(Day 4/100 Days Of Productivity) - Haemophilus Influenzae Card!

Mechanism of Fever

volutin granules are an intracytoplasmic storage form of complexed inorganic polyphosphate, the production of which is used as one of the identifying criteria when attempting to isolate Corynebacterium diphtheriae on Löffler’s medium….look like chines letters…as given below

Infectious bacterial diseases and where to find them

A sample of notes from Medical Virology // I keep the margins empty so that I have space to add in relevant additional material from extra reading

18/1/18 - Recent virology notes! Ignore the headings, I bought some new brush pens and I’m still getting used to them..

Organophosphate poisoning VS Atropine poisoning

Indwelling catheter associated UTI

Catheter induced UTI

Typical :e.coli,Klebsella pneumonia,staph.saprophticus,proteus.mirabilis(lactose fermenters)(eat protein to be the cool member of the sapron staff club)

Atypical opportunistic:Pseudomonas aeroginasa.(non lactose fermenter)

Summery of UTIs

E.coli and klebsella are leading cause of uti..

staph saprophticus  uti in sexually active women.

Enterococi(strptococcus family ) oppurtunistic uti

U.urealyticu known cause of urithritis but needs special media rich in urea and cholestrol

Petechial hemorrhages on palms of hand in Rocky mountain spotted fever due to Rickettsia rickettsii: In RMSF, the petechial rash begins on the palms and spreads to the trunk.