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First Aid for the USMLE Step 1 (2021) | Physician Assistant (PA) School Study Aid
Streptococcus agalactiae
- Characteristics
- Group B Streptococci
- Gram-Positive
- Cocci
- Beta-Hemolytic
- Bacitracin-Resistant
- Catalase-Negative
- Pyrrolidonyl Arylamidase (PYR) Negative
- Polysaccharide Capsule
- Hippurate Positive (+)
- Produces CAMP Factor
- Enlarges Area of Hemolysis by S. aureus
- Disease
- Mainly in Babies
- Meningitis
- Pneumonia
- Sepsis
- Colonizes Vagina
- Treatment
- Screen Pregnant Women at 35-37 Weeks
- Penicillin
3 mins
Streptococcus Bovis
- Characteristics
- Group D Streptococci
- Catalase-Negative
- Gram Positive Cocci
- Does Not Grow in 6.5% NaCl
- Grows in Bile
- Clinical Features
- Endocarditis
- Bacteremia Associated with Liver Disease
- Bacteremia Associated with Colon Cancer
2 mins
Enterococci
- Characteristics
- Gram-Positive Cocci
- Catalase Negative
- 6.5% NaCl
- Grows in Bile
- Normal Colonic Flora
- Signs and Symptoms
- Urinary Tract Infection
- Subacute Endocarditis
- Penicillin Resistant
- VRE (Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci)
2 mins
Bacillus Anthracis (Anthrax) Characteristics
- Characteristics
- Gram-Positive
- Spore-Forming
- D-glutamate Polypeptide Capsule
- Protective Antigen
- Lethal Toxin
- Edema Factor
- Increased cAMP
1 min
Bacillus Anthracis (Anthrax) Disease
- Signs and Symptoms
- Cutaneous
- Painless Black Eschar (Necrotic Lesion)
- Pulmonary
- Mediastinal Widening
- Rapidly Fatal
- Woolsorter's Disease
- Gastrointestinal
- Consuming Anthrax-infected Meat
2 mins
