USMLE (Fach) / Kaplan - Microbiology (Lektion)
- Antigenic variation Changing surface antigens to avoid immune destruction - N. gonorrhoeae – pili and outer membrane proteins - Trypanosoma brucei rhodensiense and gambiense – phase variation - Enterobacteriaceae – ...
- Important normal flora Cutaneous surfaces including urethra and outer ear: Staphylococcus epidermidis- Also: S. aureus, Corynebacteria, streptococci Nose: Staphylococcus aureus- Also: S. epidermidis, Corynebacteria, streptococci ...
- Gram-positive rods (aerobic or facultative anaerobic) ... - Bacillus - Listeria - Corynebacterium - Nocardia
- Gram-positive rods (anaerobic) - Clostridium - Actinomyces - Propionibacterium - Lactobacillus
- Gram-negative cocci - Neisseria - Moraxella
- Gram-negative rods (anaerobic) - Bacteroides - Prevotella - Fusobacterium