Mycobacterium leprae
- Aerobic
- Acid Fast
- Likes Cool Temperature
- Tuberculoid leprosy
- Granulomatous response
- Positive Lepromin Skin Test
- Dapsone
- Rifampin
- Lepromatous leprosy
- Weak Immune System
- Leonine facies
- Negative Lepromin Skin Test
- Clofazimine
Neisseria gonorrhoeae Characteristics
- Gram Negative
- Diplococci
- Chocolate Agar
- Thayer-Martin Media
- VPN
- Oxidase Positive
- Glucose Fermenting
- Pilus
- Opa Surface Protein
- Rapid Antigenic Variation
- IgA Protease
Moraxella catarrhalis
- Gram-Negative
- Diplococci
- Oxidase-positive
- Catalase-positive
- Otitis Media
- Sinusitis
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- Bronchitis
- Laryngitis
Neisseria Meningitidis
- Gram-Negative
- Diplococci
- Chocolate Agar
- Thayer-Martin Media
- VPN
- Oxidase-Positive
- Maltose Fermentation
- Glucose Fermentation
- Endotoxin
- Lipooligosaccharide (LOS) in Membrane
- Polysaccharide Capsule
- IgA Protease
- Waterhouse Friderichsen Syndrome
- Adrenal Insufficiency
- Petechial Rash
- Ceftriaxone
- Rifampin Prophylaxis
Haemophilus influenzae Characteristics
- Gram-Negative
- Coccobacilli
- PRP Capsule in Type B
- Positive Quellung Reaction
- IgA Protease
- Chocolate Agar
- Factor V is NAD
- Factor X is Hematin
- Staph Aureus Provides Factor V
Bordetella pertussis
- Gram-Negative
- Coccobacillus
- Bordet-Gengou Agar
- ADP Ribosylating AB Toxin
- Inhibits Gi to cause Increase in cAMP
- Lymphocytosis
- Increase in Insulin
- Catarrhal Phase is Infectious Period
- Paroxysmal Phase is Symptomatic Period
- Whooping Cough
- Macrolides
Pasteurella multocida
- Gram-Negative
- Coccobacilli
- Charcoal Yeast with Iron and Cysteine
- Zoonotic - Cats and Dogs
- Cellulitis
- Osteomyelitis
- Septic Arthritis
- Amoxicillin-clavulanate
- Intravenous Antibiotics for Invasive Disease
Brucella
- Gram-Negative
- Coccobacillus
- Unpasteurized milk
- Goat cheese
- Inside macrophages
- Lymphadenopathy
- Granulomas
- Undulating fever
- Doxycycline
- Gentamicin
Francisella tularensis
- Contact with Infected Animals
- Dermacentor Wood Tick
- Deer Fly
- Gram-Negative
- Coccobacilli
- Facultative Intracellular
- Charcoal Yeast Agar with Cysteine and Iron
- Ulceration
- Fever
- Painful Lymphadenopathy
- Caseating Granulomas
- Streptomycin
Campylobacter jejuni
- Gram-Negative
- Bacillus
- Flagella
- Curved
- Corkscrew Appearance
- Oxidase-Positive
- Grows Well at 42 Degrees
- Undercooked Meat
- Unpasteurized Milk
- Animals with Diarrhea
- Bloody Diarrhea
- Guillain-Barre syndrome
- Reactive Arthritis
Vibrio Cholera Characteristics
- Gram-Negative
- Bacilli
- Glucose Fermenting
- Non-lactose Fermenting
- Oxidase Positive
- Comma Shaped
- Thrives in Alkaline Environment
- Crustaceans
Helicobacter Pylori
- Gram-Negative
- Bacilli
- Curved
- Polar Flagellum
- Catalase-Positive
- Oxidase-Positive
- Gastric and Duodenal Ulcers
- Ammonia
- Neutral Environment
- Gastric Adenocarcinoma
- MALT lymphoma
- Serology IgG antibody
- Stool Antigen
- Urease Positive Breath Test
- Biopsy
- 2 ABX and PPI
Shigella
- Gram-Negative
- Bacilli
- Non Lactose Fermenting
- White on Macconkey Agar
- Oxidase Negative
- Non H2S Producing
- Day Care Centers
- High Virulence
- Replicates Intracellularly
- Actin Rocket
- Bloody Diarrhea
- Shiga Toxin
- Inhibits 60S Ribosome
- Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS)
- Hemolytic Anemia
- Thrombocytopenia
- Kidney Failure
Yersinia Enterocolitica
- Gram-Negative
- Bacilli
- Non-lactose Fermenting
- Non-H2S Producing
- Oxidase-Negative
- Day Care Centers
- Pork
- Raw Milk
- Pet (Puppy) Feces
- Bloody Diarrhea
- Mesenteric Adenitis
- Granulomatous Microabscess in Mesenteric Lymph Nodes
- Pseudoappendicitis (Mimics)
- Reiter's Syndrome or Reactive Arthritis
Yersinia Pestis (Black Plague)
- Gram-Negative
- Bacilli
- Oxidase-Negative
- Non-lactose Fermenting
- Prairie Dogs
- Fleas
- Polysaccharide Capsule
- Vw Antigen
- F1 Antigen
- Inhibits Macrophages
- Southwest Region
- Lymphadenopathy
- Pneumonia
- Black Cutaneous Hemorrhagic Lesions
- Buboes
- Bipolar Giemsa Staining
Salmonella Overview
- Gram-Negative Rod
- Oxidase Negative
- Non Lactose Fermenter
- White on Macconkey Agar
- H2S Producing
- Flagella
- Invades GI Tract
- Peyer's Patches
- Osteomyelitis in Sickle Cell Patients
- Reactive Arthritis
- Antibiotics Prolong Fecal Excretion
Proteus Mirabilis
- Gram-Negative
- Bacillus
- Oxidase Negative
- Urease-Positive
- Swarming Motility
- Non-lactose Fermenting
- Urinary Tract Infection
- Struvite Crystals
- Staghorn Kidney Stones
Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Characteristics
- Gram-Negative
- Bacillus
- Aerobic
- Pyocyanin Pigment
- Blue-green Pigment
- Grape like odor
- Non-lactose Fermenting
- Polysaccharide Capsule
- Catalase-Positive
- Oxidase-Positive
- Inactivates Elongation Factor 2
- Exotoxin A
- Endotoxin
- Water sources
E. coli Overview
- Gram-Negative
- Bacillus
- Purple Colony with Metallic Green Sheen
- Lactose-Fermenting
- Pink on MacConkey Agar
- Diarrhea
- Lipid A Septic Shock
- P Pili Pyelonephritis and Cystitis
- K Capsule Neonatal Meningitis
- K Capsule Pneumonia
- H Antigen Flagella
Klebsiella Disease
- Aspiration Pneumonia
- Alcoholics
- Diabetics
- Red Currant Jelly Sputum
- Lung Abscess
- Nosocomial Urinary Tract Infection