Significance Mnemonic Meaning

Treponema
Rickettsia
These Rascals May
Bacteria not seen in Mycobactoria
Microscopically
Gram Stain Mycoplasma
Lack Color
Legionella
Chlamydia
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Bacteria with IgA Haemophilus influenzae
SHiNe My Gong
Protease Neisseria meningitides
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Nocardia
Neisseria
Nosy and Nagging
Pseudomonas
Obligate aerobes Pests Must Breathe
Mycobacteria/Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Lots of oxygen
Bordetella/Brucella/Bacillus cereus
Legionella/Leptospira
Clostridium
Can’t Breath Bacteroides
Obligate anaerobes
Fresh Air Fusobacterium
Actinomyces
Mycoplasma (in general)
Staphylococcus
Facultative My Shopping List
Listeria
anaerobes Contains Anthrax
Corynebacterium
bacillus Anthracis
Borrelia
Treponema
Microaerophiles BiTCHeS Campylobacter
Helicobacter
Streptococcus
Lactobacillus
Aerotolerant LP
Propionibacterium
 shigA-like toxin (EHEC)
Botulinum
Prophage-coded
ABCDE Cholera
bacteria
Diphtheria
Erythrogenic strain
Cholera toxin
Pertussis toxin
ADP-ribosylation CoPED
E. coli heat-labile toxin
Diphtheria toxin
Pyogenic exotoxin A (Group A Strep.)
Erythrogenic toxin
Superantigen PESTE Staphylococcal enterotoxin
TSST
Enterotoxin (C. perfringens)
Botulinum toxin
Exfoliatin toxin (S. aureus)
Protease BELTS Lethal factor of anthrax
Tetanospasmin
Scalded skin toxin
Flucytosine
Chloramphenicol
Metronidazole
Excellent BBB Fairview Center Fluconazole
penetration Mall FIRST Isoniazid
Rifampicin
Sulfonamides
Trimethroprim
Imipenem-cilastatin
Aztreonam
Meropenem
Good BBB
Penicillins
penetration only with I AM PVC 34
Vancomycin
inflammation
Ciprofloxacin
3rd gen. cephalosporins (except cefoperazone)
4th gen. cephalosporins
Minimal BBB Macrolides
penetration even MALT Aminoglycosides
with inflammation Lincosamides
 Tetracyclines
1st gen. cephalosporins
2nd gen. cephalosporins
No BBB penetration 12 APostles
Amphotericin B
Polymyxins
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Some Killers Have Haemophilus influenzae
Encapsulated Pretty Nice, Pseudomonas aeruginosa
bacteria Elegant, and Shiny Neisseria meningitides
Bodies Escherichia coli
Salmonella typhi
group B Strep.
ADP-ribosylation
Beta-prophage
Corynebacterium
Diphtheria ABCDEFG
Diphtheriae
EF-2
Granules (metachromatic)
Haemophilus aphrophilus
Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans
HACEK organisms HACEK Cardiobacterium hominis
Eikenella corrodens
Kingella kingae
Salmonella
Brucella
Mycobacterium
Facultative Some Bugs May
Listeria
intracellular Live FacultatuveLY
Francisella
Legionella
Yersinia
Morganella
Escherichia
Salmonella
Enterobacteriaceae MESSY SPECK Shigella
Yersinia
Serratia
Proteus
 Enterobacter
Citrobacter
Klebsiella
Capsular antigen (K)
O antigen (endotoxin)
Properties of
COFFEe Flagellar antigen (H)
Enterobacteriaceae
Ferments glucose
Enterobacteriaceae
GBS
Neonatal meningitis GEL E. coli
Listeria monocytogenes
Food
Shigella Fingers
FFFF
transmission Feces
Flies
Proteus mirabilis
Particular Kinds Klebsiella pneumoniae
Urease-positive
Have Urease Helicobacter pylori
Ureaplasma urealyticum
Verdoglobin (from Hgb breakdown)
Pyocyanin (blue-green pigment, damages cilia)
Pseudomonas Voyeurs PEEP Endotoxin (Gram-negative sepsis)
virulence factors Everywhere Exotoxin A (tissue necrosis, inactivates EF-2,
facilitated by type III secretion system)
Protease
Elastase
Brucella (cow)
Bugs From Your Francisella (rabbit)
Zoonotic bacteria
Pets Yersinia (rat)
Pasteurella (cat)
Sulfamethoxazole-Tripethoprim for
Antibiotics for Nocardia; for
SNAP
Actinomycetes Actinomyces, use
Penicillin
Viruses
Drugs (marijuana)
False-positive VDRL VDRL
Rheumatic fever, Rheumatoid arthritis
Lupus, Leprosy
 Calici
Picorna
CPR and PAPP Reo
Naked viruses smear are done Parvo
naked Adeno
Papilloma
Polyoma
Bunya
Viruses with
Orthomyxo
segmented BOAR
Arena
genomes
Reo
Arena
Bunya
Always Bring
Negative-strand Paramyxo
Polymerase Or Fail
RNA viruses Orthomyxo
Replication
Filo
Rhabdo
Poliovirus
Echovirus
Picornaviridae PERCH Rhinovirus
Coxsackievirus
Hepatitis A virus
DM
Hepatitis C Essential mixed cryoglobulinemia
autoimmune DEPMT Porphyria cutanea tarda
reactions MPGN
Thyroiditis
M. tuberculosis, M. leprae
C. diphtheriae, C. jejuni
H. pylori
Nocardia
B. cepacia
Catalase-positive MCHN-Built
Pseudomonas
organisms PLACES
Listeria
Aspergillus
Candida
E. coli
Staphylococci, Serratia
 T. brucei
Hepatitis C virus
Influenza
Microorganisms with
I got THIN at PGH N. gonorrhoeae
antigenic variation
P. jiroveci
Giardia
HIV
Viral
Necrotizing Aspergillus
VAPS
pneumonia Pseudomonas
S. aureus
MRSA
Cephalosporin-
MEL Enterococci
resistant
Listeria
Citrobacter
Klebsiella
Grow on
Lactose fermenters E. coli
macConKEES
Enterobacter
Serratia
Proteus
Cryptococcus
H. pylori
Ureaplasma
Urease-positive PCHUNKSS
Nocardia
Klebsiella
S. epidermidis
S. saprophyticus
Bacteroides fragilis
Most common
BEE E. coli
colonic bacteria
Enterococcus
MMR
Influenza
Smallpox
Live-attenuated
MISS CRY Sabin’s polio vaccine
vaccines
Chicken pox
Rotavirus
Yellow fever