Bacteriology — Flashcards

_____, Moraxella catarrhalis, and Legionella are common causes of pneumonia superimposed on COPD

Klebsiella, Enterobacter, and Serratia commonly cause nosocomial _____ and UTIs

_____ invades the GI mucosal cells, resulting in infectious diarrhea

Hint: Shigella or EHEC

Exotoxin A causes _____ of EF-2 (elongation factor-2), thus inhibiting protein synthesis

Nocardia is a gram _____ branching filamentous rod

_____ of Mycobacteria tuberculosis activates macrophages via induction of TNF-a, which then form granulomas

_____ is found in abundance within a bacterial spore and is thought to provide heat resistance

Rickettsia is technically a gram _____, however it doesn't gram stain well at all

_____ is a virulence factor released from Group A Strep that converts plasminogen to plasmin (a fibrinolytic)

_____ agar is commonly used to differentiate species of streptococcus