Desmosome A Circular, Dense Body That Forms The Site Of Attachment Between Certain Epithelial Cells,

Scale of Infectious Dose def: the AMOUNT of pathogen (ie NUMBER of organisms) required for cause infection in a host.

How to remember Lysteria monocytogenes tumbling motility?

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So, Lysteria rhymes with Hysteria, and when I think of hysteria I think of someone dancing Hysterically…..(actually, me dancing hysterically..)

I also googled Hysteria, and found this:

HYSTERIA RADIO!

So here it goes: “Lysteria dances to  Hysteria Radio”

If I don’t come up with all these silly associations my brain melts and confuses all the freakin bacterias, so bear with me…

Microbiology Genetics

Transformation

Conjugation:  F+ –> F-  &  Hfr –> F-

Transposition 

Transduction: Generalized   &  Specialized

Sketchy Micro To Do List: 

• 01 - Gram Positive Cocci o 1.1 - Staph Aureus (11:03) o 1.2 - Staph Epidermidis (6:54) o 1.3 - Strep pyogenes (Group A Strep) (14:30) o 1.4 - Strep agalactiae (Group B Strep) (5:23) o 1.5 - Strep. pneumoniae Strep viridans (9:17) o 1.6 - Enterococcus (4:06) • 02 - Gram Positive Bacilli o 2.1 - Bacillus anthracis and Bacillus cereus (9:50) o 2.2 - Clostridium tetani (6:42) o 2.3 - Clostridium botulinum (7:35) o 2.4 - Clostridium difficile (8:17) o 2.5 - Clostridium perfringens (5:31) o 2.6 - Corynebacterium diphtheriae (6:49) o 2.7 - Listeria monocytonegenes (4:04) • 03 - Gram-Positive Branching Filamentous Rods o 3.1 - Actinomyces (3:01) o 3.2 - Nocardia (6:50) • 04 - Gram-Negative Cocci o 4.1 - Neisseria species overview (5:07) o 4.2 - Neisseria meningitidis (8:59) o 4.3 - Neisseria gonorrheae (7:33) • 05 - Gram-Negative Bacilli - Enteric tract o 5.1 - Klebsiella, Enterobacter, Serratia (7:49) o 5.10 - Proteus mirabilis (2:54) o 5.2 - Salmonella (5:51) o 5.3 - Shigella (6:26) o 5.4 - Escherichia coli (ETEC, EHEC) (8:51) o 5.5 - Yersinia enterocolitica (7:54) o 5.6 - Campylobacter (5:30) o 5.7 - Vibrio (5:45) o 5.8 - Helicobacter (5:23) o 5.9 - Pseudomonas (9:59) • 06 - Gram-Negative Bacilli - Respiratory tract o 6.1 - Bordatella pertussis (7:39) o 6.2 - Haemophilus influenzae (8:46) o 6.3 - Legionella (7:26)

• 07 - Gram-Negative Bacilli - Zoonotics o 7.1 - Bartonella henselae (4:15) o 7.2 - Brucella (4:41) o 7.3 - Francisella tularensis (3:50) o 7.4 - Pasteurella multocida (3:55) • 08 - Mycobacteria o 8.1 - Mycobacterium tuberculosis (16:35) o 8.2 - Mycobacterium leprae (9:17) • 09 - Spirochetes o 9.1 - Borrelia (8:16) o 9.2 - Leptospirosis (4:18) o 9.3 - Treponema Pallidum (12:52) • 10 - Gram-Indeterminate Bacteria o 10.1 - Chlamydia (15:08) o 10.2 - Coxiella burnetii (4:57) o 10.3 - Gardnerella vaginalis (5:32) o 10.4 - Mycoplasma pneumoniae (5:57) o 10.5 - Rickettsia species overview (3:34) o 10.6 - Rickettsia prowazekii (4:11) o 10.7 - Rickettsia rickettsii (4:00) • Fungi • 1 - Systemic Mycoses o 1.1 - Histoplasmosis (9:38) o 1.2 - Blastomycosis (6:09) o 1.3 - Coccidioidomycosis (7:26) o 1.4 - Paracoccidioidomycosis (4:55) • 2 - Cutaneous Mycoses o 2.1 - Malassezia furfur :0Pityriasis Versicolor (5:10) o 2.2 - Dermatophytes (6:01) o 2.3 - Sporothrix schenckii (4:24) • 3 - Opportunistic Fungal Infections o 3.1 - Candida albicans (12:49) o 3.2 - Aspergillus fumigatus (10:51) o 3.3 - Cryptococcus neoformans (9:00) o 3.4 - Mucormycosis (6:17) o 3.5 - Pneumocystis pneumonia (5:49)

• Parasites • 1 - Protozoa of the Intestinal Tract o 1.1 - Giardia (5:19) o 1.2 - Entamoeba histolytica (7:55) o 1.3 - Cryptosporidium (4:31) • 2 - Protozoa of the CNS o 2.1 - Toxoplasmosis (10:21) o 2.2 - Trypanosoma brucei (4:45) o 2.3 - Naegleria fowleri (6:01) • 3 - Protozoa of the Blood o 3.1 - Trypanosoma cruzi (5:43) o 3.2 - Babesia (6:59) o 3.3 - Plasmodium species (13:57) o 3.4 - Leishmaniasis (5:47) • 4 - Protozoa - Other Tissue o 4.1 - Trichomoniasis (5:37) • 5 - Helminths - Nematodes o 5.1 - Intestinal nematodes (13:09) o 5.2 - Tissue Nematodes (11:29) • 6 - Helminths - Trematodes and Cestodes o 6.1 - Cestodes (10:20) o 6.2 - Trematodes (10:56)

• Viruses • 1 - RNA Viruses - Positive Sense o 1.1 - Picornavirus Overview (10:47) o 1.2 - (Pico) Poliovirus (7:18) o 1.3 - (Pico) Coxsackievirus (5:10) o 1.4 - (Pico) Rhinovirus (4:45) o 1.5 - (Pico) Hepatitis A (7:00) o 1.6 - (Norwalk) Calicivirus (5:26) o 1.7 - Flavivirus (8:16) o 1.8 - Hepatitis C Virus (10:24) o 1.9 - Togavirus (11:20) o 1.10 - Coronavirus (3:32) o 1.11 - HIV (16:24) • 2 - RNA Viruses - Negative Sense o 2.1 - Orthomyxovirus (18:23) o 2.2 - Paramyxovirus (15:57) o 2.3 - Rhabdovirus (9:02) o 2.4 - Filovirus (4:54) o 2.5 - Bunyavirus (5:41) o 2.6 - Arenavirus (5:15) o 2.7 - Reovirus (7:15) • 3 - DNA Viruses o 3.1 - HSV-1 and HSV-2 (11:15) o 3.10 - Adenovirus (4:52) o 3.11 - Poxvirus (8:26) o 3.12 - Hepatitis B Virus (18:38) o 3.2 - EBV (13:24) o 3.3 - CMV (11:51) o 3.4 - VZV (11:45) o 3.5 - HHV-6 (5:12) o 3.6 - HHV-8 (7:10) o 3.7 - Polyomavirus JC & BK (6:31) o 3.8 - Papillomavirus (13:47) o 3.9 - Parvovirus (7:07)

be patient, good things are coming your way :)

Remember to use your sponge to replace any bacteria on your dishes accidentally removed by the act of eating.

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Tularemia

An infection common in wild rodents that is passed to humans through contact with infected animal tissues or by ticks, biting flies, and mosquitoes.

Also known as rabbit fever and deer fly fever, amongst others.

Cysteine Growth Requirements

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BoyFriend Lost Penis

B rucella

F rancisella

L egionella

P asteurella

or….

The four sisters “Ella” worship in the “cystein” chapel

Brucella

Francisella

Legionella

Pasteurella

Palmoplantar Rash - Secondary Syphilis

classically a generalised polymorphic rash

usually non-itchy, often affecting palms + soles

important to exclude HIV seroconversion

similar appearance to “target lesions” of erythema multiforme

diagnosis —> syphilis serology

Elementary body of Chlamydia trachomatis in a conjunctival scrapping in a patient with trachoma: Trachoma is the MCC of preventive global blindness