ID Board Review/Bacterial Diseases
Bacterial diseases is the highest yield topic in the ABIM ID Certification Exam, accounting for 27% of the test.[1] Test questions will focus on evaluating physicians' abilities to make diagnoses, ordering and interpreting tests, and selecting appropriate treatments. Each chapter will touch upon Etiology, Pathology, Clinical Presentation(s), Diagnostic Criteria, and Management/Treatment for each disease.
Bacterial Infections Categorized by Syndromes/Locations
editBacterial Infections Categorized by Histology and Species
edit- Listeria spp
- Corynebacterium spp (Diphtheroids)
- Bacillus spp
- Erysipelothrix spp
Gram-Negative cocci and coccobacilli, Aerobics
editGlucose Fermenting and Oxidase Positive
editGlucose Fermenting and Oxidase Negative
edit- Enterobacteriaceae
- Lactose non-fermenting
- Lactose fermenting
Glucose Non-Fermenting
editNo Growth on MacConkey Agar
edit- Bartonella henselae
- Bordetella spp
- Brucella
- Campylobacter spp
- Capnocytophaga spp
- Francisella spp
- Haemophilus spp
- Helicobacter spp
- Legionella spp
- Streptobacillus moniliformis
- Gram-positive cocci
- Gram-positive rods
- Gram-negative rods