Retired NBME Answer Explanations

Second Aid\microbiology\clinical_bacteriology

\Gram-positive lab algorithm
\Identification of gram-positive cocci
\alpha-hemolytic bacteria
\beta-hemolytic bacteria
\Staphylococcus aureus
\Staphylococcus epidermidis
\Streptococcus pneumoniae
\Viridans group streptococci
\Streptococcus pyogenes (group A streptococci)
\Streptococcus agalactiae (group B streptococci)
\Enterococci (group D streptococci)
\Streptococcus bovis (group D streptococci)
\Corynebacterium diphtheriae
\Spores: bacterial
\Clostridia (with exotoxins)
\Anthrax
\Listeria monocytogenes
\Actinomyces vs. Nocardia
\1° and 2° tuberculosis
\Ghon complex
\Mycobacteria
\Leprosy (Hansen’s disease)
\Gram-negative lab algorithm
\Lactose-fermenting enteric bacteria
\Penicillin and gram-negative bugs
\Neisseria
\Haemophilus influenzae
\Legionella pneumophila
\Pseudomonas aeruginosa
\E. coli
\Klebsiella
\Salmonella vs. Shigella
\Campylobacter jejuni
\Vibrio cholera
\Yersinia enterocolitica
\Helicobacter pylori
\Spirochetes
\Leptospira interrogans
\Lyme disease
\Syphilis
\Argyll Robertson pupil
\VDRL false positives
\Zoonotic bacteria
\Gardnerella vaginalis
\Rickettsial diseases and vectors
\Weil-Felix reaction
\Rocky Mountain spotted fever
\Chlamydiae
\Chlamydia trachomatis serotypes
\Mycoplasma pneumoniae