ID Board Review/Bacterial Diseases

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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 edit

Bacterial Infections Categorized by Histology and Species edit

Gram-positive cocci (GPC) edit

Gram-positive rods (GPR) edit

Listeria spp
- Listeria monocytogenes
Corynebacterium spp (Diphtheroids)
- Corynebacterium diphtheraie
Bacillus spp
Erysipelothrix spp
- Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae

Gram-Negative cocci and coccobacilli, Aerobics edit

Neisseria spp
- Neisseria gonorrheae
- Neisseria meningitidis
Moraxella catarrhalis
Haemophilus Spp

Gram-negative Rods (GNR) edit

Glucose Fermenting and Oxidase Positive edit

Glucose Fermenting and Oxidase Negative edit

Enterobacteriaceae
- Lactose non-fermenting
  - Salmonella spp
  - Shigella
  - Yersinia spp
- Lactose fermenting
  - Escherichia coli
  - Citrobacter spp
  - Klebsiella spp
  - Serratia spp

Glucose Non-Fermenting edit

No Growth on MacConkey Agar edit

Anaerobes edit

Gram-positive cocci
Gram-positive rods
- Clostridioides difficile
- Clostridium perfringens
Gram-negative rods
- Klebsiella spp
- Bacteroides spp
- Prevotella spp

Actinomycetes edit

Nocardia
Actinomyces

Spirochetes edit

Mycoplasma edit

Tropheryma whipplei edit

Chlamydia edit

Rickettsia edit

Ehrlichia edit

Mycobacterium edit

Alternative Organizational Systems edit

↑ https://www.abim.org/Media/mucpauyz/infectious-disease.pdf

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