Craig Shared "ID2" - 114 Picmonics
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ID2
Bacteroides Fragilis
- Characteristics
- Gram-Negative
- Anaerobe
- Normal Colonic Flora
- Produces Vitamin K
- Produces Gas in Tissue
- Foul-Smelling
- Signs and Symptoms
- Gastrointestinal Abscess
- Treatment
- Penicillin-Resistant
- Clindamycin
- Metronidazole
2 mins
Neisseria gonorrhoeae Disease
- Signs & Symptoms
- Dysuria
- Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)
- Fitz-Hugh-Curtis Syndrome
- Neonatal Conjunctivitis
- Pharyngitis
- Septic Arthritis
- Tenosynovitis
- Pustules On Hands And Feet
- Treatment
- Ceftriaxone
- Azithromycin
- Doxycycline
- Considerations
- C5-9 Complement Deficiency (Recurrent Infections)
2 mins
Neisseria gonorrhoeae Characteristics
- Characteristics
- Gram Negative
- Diplococci
- Chocolate Agar
- Thayer-Martin Media
- VPN
- Oxidase Positive
- Glucose Fermenting
- Pilus
- Opa Surface Protein
- Rapid Antigenic Variation
- IgA Protease
2 mins
Klebsiella Characteristics
- Characteristics
- Gram-Negative
- Bacilli
- Oxidase-Negative
- Intestinal Flora
- Antiphagocytic Virulence Factor
- Polysaccharide Capsule
- Positive Quellung Reaction
- Mucoid Colonies
- Urease-Positive
- Fast Lactose Fermenter
- Pink on MacConkey Agar
2 mins
Klebsiella Disease
- Signs and Symptoms
- Aspiration Pneumonia
- Alcoholics
- Diabetics
- Red Currant Jelly Sputum
- Lung Abscess
- Nosocomial Urinary Tract Infection
2 mins
Haemophilus Influenzae Disease
- Disease
- Pneumonia
- Cherry Red Epiglottitis
- Meningitis
- Otitis Media
- COPD Exacerbation
- Thumbprint Sign (on X-ray)
- Treatment
- Rifampin Prophylaxis
- Ceftriaxone
2 mins
Haemophilus influenzae Characteristics
- 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
2 mins
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
- Rickettsia rickettsii
- Dermacentor Wood Tick
- Endemic to East Coast
- Fever
- Headache
- Rash Starts on Wrist and Ankle
- Rash migrates towards the trunk
- Thrombocytopenia
- Hyponatremia
- Elevated liver enzymes
59 secs
Coxiella burnetii
- Characteristics
- Gram Negative Bacteria
- Intracellular
- Aerosol Transmission
- Affects Animal Handlers
- Presentation
- Q Fever
- Flu-like Symptoms
- Atypical Pneumonia
- Hepatitis
- Endocarditis
- Diagnosis
- Serology
- Treatment
- Doxycycline
2 mins
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
Yersinia Pestis (Black Plague)
- Characteristics
- Gram-Negative
- Bacilli
- Oxidase-Negative
- Non-lactose Fermenting
- Prairie Dogs
- Fleas
- Polysaccharide Capsule
- Vw Antigen
- F1 Antigen
- Inhibits Macrophages
- Southwest Region
- Signs and Symptoms
- Lymphadenopathy
- Pneumonia
- Black Cutaneous Hemorrhagic Lesions
- Buboes
- Diagnosis
- Bipolar Giemsa Staining
3 mins
Francisella tularensis
- Mechanism
- Contact with Infected Animals
- Dermacentor Wood Tick
- Deer Fly
- Characteristics
- Gram-Negative
- Coccobacilli
- Facultative Intracellular
- Charcoal Yeast Agar with Cysteine and Iron
- Signs and Symptoms
- Ulceration
- Fever
- Painful Lymphadenopathy
- Caseating Granulomas
- Treatment
- Streptomycin
3 mins
Rickettsia
- Need CoA and NAD
- Rocky Mountain spotted fever
- Typhus
- Ehrlichiosis
- Q fever
- Arthropod vector
- Fever
- Headache
- Rash
- Weil-Felix reaction
- Treatment doxycycline
1 min
Bartonella henselae
- Characteristics
- Gram-Negative
- Pleomorphic
- Bacillus
- Signs and Symptoms
- Cat Scratch Fever
- Lymphadenopathy
- Bacillary Angiomatosis
- Patients with AIDS
- Mimics Kaposi Sarcoma
- Benign
- Reactive Arthritis
- Non-Caseating Granuloma
2 mins
Brucella
- Characteristics
- Gram-Negative
- Coccobacillus
- Unpasteurized milk
- Goat cheese
- Inside macrophages
- Signs and Symptoms
- Lymphadenopathy
- Granulomas
- Undulating fever
- Treatment
- Doxycycline
- Gentamicin
2 mins
Borrelia burgdorferi
- Characteristics
- Lyme Disease
- Spirochete
- Dark-field Microscopy
- Giemsa Stain
- Silver Stain
- White-footed Mouse
- Ixodes Tick
- Babesia
- Anaplasmosis
- Signs & Symptoms
- Flu-like Symptoms
- Erythema Migrans
- Bulls Eye Rash
- Bilateral Bell's Palsy
- Conduction Defects
- Arthropathy
- Treatments
- Doxycycline
- Ceftriaxone
3 mins
Fluoroquinolones Toxicities
- Diarrhea
- Skin Rash
- Headache
- Tendon Rupture in Adults
- Myalgias in Kids
- Damage to Cartilage
- Teratogen
- QT Prolongation
1 min
Trimethoprim
- Mechanism of Action
- Bacteriostatic
- Inhibits Bacterial Dihydrofolate Reductase
- Causes Sequential Block of Folate Synthesis
- Used in Combination with Sulfamethoxazole
- Combination Used For Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections
- Indications
- Shigella
- Salmonella
- Pneumocystis Jiroveci Pneumonia
- Side Effects
- Decrease in Red and White Blood Cells
- Alleviated with Leucovorin Rescue
2 mins
Tetracycline Toxicities
- Inhibition of Bone Growth in Children
- Teratogen
- Discoloration of Teeth
- Photosensitivity
- GI Distress
2 mins
Tetracycline Mechanism
- Binds to 30 S to Prevent Attachment of Aminoacyl tRNA
- Limited CNS Penetration
- Divalent Cations Inhibit Absorption
- Must Not Take with Milk, Antacids, Iron
1 min
