Chlamydia pneumoniae — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: Chlamydia spp. cell walls lack _____

Answer: muramic acid

Flashcard 2: 1st stage of Chlamydia spp. life cycle: _____

Answer: elementary

Flashcard 3: What stain is used to visualize Chlamydia spp.?_____

Answer: Giemsa

Flashcard 4: 2nd stage of Chlamydia spp. life cycle: _____

Answer: reticular

Flashcard 5: How is Mycoplasma pneumoniae transmitted?_____

Answer: Inhalation of droplets

Flashcard 6: Which form of Chlamydia spp. is infectious?_____

Answer: Elementary body

Flashcard 7: Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Answer:

Extra: Eaton's agaratypical "walking" pneumoniamacrolide or flouroquinolone

Flashcard 8: What are the key associations to remember for cold agglutinin?

Answer: IgM, Mycoplasma, Mononucleosis (EBV)

Flashcard 9: Mycoplasmal pneumonia

Answer: Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Extra: pneumonia with insidious onset, headache, nonproductive cough, diffuse interstitial infiltratelung X-ray: diffuse interstitial inflitratemacrolide or flouroquinolone<30 y/o, military recruits and prisoners

Flashcard 10: What factor explains Mycoplasma's inability to Gram stain?

Answer: no cell wall!