MD & DO Step 1 Microbiology Bacteria Trigger Words

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Murray’s Microbiology has helpful sections in each chapter listing pathogens and trigger words.
The following is a list of bacteria only and their trigger words that I found useful for Step 1 review. The Murray text also provides similar associations for viruses, fungi, protozoa, etc. Refer to Murray’s text for more information. PDF document attached.

Enjoy. Don't get triggered.

Bacteria & Trigger Words

Staphylococcus aureus
Coagulase, cytotoxins, exfoliative toxins, enterotoxins, toxic shock syndrome toxin, MRSA

Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A)
Group A, pharyngitis, pyoderma, rheumatic fever, glomerulonephritis

Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B)
Group B, neonatal disease, screening pregnant women

Streptococcus pneumoniae
Diplococci, capsule, pneumonia, meningitis, vaccine

Enterococcus
Diplococci, gastrointestinal carriage, drug-resistant, urinary tract infections, peritonitis

Bacillus anthracis
Spore-former, capsule, edema toxin, lethal toxin, anthrax, bioterrorism

Listeria monocytogenes
Coccobacilli, beta-hemolytic, meningitis, opportunistic

Corynebacterium diphtheriae
Diphtheria toxin, pharyngitis, selective culture, vaccine

Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Acid-fast, lipid-rich cell wall, intracellular, PPD, drug-resistant

Mycobacterium leprae
Acid-fast, leprosy, non-culturable, skin test, IFN-γ release assays

Nocardia
Modified acid-fast, filamentous, bronchopulmonary or cutaneous disease, opportunistic

Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Diplococci, person-to-person, gonorrhea, arthritis, ophthalmia, drug resistance

Neisseria meningitidis
Diplococci, person-to-person, meningitis, meningococcemia, pneumonia, vaccine

Haemophilus
Small coccobacilli, type b, PRP, meningitis, chancroid, vaccine

Escherichia coli
Gastroenteritis (EAEC, EIEC, EPEC, ETEC, STEC), neonatal meningitis, urinary tract infection

Salmonella
Gastroenteritis, enteric fever, poultry, antibiotic treatment

Shigella
Gastroenteritis, dysentery, person-to-person, Shiga toxin, antibiotic treatment

Yersinia
Bubonic plague, pneumonic plague, gastroenteritis, transfusion sepsis, zoonotic

Vibrio cholerae
Serogroup O1, cholera, cholera toxin, shellfish, fluid replacement

Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Capsule, exotoxin A, environmental, opportunistic, nosocomial infections

Campylobacter
Curved rods, gastroenteritis, Guillain-Barré syndrome, poultry

Helicobacter pylori
Gastritis, peptic ulcers, gastric cancer, urease, person-to-person

Bordetella pertussis
Slow-growing, whooping cough, pertussistoxin, person-to-person, vaccination

Brucella
Small coccobacilli, slow-growing, zoonotic, undulant fever

Francisella tularensis
Small coccobacilli, slow-growing, cysteine-supplemented media, zoonotic, ulcero-glandular, oculoglandular, pneumonic

Legionella pneumophila
Poor-staining slender rods, legionnaires disease, Pontiac fever, contaminated water, BCYE agar

Clostridium difficile
Spore-former, fecal carriage, antibiotic-associated diarrhea, toxins A and B

Clostridium perfringens
Weak spore-former, environmental, myonecrosis, sepsis, food poisoning, surgical debridement

Clostridium tetani
Spore-former, environmental, neurotoxin blocks GABA and glycine, contaminated wounds, tetanus, vaccine

Clostridium botulinum
Spore-former, environmental, neurotoxin blocksacetylcholine, contaminated foods, food borne and infant botulism, no vaccine

Bacteroides fragilis
Pleomorphic rod, capsule, abscess formation, drug resistance

Treponema pallidum
Thin coiled spirochete, not cultured, darkfield microscopy, STD and congenital infections, person-to-person, painless ulcer

Borrelia
Large spirochetes, erythema migrans, Lyme disease, relapsing fever, hard and soft ticks, body louse

Leptospira
Thin, coiled spirochetes, flulike disease, aseptic meningitis, Weil disease, zoonotic, contaminated water exposure

Mycoplasma pneumoniae
No cell wall, person-to-person, tracheobronchitis

Rickettsia rickettsii
Intracellular bacteria, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, vasculitis, tick, microimmuno-fluorescence test

Rickettsia prowazekii
Intracellular bacteria, louse-borne typhus, Brill-Zinsser disease, vasculitis, human reservoir, microimmunofluorescence test

Coxiella burnetii
Intracellular bacteria, flulike acute disease, subacute endocarditis chronic disease, inhalation exposure, phase I and II antigens

Chlamydia trachomatis
Intracellular bacteria, elementary and reticulate bodies, trachoma, infant pneumonia, urethritis, lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV), person-to- person

Taken from:
Murray, Patrick R., author.
Medical microbiology / Patrick R. Murray, Ken S. Rosenthal, Michael A. Pfaller ; consultant, JMI Laboratories.—8th edition
Copyright © 2016, Elsevier Inc. ISBN 978-0-323-29956-5

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Ha! Thats kinda buggy, Strep!