Microbiology mnemonics..!

Psedomonas aeruginosa: features AERUGINOSA:
Aerobic
Exotoxin A
Rod/ Resistance
UTIs, burns,injuries
Green-blue dressings
Iron-containing
lesions
Negative gram
Odor of grapes
Slime capsule sometimes (in CF pt)
Adherin pili
Encapsulated:
Some Killers Have Pretty Nice Capsules.
Strep pneumoniae
Klepsiella
Hemophilus influenza
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Cryptococcus neoformans(fungus)
GRAM POSITIVE RODS
bring chopped chicken legs after mid night.
bacillus, clostridium, coryn bact , listeria, actinomysis, mycobac, nocardia
Tetanus Rx
rem "SAD RAT"
. Sedation
. Antitoxin
. Debridment
. Relaxant
. Anti biotic
. Tracheosotomy
Diphteria toxin properties
rem "ABCDEF"
A/B type toxin, made by
Clostridium Diphteriae, which binds to
Elongatn Factor 2 (EF-2)
Enterobacteriaceae fam members. .
Rem " YES PaK iS Endangered State"
. Yersinia
. Escherichia
.
Shigella

. Proteus
. Klebsiella
. Salmonella
. Enterobacter
. Serratia
1. Obligate anaerobes..
Rem "ABC"
. Actinomyces
. Bacteroides
. Clostridium
2. Spore forming bacteria. .
rem "BSC Chemistry"
. Bacillus anthracis n Bacillus subtilis
. Sporosarcina
. Clostridium sp
. Coxiella burnetti
3. Pseudomonas aeruginosa. .
features rem "AERUGINOSA"
. Aerobic
. Exotoxin A
. Rod/ Resistance
. UTI'S, burns
. Green blue dressngs
. Iron containing lesion
. Negative gram
. Odour of grapes
. Slime capsule
. Adherin pili
4. Hypersensitivity reactions. .
rem "ACID"
. Type 1 Anaphylaxis
. Type 2 Cytotoxic mediated
. Type 3 Immune complex
. Type 4 Delayed hypersensitivity
5. Klebsiella: morphology n infctn. .
rem "Fat Alcoholics Never Get UPSet"
. Fat prominent cap
. Alchololics at increasd risk ov infctn
. Nonmotile
. UTI
. Pneumonia
. Sepsis

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