Microbiology Mnemonics Collection
for Students Collection of medical microbiology mnemonics for medical
students including bacteriology, mycology , virology and parasitology.These are
collected from various offline and online sources including text books.If you
know any other microbiology mnemonics please share via comments.
Flavivirus: Diseases caused " W.D JOY " West nile fever
Dengue Japanese B encephaliis Omsk hemorrhagic fever (OHF) Yellow fever Think:
WeeDs of JOY!
Picorna viridae: members PEECoRnA (Picorna
is
pronounced 'pee-corna')
Poliovirus
Echovirus
Enterovirus
Coronavirus
"R'novirus" (Rhinovirus)
Hepatitis A
Intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies "
BiG HeN " Bollinger bodies- Fowlpox [image:744 align=right
width=200] Guarineri bodies- Vaccinia/ variola Henderson patterson bodies-
Molluscum contagiosum Negri bodies- Rabies
Vibrio cholerae: reactions " COINS "
The biochemical reactions which help to differentiate vibrio cholera are
Catalase +ve Oxidase +ve Indole +ve Nitrates reduced to nitrites and Sucrose
fermentation
Streptococcus pneumoniae:
diseases caused COMPS:
Conjunctivitis
Otitis media
Meningitis
Pneumonia
Sinusitis
Influenza infection: clinical
manifestations "Having
Flu Symptoms Can Make Moaning Children
A Nightmare":
Headache
Fever
Sore throat
Chills
Myalgias
Malaise
Cough
Anorexia
Nasal congestion
UTI-causing
microorganisms KEEPS:
Klebsiella
Enterococcus faecalis/ Enterobacter
cloacae
E. coli
Pseudomonas aeroginosa/ Proteus mirabilis
Staphylococcus saprophyticcus/ Serratia
marcescens
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
Gram staining: mechanism "Murein
gets the red out" [Allusion
to an old eye-wash slogan]:
Peptidoglycan (aka murein) remains purple
during Gram staining. The Gram
negatives, devoid of murein, are red.
Thus, murein prevents redness and are purple
(positive).
Entameoba histolytica:
disease caused, action EntAmoeba
causes Amoebic dysEntery.
Action: histo (cell) lytic (burst), so it
bursts cells.
Clostridium difficile: disease
caused "Difficult to
be in a Closet with someone
having explosive foul smelling
diarrhea, because it would smell and there
would be no air in there.
Clostridium Difficile
causes explosive foul smelling diarrhea
and is an anaeorbe (no air).
Pneumonia: acute pneumonia
infiltrates from different causes
"Pyrogenic=PMN, Miscellaneous=Mononuclear":
Acute pneumonia caused by Pyogenic
bacteria: PMN infiltrate.
Acute pneumonia caused by Miscellaneous
microbes: Mononuclear
infiltrate.
Catalase positive
organims SPACE:
Staphylococcus aureus
Pseudomonas
Aspergillus
Candida
Enterobacter
Urease positive
organisms PUNCH:
Proteus (leads to alkaline urine)
Ureaplasma (renal calculi)
Nocardia
Cryptoccocus (the fungus)
Helicobacter pylori
Vaccines: types STARK:
Subunit
Toxoid
Attenuated [live]
Recombinant
Killed [inactivated]
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