USMLE Microbiology & Immunology Mnemonics

T-cell
Thymus

B-cell
Bone Marrow
antiBody

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Anaerobic bacteria……….ABC……Actinomyces, Bacteriodes, Clostridium

Aerobic bacteria……..Nagging Pest Must Breathe……..Nocardia, Pseudomonas, Mycobacteria tuberculosis, Bacillus anthracis

Obligated intracellullar bacteria…….Really Cold, so stay inside…….Rickettsia, Chylamydia

Naked DNA viruses……..PAP……….Papovavirus, Adenovirus, Parvovirus

Naked RNA viruses……..CPR……………Calicivirus, Picornavirus, Reovirus

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This is a pneumonic, example:
Anything else?

**Some Killers Have Pretty Nice Capsules, . {Encapsulated}
Strep Pneumo
Klebsiella
Haemophilus
Psuedomonas
N.meningitidis
Crytoccocus

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1 x 8 and 2 x 4
MHC classI is associated with CD8 T cell
MHC classII is associated with CD4 T cell

1 x 4 and 2 x 2
Type1 IDDM is hypersensitivity type4
Type2 NIDDM is hypersensity type2 (noncytotoxic)

This might not be a mnemonic for mjl1717.
(BTW, it’s not pneumonic, mjl1717.)
But works for me. It might benefit someone.

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What Antigen-Presenting Cells ( Present to T-Cell Receptors)???

Tell Mom, Dad Loves Butter

So now you can remember…

T-cells <:behave:> Macrophages, Dendritic Cells, Langerhan Cells, B-cells

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Toxins that increase cAMP:
CHOLERA
ANTHRAX
M=E.coli labile toxin
PERTUSSIS

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This might work for some one who is using First Aid and wants to memorize all the exotoxins listed on pg 132. Here it goes…Have you ever heard that if someone gets bit by a cobra you should suck the venom out? Did you know one of the effects of being bit by a cobra is blindness(actually true)?

"Some Say Cobra Venom Entering the Buttocks Could Cause Complete Blindness So Suck!"

S. aureus, S pyogenes, Corneybacterium diptheria, Vibrio cholera, E. coli, Bordetella pertussis, C. perfringens, C. tetani, C. botulinum, B. anthracis, Shigella, S. pyogenes.

NOTE:They are organized by category as well:

S. aureus and S.pyogenes —–Superantigens

Corneybacterium diptheria, Vibrio Cholera, E. coli, B. pertusis—-ADP ribosylation/A-B toxin

C.perfringens, C. tetani, C. botulinum, B.antrhacis, Shigella, S. pyogenes—-other toxins

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+RNA Viruses: Can Pico Fly To Conneticut Right now?

Calicivirus, Picornavirus, Flavivirus, Togavirus, Coronavirus, Retrovirus…

-RNA Viruses: Bunya Arenas Plays For Orlando Raptors and Detroit

Bunyavirus, Arenavirus, Paramixovirus, Filovirus, Orthomixovirus, Rhabdovirus, Deltavirus….

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