ID Board Review/Bacterial Diseases

Bacterial diseases is the highest yield topic in the ABIM ID Certification Exam, accounting for 27% of the test. 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

 * Cardiovascular Infections
 * Neurologic Infections
 * Head and Neck Infections
 * Respiratory Infections
 * Gastrointestinal Infections
 * Ophthalmologic Infections
 * Genitourinary Infections
 * Dermatologic Infections
 * Musculoskeletal Infections

Gram-positive cocci (GPC)

 * Staphylococcus aureus
 * Streptococcus spp
 * Enterococcus spp

Gram-positive rods (GPR)

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

Gram-Negative cocci and coccobacilli, Aerobics

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

Glucose Fermenting and Oxidase Positive

 * Pasteurella spp
 * Vibrio Spp
 * Aeromonas spp

Glucose Fermenting and Oxidase Negative

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

Glucose Non-Fermenting

 * Pseudomonas spp
 * Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
 * Acinetobacter baumannii
 * Burkholderia cepacia

No Growth on MacConkey Agar

 * Bartonella henselae
 * Bordetella spp
 * Brucella
 * Campylobacter spp
 * Capnocytophaga spp
 * Francisella spp
 * Haemophilus spp
 * Helicobacter spp
 * Legionella spp
 * Streptobacillus moniliformis

Anaerobes

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

Actinomycetes

 * Nocardia
 * Actinomyces

Spirochetes

 * Treponema spp
 * Borrelia spp
 * Leptospira

Mycoplasma

 * Mycoplasma pneumoniae
 * Mycoplasma genitalium

Chlamydia

 * Chlamydia trachomatis
 * Chlamydia pneumoniae
 * Chlamydia psittaci

Rickettsia

 * Rickettsia conorii
 * Rickettsia akari
 * Rickettsia rickettsii
 * Rickettsia prowazekii
 * Rickettsia typhi
 * Rickettsia parkeri
 * Rickettsia africae
 * Coxiella burnetii
 * Orientia tutsugamushi

Ehrlichia

 * Ehrlichia chaffeensis
 * Ehrlichia ewingii
 * Anaplasma phagocytophilum

Mycobacterium

 * Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB)
 * Mycobacterium bovis
 * Mycobacterium leprae (Leprosy)
 * Non-TB Mycobacterium (NTM)

Alternative Organizational Systems

 * /Encapsulated Organisms/
 * /HACEK Organisms/