Listeria Monocytogenes Sketchy ((top))

| Symbol in Sketch | Meaning | Clinical/Pathophysiologic Link | |----------------|---------|--------------------------------| | Refrigerator | Psychrotrophic (grows at 4°C) | Contaminated cold deli foods | | Rock climber | Tumbling motility | Wet mount at 25°C | | Helmet | Internalins | Invasion of host cells | | Rope pulling cell | ActA-mediated actin rockets | Cell-to-cell spread | | Pregnant woman | High risk in pregnancy | Stillbirth, neonatal sepsis | | Brainstem | Rhombencephalitis | Cranial nerve deficits | | Ampicillin vial | Drug of choice | Avoid cephalosporins |

: The #3 cause of newborn meningitis; represented by a helmet on a newborn baby or Santa. listeria monocytogenes sketchy

His target: A pound of honey ham.