Microbial Deck

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Question 1
Staphylococcus aureus
GRAM- POSITIVE BACTERIA
  • skin infections
  • golden yellow colony on agar
  • round grape clusters on slides
Question 2
Streptococcus pyogenes
GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA
  • causes acute soft tissue infections and pharyngitis, impetigo
  • direct contact/ respiratory droplets
  • treated with Penicillin
  • causes rheumatic fever
Question 3
Salmonella spp.
Answer 3
GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA
  • live in intestines of animals
  • transmitted through contaminated food
  • a rare strain causes Typhoid fever
  • zoonotic
  • wash hands with soap & water after being around animals
Question 4
Escherichia coli
Answer 4
GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA
  • Ingested by contaminated food or water
  • don't eat raw/undercooked meat
  • wash hands
  • highly versatile
  • UTI, sepsis, meningitis, diarrhea
Question 5
Vibrio cholera
Answer 5
GRAM- NEGATIVE BACTERIA
  • found in water/food sources contaminated by poop
  • found in brackish rivers a coastal waters (raw shellfish)
  • causes Cholera
  • vehicle-borne transmission (water)
  • flagella at one pole
Question 6
Clostridium tetani
Answer 6
GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA
  • drumstick shape due to production of endospores
  • infection following injury
  • muscle spasms "lockjaw"
  • treated with Penicillin/ Metronidazole
Question 7
Clostridium perfringens
Answer 7
GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA
  • spore-forming, capsulated
  • common food-borne illness
  • beef, poultry, dried/ pre-cooked meats
  • outbreaks occur where bulk cooking occurs (schools, prisons, nursing homes, etc)
  • prevent by cooking/storing food at correct temperatures
Question 8
Clostridium difficile
Answer 8
GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA
  • spore-forming
  • causes colitis, often following antibiotic treatments
  • found in feces
  • transmitted fecal-->oral route
  • easily transmitted by medical workers
  • WASH HANDS
Question 9
Bacillus anthracis
Answer 9
GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA
  • resilient spore-forming rod
  • found in soil of grazing areas
  • transmitted via improper food handling
  • causes ulcer
  • fatal if untreated
  • rare
Question 10
Borrelia burgdorferi
Answer 10
DIDERM BACTERIA
  • spirochete
  • Lyme disease
  • no toxin, direct effect on tissues
  • transmitted into blood stream via tick bite
  • causes arthritic, neurological, cardiovascular symptoms
Question 11
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Answer 11
BACTERIA
  • spread through air from person-person
  • TB, infects lungs
  • waxy coating--> no gram stain, uses acid-fast stain
  • curved rods in chunks
Question 12
Bordatella pertussis
GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA
  • coccobacilli
  • whooping cough
  • person-person, droplets
  • highly contagious
  • zoonotic
Question 13
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA
  • diplococci
  • STD gonorrhea
  • infection to genitals, throat, eyes
  • Use protection, test pregnant women
Question 14
Treponema pallidum
BACTERIA
  • light microscopy- dark field illumination
  • spirochete
  • STD- syphilis
Question 15
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA
  • atypical
  • "walking pneumonia"
  • tracheobronchitis- chest cold
  • person-person, droplet transmission
  • no cell wall- resistant to antibiotics/penicillin
  • too small for a light microscope