welcome to second year.

Staphylococcus aureus
Staphylococcus epidermis
Staphylococcus saprophyticus
Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A)
Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B)
Enterococcus faecalis (Group D)
Streptococcus bovis (Non-Enterococcal Group D)
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Viridans streptococcus (S. mutans, S. intermedius)
Corynebacterium diphtheriae
Corynebacterium jeikeium
Listeria monocytogenes
Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
Shigella dysenteriae
Shigella boydii
Shigella flexneri
Shigella sonnei
Salmonella typhi
Salmonella cholerasuis
Salmonella typhimurium
Salmonella enteritica
Yersinia entercolitica
Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli
Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli
Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli
Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli
Enteroaggregative Escherischia coli
Vibrio cholera
Vibrio parahemolyticus
Vibrio vulnificans
Campylobacter jejuni
Helicobacter pylori
Neisseria gonorrheae
Neisseria meningitidis
Branhamella catarrhalis
Haemophilus influenzae
Haemophilus ducreyi
Bordetella pertussis
Bordetella parapertussis
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Burkholderia cepacia
Burkholderia pseudomallei
Stenotrophomonas maltophila
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Mycoplasma hominis
Ureaplasma urealyticum
Microsporum
Epidermophyton
Trichophyton
Tricophyton rubrum
Mucor
Rhizopus
Sporothrix schenkii
Histoplasma capsulatum
Blastomyces dermatiditis
Coccidioides immitus
Paracoccidioides brasiliensis
Malassezia furfur
Phialophora/Cladosporium/Fonsecaea
Penicillium marneffei
Candida albicans
Non-albicans Candida
Candida glabrata
Candida tropicalis
Candida parapsilosis
Candida krusei
Cryptococcus neoformans
Pneumocystis jiroveci
Aspergillus fumigatus
Aspergillus flavus
Zygomycetes
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Mycobacterium leprae
Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare
Chlamydia trachomatis
Chlamydia psittaci
Chlamydia pneumoniae
Rickettsia rickettsii
Rickettsia prowazekii
Rickettsia typhi
Coxiella burnetti
Bartonella henselae
Ehrlichia chaffeensis
Anaplasma phagocytophilum
Entameba histolytica
Giardia lamblia
Trichomonas vaginalis
Trypanosoma brucei
Trypanosoma cruzi
Cryptococcus neoformans
Toxoplasma gondii
Cryptosporidium parvum
Trichuris trichuria
Necator americanis
Ancylostoma duodenale
Ascaris lumbricoides
Toxocara cani
Enterobius vermicularis
Taenia saginata
Taenia solium
Diphyllobothrium latum
Hymenolepsis nana
Echinococcus granulosus
Strongyloides stercoralis
Plasmodium falciparium
Plasmodium vivax
Plasmodium ovale
Plasmodium malariae
Schistosoma japonicum
Schistosoma mansoni
Schistosoma haematobium


this is just a sampling of material from our first microbiology exam. we were to learn the diagnostic profile of each bug (read: all their bells and whistles), how someone would look if they were infected with the bug, and the plethora of meds used to kill each bug.

all in three weeks.

and i cry and i whine and i pull my hair and wish i was anywhere in the world doing anything else then ask myself if it's really even worth all the chronic misery.

and then my five-year-old patient hugs me before running out the clinic door.

yes. it is.