Bacterial infections
High-yield bacterial infections topics for USMLE Step 2 CK, within Infectious Disease. Below are the 34 topics this area covers, plus a worked example showing the trap-aware approach 280Bound uses.
Topics in Bacterial infections
- Actinomyces
- Bacterial infective endocarditis
- Bacterial toxins
- Bacterial tracheitis
- Basic bacteriology: Structure, virulence factors, and genetics
- Bordetella pertussis
- Botulism
- Cellulitis and skin abscess (skin and soft tissue infections)
- Chlamydia trachomatis
- Corynebacterium diphtheriae infection (Diphtheria)
- Haemophilus influenzae
- Legionella disease
- Leprosy (Hansen disease): Mycobacterium leprae infection
- Leptospirosis
- Lyme disease
- Maternal and neonatal group B Streptococcus infection
- Mycoplasma genitalium infection
- Necrotizing fasciitis
- Nocardia
- Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM)
- Osteomyelitis
- Peritonsillar abscess
- Preseptal cellulitis
- Pseudomonas
- Salmonella
- Shigella infection (shigellosis)
- Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome
- Staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome
- Staphylococcus-associated glomerulonephritis
- Streptococcal pharyngitis
- Syphilis: Treponema pallidum infection
- Tetanus
- Tuberculosis
- Yersinia pestis
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