MICROBIOLOGY: Quick Notes

Smallest living organism (1-3 um)

Mycoplasma

Smallest pathogenic bacteria

Haemophilus ducreyi

Largest living organism

BACILLUS

Largest pathogenic bacteria

Bacillus anthracis

Longest bacteria (10 um)

BORRELIA

Smallest DNA

Parvovirus

Largest DNA

Poxvirus

Smallest RNA virus

Picornavirus (Enterovirus)

Largest RNA virus

Paramyxovirus

Inborn error of metabolism

MSUD

Cause of MRSA, Nosocomial infection

Acinetobacter baumannii

Fastest and simplest method of sterilization

Moist heat

Most common method of treating infectious materials

Incineration

Most commonly used chemical sterilant

Ethylene oxide

Most commonly used antiseptic

Iodine tincture

COLON ORGANISMS

#1

#2

COLON ORGANISMS

#1 Escherichia coli (E. coli)

#2 Bacteroides fragilis

CYSTIC FIBROSIS

#1

#2

#3

CYSTIC FIBROSIS

#1 Pseudomonas aeruginosa

#2 Burkholderia cepacia

#3 Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

NOSOCOMIAL INFECTION

#1

#2

#3

NOSOCOMIAL INFECTION

#1 Pseudomonas aeruginosa

#2 Acinetobacter baumanni

#3 Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

STD

#1

#2

STD

#1 Chlamydia trachomatis

#2 Neisseria gonorrhoeae

#1 NEONATAL MENINGITIS:

#1 NEONATAL MENINGITIS (Developing Countries):

#1 NEONATAL MENINGITIS: S. agalactiae

#1 NEONATAL MENINGITIS (Developing Countries): E. coli

BACILLIARY BACTEREMIA

#1

#2

#3

BACILLIARY BACTEREMIA

#1 E. coli

#2 K. pneumoniae

#3 P. aeruginosa

NTM CAUSING TUBERCULOSIS IN THOSE WITH CYSTIC FIBROSIS

#1

#2

NTM CAUSING TUBERCULOSIS IN THOSE WITH CYSTIC FIBROSIS

#1 M. avium intracellulare

#2 M. kansasii

CANDIDA (Most Common)

#1

#2

CANDIDA (Most Common)

#1 C. albicans

#2 C. tropicalis

MOST COMMON ROUNDWORMS

#1

#2

#3

MOST COMMON ROUNDWORMS

#1 Ascaris

#2 Hookworm

#3 Trichuris

Fastest and simplest method of sterilization

Moist heat

Most common method of treating infectious materials

Incineration

Most commonly used chemical sterilant

Ethylene oxide

Most commonly used antiseptic

Iodine tincture