Potent Potables
Treatment
Lab
Clinical
Pathogenicity
100
Survive inside macrophages Affect Lincoln family
What is Brucella abortus, melitensis, suis
100
use linezolid, daptomycin, quinupristin/dalfopristin
What is MRSA or VRSA
100
Obligate intracellular pathogen Giemsa stain, difficult and hazardous to culture
What is Rickettsia rickettsii rikettsia is risky!
100
Aspiration leads to pulmonary parenchyma and pleural space infection. Rupture of intestine or IUD causes abdominal or pelvic infection.
What is Actinomyces Israeli
100
Causes purulent infections
What is Streptococcus pyogenes
200
appearance “closed safety pins”
What is Yersinia pestis
200
Penicillin prophylaxis
What is Streptococcus pyogenes
200
Small, coccobacillus, facultative Difficult to grow Serological assay
What is Francisella tularensis
200
Prevents antibody-mediated clearance
What is Protein A of Staphylococcus auerus
300
Vegetable mister, aspiration No human to human transmission
What is Legionella pneumophila
300
Respiratory support Trivalent equine antitoxin Antibiotics to eliminate residual bacteria (unproven efficacy)
What is Clostridium botulinum
300
Due to the fact that they are acid fast, this genus of bacteria stain gram positive only weakly.
What is Nocardia
300
Causes community acquired pneumonia in alcoholics or hospital acquired pneumonia
What is Klebsiella pneumoniae
300
has Lethal factor (LF) – zinc protease, cleaves host kinase
What is Bacillus antrhacis
400
Bundle-forming pili (BFP) – initial attachment Intimin – surface protein, adhesion
What is Enteropathogenic E. Coli (EPEC)
400
Always treat typhoid fever and bacteremia
What is serovar typhi
400
Causes Respiratory colonization in individuals with cystic fibrosis
What is Burkholderia cepacia
400
Causes STD similar to syphilis
What is Haemophilus ducreyl
400
Facultative intracellular pathogen – can invade eukaryotic cell
What is Listeria monocytogenes
500
Part of normal mouth and respiratory floral of cats and dogs Humans infected after cat or dog bite
What is Pasteurella multocida
500
At least 2 drugs Aminoglycosides used with an active agent against cell walls – piperacillin, ceftazidime, impenem, aztreonam Most other penicillins and cephalosporins are not active Quinolones used with piperacillin
What is Pseudomonads aeruginosa?
500
These Tiny coccobacilli cultures rarely amplify by PCR
What is Bordetella pertussis
500
Causes Mild disease in animals
What is Bordetella bronchiseptica
500
Urease – split urea into ammonium hydroxide, raise urine pH, promote formation of struvite kidney stones
What is Proteus mirabilis, proteus vulgaris
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