Microbiology Mnemonics

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1. Aminoglycosides Mean GNATS canNOT kill 10. Causes of palm You drive CARS using your palms and
anaerobes and sole rash soles
Gentamicin, Neomycin, Amikacin,
Tobramycin, Streptomycin Cocksackievirus A (hand, foot, and mouth
misreading of mRNA disease)
Gram-negative rod infections Rocky mountain spotted fever
Nephrotoxicity, Ototoxicity, Syphilis
Teratogen
NOT scarlet fever b/c that usually spares
2. Ampicillin/amoxicillin Gram positives and gram negative
hands/feet"
spectrum rods: HELPS kill enterococci
Haemophilus, E. coli, Listeria 11. CMV - congenital MR DICS - Microcephaly, Retardation,
monocytogenes, Proteus, permanent Deafness, Intracranial Calcifications,
Salmonella, enterococci signs/symtpoms Seizures
3. Antibiotics to avoid in SAFE Moms Take Really Good Care 12. Gardnerella I don't have a clue why I smell fish in the
pregnancy Sulfonamides, Aminoglycosides, vaginalis vagina garden!
Fluoroquinolones, Erythromycin,
13. Haemophilus haEMOPhilus
Metronidazole, Tetracyclines,
influezae
Ribavirin, Griseofulvin,
causes... Epiglottitis
Chloramphenicol
Meningitis
4. Bacitracin Test: B-BRAS Otitis media
Pneumonia
Bacitracin:
Group B strep are Resistant ...and #1 cause of conjunctivitis
Group A strep are Sensitive
14. Haemophilus Mom goes to five (V) and dime (X) to buy
"
should be some Chocolate agar.
5. Bactericidal Very Finely Proficient At Cell cultured on..
antibiotics Murder
15. Klebsiella 4A's
Vancomycin, Fluoroquinolones,
causes and
Penicillin, Aminoglycosides,
infects Aspiration pneumonia
Cephalosporins, Metronidazole
Abcess in lungs
6. Bacteriostatic We're ECSTaTiC Alcoholics
antibiotics Erythromycin, Clindamycin, di-A-betics"
Sulfamethoxazole, Trimethoprim,
16. Lactose- macConKEE's
Tetracyclines, Chloramphenicol
fermenting
7. Bloody Diarrhea bloody diarrhea is SEECSY enteric bacteria Citrobacter
(not just EEK Klebsiella
Salmonella from Recall) E. coli
EIEC/EHEC Enterobacter
Enteroamoeba Serratia"
Campylobacter
17. Legionella stain Think of a French legionnaire (soldier)
Shigella
& culture with his SILVER helmet, sitting around a
Yersinia enterocolitica"
campfire (CHARCOAL) with his IRON
8. C. diptheria culture TELL yoUR InTErn not to "Loeff" dagger - he is no sissy (CYSTEINE)
around (Tellurite Agar, Loeffler's
test) Silver stain
Media with: Charcoal, Iron, L-cysteine"
9. Carbohydrate MeninGococci ferment Maltose and
metabolism of Glucose 18. Lyme disease BAKE a key lyme pie
Neisseria manifestations
Gonococci ferment Glucose" Bell's palsy
Arthritis
Kardiac block
Erythema migrans"
19. Metronidazole GET GAP on the METRO 30. Rubella Congenital Who wants to C PDA? Heart PDA,
use Anaerobic infections below the diaphragm Triad Deafness, Cataracts
(vs Clindamycin)
31. Spirochettes Would you like a BLT with your
Giardia, Entamoeba, Trichomonas,
syphillis?
Gardnerella vaginalis, Anaerobes
(Bacteroides, Clostridium), H. Pylori (use
Boriella (biggest)
with bismuth and amoxicillin or tetracyclin
Leptospira
for triple therapy)
Treponema"
20. Most common Neonate with meningitis can't use LEG -
32. Spore formers BCC the BC
causes of Listeria, E. Coli, Group B strep
neonatal
Bacillus anthracis
meningitis (up
Closridium Perfringens
to 3 mos)
Clostridum tetani
21. Naked A woman must be "naked" for a PAPP test - Bacillus cereus
(nonenveloped) Parvo, Adeno, Papova, Polyoma Clostridium botulinum"
DNA viruses
33. Streptococcus MOPS
22. Naked People in CALIfornia and REO are naked - pneumonia is the
(nonenveloped) Picornoviridae, Caliciviridae, Reoviridae most common Meningitis
RNA viruses cause of... Otitis Media (children)
Pneumonia
23. Negative strand Always Bring Polymerase Or Fail
Sinusitis
RNA viruses Replication / Arenavirus, Bunyavirus,
Paramyxovirus, Orthomyxovirus, Filovirus,
ALSO, Most OPtochin Sensitive"
Rhabdovirus
34. Top 4 causes of RSV, parainfluenza, Rhinovirus,
24. Novobiocin test On the office's staph retreat, there was NO
viral respiratory Adenovirus
StRES
illness
NOvobiocin 35. Top 5 causes of rhinovirus, coronavirus, adenovirus,
Saprophyticus Resistant common cold influenza C, coxsackievirus
Epidermidis Sensitive"
36. Toxoplasma CHI T(ea): Chorioretinitis,
25. Optochin test OVRPS (overpass) Congenital Triad Hydrocephalus, Intracranial
calcifications
Optochin:
37. Transmission of 4F's
Viridins is Resistant
Salmonella/Shigella
Pneumoniae is Sensitive"
Food
26. Picornaviruses PERCH on a peak Fingers
Poliovirus, Echovirus, Rhinovirus, Flies
Coxsackivirus, HAV Feces"
27. Positive strand I went to a RETRO TOGA party where I 38. Treatment of treatment is a SNAP
ssRNA viruses drank FLAVored CORONA and ate HEPE Acinomyces and
(hippy) CALI(civirus) PICkles Nocardia Sulfa for
Nocardia
28. Pseudomonas PSEUDOmonas in the Hot Tub
Acintomyces use
infections
Penicillin"
Pneumonia
Sepsis 39. Viruses with BOAReo - Bunyaviridae,
External otitis segmented Orthomyxoviridae, Arenaviridae,
UTI genomes Reoviridae
Drug and diebetic Osteomyelitis
40. What agar can Since immunity only lasts ten years,
hot tub folliculitis"
Bordetella people like Phil who get Pertussis were
29. Rotavirus Most important cause of gastroenteritis in Pertussis be last immunized when Regan-Lowe
pathology Infant/young children (both fatal and non- cultured on? (Reagan) was president, and
fatal) BORDET(ella)-Gangou agar
ROTA: "Right Out The Anus"
41. Where the Rickettsia on the wRists 49. Which bugs are urease Particular Kinds Have
Rickettsial rashes Typhus on the Trunk positive? Urease
start Q fever is Queer b/c it has no rash,
vector, no + Weil-Felix, and doesn't Proteus
have Rickettsia as its genus name (it's Klebsiella
Coxiella)" H. pylori
Ureaplasma"
42. Which bacteria are SHiN
especially likely to 50. Which bugs show a positive Kapsules Shield SHiN
undergo Streptococcus pneumoniae quellung reaction?
transformation? Haemophilus influenzae type B Klebsiella pneumoniae
Neisseria (all kinds) Salmonella
Streptococcus
43. Which bacteria are Nagging Pests Must Breathe
pneumoniae
obligate aerobes?
Haemophilus influenzae
Nocardia
type B
Pseudomonas aeurginosa
Neisseria meningitidis"
Mycobacterium TB
Bacillus" 51. Which toxins are encoded by a ABCDE
lysogenic phage? shigA-like toxin (EHEC)
44. Which bacteria are anaerobes Can't Breath Air
Botulinum toxin (certain
obligate anerobes?
strains)
Clostridium
Cholera toxin
Bacteroides
Diptheria toxin
Actinomyces"
Erythrogenic toxin of
45. Which bacteria do These Rascals May Microscopically Strep Pyogenes"
not gram stain well? Lack Color
52. Zoonotic bacteria Big Bad Bugs From Your
Pet named Ella
Treponema
Bartonella
Rickettsia
Boriella burdorferi
Mycobacteria
Brucella
Mycoplasma
Francisella tularensis
Legionella pneumophila
yersinia Pestis
Chlamydia"
pasturElla"
46. Which bacteria SHiN
produce IgA
protease? Streptococcus pneumoniae
Haemophilus influenzae type B
Neisseria (all kinds)"
47. Which bugs are Some Nasty Bugs May Live
facultative FacultativeLY:
intracellular?
Salmonella
Neiserria
Brucella
Mycobacterium
Listeria
Francicella
Legionella
Yersinia"
48. Which bugs are 'Reclaim the Step 1'
obligate
intracellular? Rickettsia
Erlichia
Coxiella
Chlamydia"