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Microbiology
Coronavirus
- Characteristics
- RNA Virus
- Enveloped
- Helical
- SS Positive Linear
- Symptoms
- Common Cold
- SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)
1 min
Coxsackievirus
- Characteristics
- Picornavirus
- Signs and Symptoms
- Coxsackie A
- Febrile Pharyngitis
- Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease
- Most Common Cause of Aseptic Meningitis
- Late Summer
- Coxsackie B
- Myocarditis
- Dilated Cardiomyopathy
- Type 1 Diabetes
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
Hepatitis A
- Characteristics
- Picornavirus
- 4 Week Incubation Period
- Fecal-oral
- Day Care Centers
- Travel to Developing Countries
- Signs and Symptoms
- Usually Asymptomatic
- Acute Disease
- Jaundice
- Fever
- Vomiting
2 mins
Norovirus
- Characteristics
- Calicivirus
- RNA Virus
- Non-enveloped
- Icosahedral
- SS Positive Linear
- Symptoms
- Acute Gastroenteritis
- Treatment
- Supportive Therapy
- Considerations
- Often found in Cruise Ships
1 min
Picornavirus
- Characteristics
- Non-enveloped
- RNA Virus
- Icosahedral
- Positive Sense
- A large polypeptide cleaved by proteases
- Viruses
- Rhinovirus
- Poliovirus
- Coxsackievirus
- Hepatitis A Virus
- Echovirus
- Aseptic meningitis
1 min
Rhinovirus
- Picornavirus
- Cause of Common Cold
- More than 100 Serologic Types
- Destroyed by Stomach Acid
32 secs
Rubella
- Characteristics
- RNA Virus
- Matonaviridae
- Enveloped
- Icosahedral
- SS Positive Linear
- Signs and Symptoms
- German Measles or Three-Day Measles
- Fever
- Postauricular Tenderness
- Lymphadenopathy
- Truncal Rash
- Arthritis
- Congenital TORCH Infection
2 mins
Rubella TORCH
- Signs and Symptoms
- Nonspecific TORCH Symptoms
- Patent Ductus Arteriosus
- Pulmonary Artery Hypoplasia
- Cataracts
- Deafness
- Blueberry Muffin Rash
- Glaucoma
1 min
Staphylococcus aureus Characteristics
- Characteristics
- Gram-Positive
- Cocci
- Catalase-Positive
- Coagulase-Positive
- Beta-Hemolytic
- Protein A Virulence Factor
- Inhibits Phagocytosis
- MRSA
- Resistant to Beta Lactams Due to Altered Penicillin Binding Proteins (PBPs)
2 mins
Staphylococcus aureus Disease
- Skin Infections
- Impetigo
- Abscesses
- Exfoliative Toxin
- Scalded Skin Syndrome
- Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSST 1)
- Binds to MHC II and T Cell Receptor
- Food Poisoning
- Acute Bacterial Endocarditis
- Pneumonia
- Osteomyelitis
2 mins
Staphylococcus epidermidis
- Characteristics
- Cocci
- Gram-Positive
- Catalase-Positive
- Urease-Positive
- Coagulase-Negative
- Novobiocin-Sensitive
- Component of Normal Skin Flora
- Infects Prosthetic Devices and IV Catheters
- Contaminates Blood Cultures
- Produces Adherent Biofilms
2 mins
Staphylococcus saprophyticus
- Characteristics
- Gram-Positive
- Cocci
- Catalase-Positive
- Coagulase-Negative
- Novobiocin-Resistant
- Urease-Positive
- Disease
- Urinary Tract Infections (UTI's)
1 min
Streptococcus Pneumoniae Characteristics
- Characteristics
- Gram-Positive
- Diplococci
- Lancet-Shaped
- Catalase-Negative
- Optochin-Sensitive
- Bile Soluble
- Alpha-Hemolytic
- Polysaccharide Capsule
- Positive Quellung Reaction
- IgA Protease
1 min
Streptococcus Pneumoniae Disease
- Signs and Symptoms
- Sickle Cell Anemia
- Sepsis in Patients with Splenectomy
- Rusty Sputum
- MOPS
- Meningitis
- Otitis Media
- Pneumonia
- Sinusitis
2 mins
Streptococcus Pyogenes Disease
- Pyogenic
- Pyogenic
- Pyogenic Pharyngitis
- Impetigo
- Cellulitis
- Toxigenic
- Toxic Shock-Like Syndrome
- Scarlet Fever
- Sandpaper Rash
- Strawberry Tongue
- Immunologic
- Immunologic
- Rheumatic Fever
- Antibodies to M Protein
- Acute Glomerulonephritis (Post Streptococcal Glomerulonephritis)
2 mins
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 pyogenes Characteristics
- Characteristics
- Group A Streptococci (GAS)
- Gram-Positive
- Cocci
- Beta-Hemolytic
- Catalase-Negative
- Bacitracin-Sensitive
- Hyaluronic Acid Capsule
- Streptolysin O
- DNase
- Streptokinase
- Exotoxin A
- Pyrrolidonyl Arylamidase (PYR) Positive
2 mins
Streptococcus viridans
- Characteristics
- Gram-Positive
- Cocci
- Catalase-Negative
- Alpha-Hemolytic
- Optochin-Resistant
- Not Bile Soluble
- Normal Flora of Oropharynx
- Synthesize Dextrans from Sucrose
- Disease
- Dental Caries
- Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis
2 mins
Yellow Fever Virus
- Characteristics
- Flavivirus
- RNA Virus
- Enveloped
- Icosahedral
- SS Positive Linear
- Transmitted By Aedes Mosquitos
- Monkey or Human Reservoir
- Signs and Symptoms
- High fever
- Jaundice
- Black vomitus
2 mins
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