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Bacteria - Gram-Negative Rods - Intracellular Obligate Parasites
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
Shigella
- Characteristics
- Gram-Negative
- Bacilli
- Non Lactose Fermenting
- White on Macconkey Agar
- Oxidase Negative
- Non H2S Producing
- Day Care Centers
- High Virulence
- Replicates Intracellularly
- Actin Rocket
- Signs and Symptoms
- Bloody Diarrhea
- Shiga Toxin
- Inhibits 60S Ribosome
- Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS)
- Hemolytic Anemia
- Thrombocytopenia
- Kidney Failure
3 mins
Brucella
- Characteristics
- Gram-Negative
- Coccobacillus
- Unpasteurized milk
- Goat cheese
- Inside macrophages
- Signs and Symptoms
- Lymphadenopathy
- Granulomas
- Undulating fever
- Treatment
- Doxycycline
- Gentamicin
2 mins
Salmonella Overview
- Pathophysiology
- Gram-Negative Rod
- Oxidase Negative
- Non Lactose Fermenter
- White on Macconkey Agar
- H2S Producing
- Flagella
- Invades GI Tract
- Peyer's Patches
- Considerations
- Osteomyelitis in Sickle Cell Patients
- Reactive Arthritis
- Antibiotics Prolong Fecal Excretion
3 mins
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
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
Legionella Characteristics
- Characteristics
- Bacillus
- Poor Gram Stain
- Charcoal Yeast with Iron and Cysteine
- Silver Stain
- Water Sources
- Smokers and Heavy Drinkers
- Detect Antigen in Urine
2 mins
Legionella Disease
- Signs and Symptoms
- High Fever
- Diarrhea
- Increased Liver Enzymes
- Hyponatremia
- Type IV Renal Tubular Acidosis
- Severe Atypical Pneumonia
- Pontiac Fever
- Treatment
- Fluoroquinolones
- Macrolides
2 mins
Mycobacterium leprae
- Characteristics
- Acid-Fast
- Aerobic
- Likes Cool Temperature
- Diagnosis by Skin Biopsy or PCR
- Lepromatous Leprosy
- Th2 Response
- Leonine Facies
- Tuberculoid Leprosy
- TH1 Response
- Hypoesthetic Skin Plaques
- Granulomatous Response
- Treatment
- Dapsone
- Rifampin
- Clofazimine
2 mins
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Characteristics
- Characteristics
- Mycolic Acid Cell Wall
- Acid-fast
- Carbolfuchsin Stain Red
- Lowenstein-Jensen Agar
- Serpentine Cord Factor
- Primary TB
- Primary TB
- Caseating Granuloma
- Ghon Focus
- Hilar Lymph Nodes
- Ghon Complex
- Reactivation TB
- Reactivation TB
- Reactivation in Apex
3 mins
Yersinia Enterocolitica
- Characteristics
- Gram-Negative
- Bacilli
- Non-lactose Fermenting
- Non-H2S Producing
- Oxidase-Negative
- Day Care Centers
- Pork
- Raw Milk
- Pet (Puppy) Feces
- Signs and Symptoms
- Bloody Diarrhea
- Mesenteric Adenitis
- Granulomatous Microabscess in Mesenteric Lymph Nodes
- Pseudoappendicitis (Mimics)
- Reactive Arthritis
2 mins
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