2.7.1 Serretia spp

Question 1

Serratia is associated with what outbreaks?

Answer 1

Nosocomial outbreak

Question 2

What serratia produces extracellulary?

Answer 2

DNase

Question 3

Serratia is known to have to antimicrobial agents?

Answer 3

Highly resistant?

Question 4

Serratia is slow lactose fermenter except?

Answer 4

Serratia fonticola

Question 5

What spp of serratia is mostly isolated?

Answer 5

Serratia marcescens

Question 6

What are the disease associated with Serratia marcescens?

Answer 6

Nosocomial infections
Respiratory infection

(Outbreaks)

Question 7

In a media, what it produces causing a red pigment?

Answer 7

Prodigiosin

Question 8

Species of Serratia that causes Osteomyelitis?

Answer 8

Serratia plymuthica

Question 9

Species of Serratia that causes Dirty and musty odor?

Answer 9

Serratia odorifera

Question 10

What are the 2 biogroups of S. odorifera?

Answer 10

Respiratory
Blood and CSF

Question 11

What is the biogroup that is only positive in Indole?

Answer 11

Blood and CSF (2)

Question 12

What is the Biogroup that is positive on sucrose, raffinose, indole, ornithine?

Answer 12

Biogroup 1

Question 13

What spp of Serretia that contain prodigiosin

Answer 13

marcescens
plymuthica
rubidaea