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
Entamoeba histolytica
- Protozoa
- Amebiasis
- Ingestion of Cysts in Food and Water
- Bloody Diarrhea
- Flask-Shaped Ulcer
- Liver Abscess
- Anchovy Paste
- RUQ Pain
- RBCs in Cytoplasm of Trophozoite
- Cyst With Four Nuclei
- Metronidazole
- Iodoquinol
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
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
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
Clostridioides difficile (Clostridium difficile)
- Gram-Positive
- Bacillus
- Anaerobe
- Clindamycin and Ampicillin
- Toxin A Enterotoxin
- Damages Brush Border of Gut
- Toxin B Cytotoxin
- Damages Cytoskeletal Structure
- Diarrhea
- Pseudomembranous Colitis
- Toxic Megacolon
- Detect Toxins in Stool
- Metronidazole
- Vancomycin
Clostridium perfringens
- Gram-Positive
- Bacillus
- Anaerobe
- Spore-Forming
- Alpha Toxin Lecithinase
- Phospholipase
- Heat Labile Enterotoxin
- Myonecrosis
- Gas Gangrene
- Food Poisoning and Diarrhea
- Hyperbaric O2 Chamber
Vibrio Cholera Characteristics
- Gram-Negative
- Bacilli
- Glucose Fermenting
- Non-lactose Fermenting
- Oxidase Positive
- Comma Shaped
- Thrives in Alkaline Environment
- Crustaceans
Common Causes of Pneumonia: Neonates (< 4 Weeks Old)
- Group B Streptococci
- E. coli
Common Causes of Pneumonia: Children (4 Weeks - 18 Years)
- Runts May Cough Chunky Sputum
- RSV (Viruses)
- Mycoplasma
- Chlamydia pneumoniae
- Chlamydia trachomatis
- Streptococcus pneumoniae
Common Causes of Pneumonia: Adults (18 - 40 Years Old)
- Mycoplasma
- Streptococcus pneumoniae
- Chlamydia pneumoniae
Common Causes of Pneumonia: Middle-Aged Adults (40 - 65 Years Old)
- Streptococcus pneumoniae
- Mycoplasma
- Haemophilus influenzae
- Anaerobes
- Viruses
Common Causes of Pneumonia: Elderly (65+ Years Old)
- Influenza Virus
- Haemophilus influenzae
- Anaerobes
- Streptococcus pneumoniae
- Gram-Negative Rods