Capsular Microorganisms

rasheed · #1 10-15-2009

The famous mnemonic in every book

Some Killers Have Pretty Nice Capsules

Streptococcus pneumoniae
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Haemophilus inlflenzae
Pseudomonas aeroginosa
Neisseria meningitidis
Cryptococcus neoformans

But also worth remembering

Bacillus anthracis as it has a sepcial poly D glutamte capsule unlike all others which is polysaccharide capsule
Neisseria meningitis type B and Steptococcus pyogenes have non-immunogenic capsules therefor no vaccine
Neisseria gonorrhoeae has no capsule and therefore no vaccine
Bordetella pertussis has a capsule also
All capsular agents will show a positive Quellung reaction

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