, septic arthritis

toxin-mediated: toxic shock syndrome, scalded skin syndrome, food poisoning

 

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Staphylococcus epidermidis
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opportunistic, infections on foreign bodies (catheters, shunts, prosthetic joints, and heart valves)
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staphylococcus saprophyticus

 

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UTIs
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Streptococcus pyogenes
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suppurative infections: pharyngitis, scarlet fever, rheumatic fever; glomerulonephritis; skin and soft-tissue infection (impetigo, erysipelas, cellulitis, necrotizing fascitis), TSS

 

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Streptococcus agalactiae
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Neonatal disease (early onset, late onset; bacteremia, pneumonia, meningitis)

 

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Viridans streptococci
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subacute endocarditis

dental caries

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Streptococcus pneumoniae
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pneumonia; meningitis; endocarditis, bacteremia, sinusitis, otitis media
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Enterococcus faecalis and E faecium
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Bacteremia, intra-abdominal abscess, urinary tract infection, endocarditis
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Bacillus anthracis
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cutaneous anthrax, inhalation anthrax, gastrointestinal anthrax

 

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Bacillus cereus
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gastroenteritis

ocular infections

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Corynebacterium diphtheriae
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diphtheria; respiratory, cutaneous
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Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
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erysipeloid (cellulitis characterized by painful, pruritic, inflammatory skin lesions)

 

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Listeria monocytogenes
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neonates

early onset (granulomatosis infantiseptica)

late onset (meningitis with septicemia)

flulike illness in adults

bacteremia or disseminated disease in pregnant women or patients with defective cell-mediated immunity

 

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Clostridium perfringens
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soft-tissue infections; cellulitis, myonecrosis; food poisoning; septicemia
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Clostridium difficile
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antibiotic-related diarrhea

pseudomembranous colitis

 

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Clostridium botulinum
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botulism; foodborne, infant, wound
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Clostridium tetani
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tetanus; generalized, localized, neonatal
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Propionibacterium acne
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Acne
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Actinomyces
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actinomycosis; cervicofacial, thoracic, abdominal, pelvic, central nervous system
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Mycobacterium avium complex
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localized disease in patients with chronic pulmonary disease; disseminated disease in AIDS patients
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Mycobacterium leprae
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leprosy - tuberculoid form to lepromatous form
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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tuberculosis; pulmonary, extrapulmonary
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Nocardia species
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bronchopulmonary disease; primary or secondary cutaneous infections; brain abscesses
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Neisseria gonorrhoeae
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urethritis, cervicitis, pelvic inflammatory disease, arthritis
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Neisseria meningitidis
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meningitis, bacteremia (meningococcemia)
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Moraxella catarrhalis
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otitis media, sinusitis
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Acinetobacter
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pneumonia, septicemia, oppurtunistic infections
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enteropathogenic E. Coli
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watery diarrhea and vomiting
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Enterohemorrhagic E. Coli
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Hemorrhagic colitis, hemolytic uremic syndrome
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Enterotoxigenic E. coli
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watery diarrhea
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Enteroaggregative E. coli
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diarrhea with mucus
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Enteroinvasive E. coli
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watery diarrhea, hemorrhagic colitis
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Uropathogenic E. coli
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cystitis, pyelonephritis
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E. coli - meningitis
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Acute meningitis
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Klebsiella pneumoniae
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pneumonia, UTIs
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Klebsiella granulomatis
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granuloma inguinale
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Proteus
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UTIs, wound infections
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Salmonella enterica
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diarrhea

enteric fever

(serovar Typhi)

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Shigella
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Bacillary dysentery
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Bacteriodes, Fusobacterium
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polymicrobial infections of abdomen

female genital tract

cutaneous and soft tissues

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa
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Pulmonary diseases

primary skin infection

urinary tract infection

ear or eye infections

bacteremia

 

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Vibrio cholerae
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Severe watery diarrhea
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Vibrio parahaemolyticus
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Watery diarrhea
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Vibrio vulnificus
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Wound infections; primary septicemia
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Campylobacter jejuni, C. coli, C. upsaliensis
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gastroenteritis
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Campylobacter fetus
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septicemia

meningitis

gastroenteritis

abortion

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Helicobacter pylori
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Gastritis

peptic and duodenal ulcers

gastric adenocarcinoma

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Haemophilus influenzae
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Encapsulated type b strains

meningitis, septicemia, cellulitis, epiglottis

unencapsulated strains

otitis media

sinusitis, bronchitis, pneumonia

 

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Haemophilus ducreyi
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Chanroid
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HACEK pathogen
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subacute endocarditis
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Bordetella pertussis
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Pertussis (whooping cough)
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Legionella pneumophilia
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Legionnaires disease (pneumonia)

Pontiac fever (flulike illness)

 

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Francisella tularensis
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tularema

ulceroglandular, oculoglandular, pneumonic

 

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Yersinia pestis
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Bubonic and pneumonic plague (a bioterrorist concern)
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Streptobacillus moniliformis and Spirillum minus
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rat-bite fever, Haverhill fever
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Brucella
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Brucellosis (undulant fever), a bioterrorism concern
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Bartonella henselae
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Bacillary angiomatosis (BA)

subacute endocarditis

cat-scratch disease (CSD)

 

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Bartonella quintana

 

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Trench fever (TF)

bacillary angiomatosis (BA)

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Bartonella bacilliformis
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Carrion's disease - Oroya fever (OF) and Verrugo Peruana
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Pasteurella multocida
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Local cellulitis

septicemia in immunocompromised patients

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Treponema pallidum
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Syphilis; primary, secondary, tertiary, congenital

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Borrelia burgdorferi
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Lyme disease; erythema migrans, cardiac, neurologic, or rheumatologic abnormalities
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Borrelia recurrentis, B. hermsii
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Epidemic and endemic relapsing fever
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Leptospira interrogans
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Leptospirosis; mild, viral like illness to severe multiorgan illness (Weil syndrome)
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