Listeria monocytogenes US Medical PG Flashcards - Medical Study Cards
Master Listeria monocytogenes with OnCourse flashcards. These spaced repetition flashcards are designed for medical students preparing for NEET PG, USMLE Step 1, USMLE Step 2, MBBS exams, and other medical licensing examinations.
Listeria monocytogenes Flashcard Deck - 10 Cards
Flashcard 1: Which gram positive rod grows well at refrigeration temperatures (410C; cold enrichment)?_____
Answer: Listeria monocytogenes
Flashcard 2: Tropheryma whipplei is an intracellular, gram _____ organism
Answer: positive
Flashcard 3: Strep pneumonia contains _____, allowing bacteria to adhere and colonize the mucous membranes.
Answer: IgA protease
Flashcard 4: Gas gangrene
Answer: Clostridium perfringens
Extra: alpha toxin causes myonecrosis and hemolysis
Flashcard 5: Clostridium perfringens
Answer: +
Extra: bacilli anerobe gangrene alpha toxin
Flashcard 6: Clostridium botulinum
Answer: +
Extra: bacilli anerobe botulism, floppy baby syndrome botulinum toxin
Flashcard 7: Clostridium tetani
Answer: +
Extra: bacilli anerobe tetanus tetanospasmin
Flashcard 8: _____, _____, and _____ are important spore-forming Gram-positive bacteria found in soil.
Answer: Bacillus anthracis
Flashcard 9: diptheria
Answer: Corynebacterium diptheriae
Extra: exotoxin inhibits protein synthesis pseudomembraneous pharyngitis, lymphadenopathy, myocarditis, arrhythmias
Flashcard 10: Cornyebacterium diptheriae
Answer: +
Extra: bacilli black colonies on cystine-tellurite agar diptheria
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