Reference cards, E to G

Ebola virus Virus · Filamentous filovirus, bat reservoir, VHF

Echinocandins Antimicrobial · Fungal cell-wall class concept

Echinococcus granulosus Parasite · Hydatid cyst tapeworm of dogs and sheep

Efflux pump Concept · Membrane transporter that expels drugs

Ehrlichia chaffeensis Bacterium · Obligate intracellular tick-borne bacterium of monocytes

Eikenella corrodens Bacterium · HACEK fight-bite Gram-negative rod

ELISA Lab method · Antigen-antibody assay concept

EMB agar concept Lab method · Green metallic sheen = E. coli

Endospore Concept · Durable bacterial survival structure

Entamoeba histolytica Parasite · Amebic trophozoite with RBC clue

Enterobacter cloacae Bacterium · Motile enteric rod with inducible AmpC

Enterobius vermicularis Parasite · Pinworm with perianal tape-test clue

Enterococcus faecalis/faecium Bacterium · Bile-esculin and VRE vocabulary

Enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC) Bacterium · Toxin-driven watery traveler's diarrhea pathotype

Enterovirus group Virus · Nonenveloped positive-sense RNA picornaviruses

Epstein-Barr virus Virus · B-cell tropic herpesvirus

ESBL Concept · Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase concept

Escherichia coli Bacterium · Gram-negative lactose-fermenting rod

Ethambutol Antimicrobial · Arabinogalactan synthesis inhibitor

Exotoxin vs endotoxin Concept · Protein toxin versus LPS lipid A concept

Fasciola hepatica Parasite · Sheep liver fluke from watercress

Flucytosine Antimicrobial · 5-FC converted to antifungal 5-FU

Fluoroquinolones Antimicrobial · DNA gyrase/topoisomerase concept

Fonsecaea (chromoblastomycosis) Fungus · Dematiaceous mold; copper-penny sclerotic bodies

Fosfomycin Antimicrobial · MurA inhibitor of early cell-wall synthesis

Francisella tularensis Bacterium · Tularemia, rabbit/tick zoonosis, cysteine need

Fusarium species Fungus · Hyaline mold; keratitis and neutropenic fungemia

Fusobacterium necrophorum Bacterium · Lemierre-syndrome anaerobe

Gardnerella vaginalis Bacterium · Clue-cell bacterial vaginosis rod

Gas gangrene Disease · Clostridial myonecrosis with tissue gas

Germ tube test Lab method · Sprout with no constriction = C. albicans

Giardia duodenalis Parasite · Flagellated protozoan with cysts

Giardiasis Disease · Fatty, foul, floating diarrhea from water

Giemsa stain Lab method · Romanowsky stain for blood and intracellular organisms

Glycylcyclines (tigecycline) Antimicrobial · Tetracycline derivative evading tet resistance

GMS silver stain Lab method · Silver stain making fungi and Pneumocystis black

Gram stain Lab method · First-pass bacterial sorting tool

Griseofulvin Antimicrobial · Microtubule-disrupting keratin-depositing antifungal