Med Micro Exam 2 Pathogen Cheat Sheet

Eggs

Nontyphoidal Salmonella

Raw chicken

Campylobacter jejuni

Potato salad

Staphylococcus aureus

Rice and starchy foods

Bacillus cereus

Canned foods & Infant eating honey

Clostridium botulinum

Ready-to-eat foods

Listeria monocytogenes

Contaminated animal products

Bacillus anthracis

Unpasteurized milk

Brucella spp.

Undercooked ground beef

Shiga Toxin E. coli

Rusty nail

Clostridium tetani

Burn wound infection

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Ventilator-associated pneumonia

Acinetobacter baumannii

Rusty sputum

Streptococcus pneumoniae

Cat scratch

Bartonella henselae

Rabbit bite

Francisella tularensis

Man-made AC units

Legionella pneumophila

Birth transfer of pathogen

Streptococcus agalactiae

Biofilm on catheter (Gram negative)

Klebsiella pneumoniae

Biofilm on catheter (Gram positive)

Enterococcus faecalis

Strawberry tongue and sandpaper rash

Streptococcus pyogenes (scarlet fever)

Necrotizing fasciitis

Streptococcus pyogenes

mechanism of diptheria toxin (corynebacterium diptheriae) and exotoxin A (p. aeruginosa)

EF2 inactivation

mechanism of shiga toxin and shiga-like toxin

60S ribosome cleavage

mechanism of cholera toxin (vibrio cholerae) and, heat-labile toxin in E. coli, pertussis toxin, and edema toxin

cAMP elevation

mechanism of heat-stable toxin in e. coli

cGMP activation

mechanism of TSST-1 (s. aureus) and SpeA/SpeC (S. pyogenes)

superantigen cytokine storm

mechanism of protein A, M protein, Poly-D-Glutamic Acid Capsule, and K1 capsule

immune evasion and antiphagocytosis