8.3 Flashcards
- What are the most appropriate screening tests to presumptively differentiate and
identify the nonfermentative gram-negative bacilli (NFB) from the Enterobacteriaceae
species?
A. Catalase, decarboxylation of arginine, growth on blood agar
B. Motility, urease, morphology on blood agar
C. Oxidase, TSI, nitrate reduction, growth on MacConkey agar
D. Oxidase, indole, and growth on blood agar
C. Oxidase, TSI, nitrate reduction, growth on MacConkey agar
- Presumptive tests used for identification of the Pseudomonas spp. are:
A. Oxidase, oxidation–fermentation (OF) glucose (open), OF glucose (sealed), motility,
pigment production
B. Growth on blood agar plate (BAP) and eosin–methylene blue (EMB) agars, lysine
decarboxylation, catalase
C. Growth on MacConkey, EMB, and XLD agars and motility
D. Growth on mannitol salt agar and flagellar stain
A. Oxidase, oxidation–fermentation (OF) glucose (open), OF glucose (sealed), motility,
pigment production
- Which tests are most appropriate to differentiate between Pseudomonas aeruginosa and
Pseudomonas putida?
A. Oxidase, motility, pyoverdin
B. Oxidase, motility, lactose
C. Oxidase, ONPG, DNase
D. Mannitol, nitrate reduction, growth at 42°C
D. Mannitol, nitrate reduction, growth at 42°C
- Which test group best differentiates Acinetobacter spp. from P. aeruginosa?
A. Oxidase, motility, nitrate reduction
B. MacConkey growth, 37°C growth, catalase
C. Blood agar growth, oxidase, catalase
D. Oxidase, TSI, MacConkey growth
A. Oxidase, motility, nitrate reduction
- In addition to motility, which test best differentiates Acinetobacter spp. and Alcaligenes
faecalis?
A. Triple sugar iron agar
B. Oxidase
C. Urease
D. Flagellar stain
B. Oxidase
- The most noted differences between P. aeruginosa and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
are:
A. Oxidase, catalase, and TSI
B. Oxidase, catalase, and ONPG
C. Oxidase, 42°C growth, and polar tuft of flagella
D. Catalase, TSI, and pigment
C. Oxidase, 42°C growth, and polar tuft of flagella
- Which nonfermentative bacillus is usually associated with a lung infection related to
cystic fibrosis (CF)?
A. Pseudomonas fluorescens
B. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
C. Pseudomonas putida
D. Burkholderia pseudomalle
B. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- A nonfermenter recovered from an eye wound is oxidase positive, motile with polar
monotrichous flagella, and grows at 42°C. Colonies are dry, wrinkled or smooth, buff to
light brown, and are difficult to remove from the agar. In which DNA homology group
should this organism be placed?
A. Pseudomonas stutzeri
B. Pseudomonas fluorescens
C. Pseudomonas putida
D. Burkholderia pseudomallei
A. Pseudomonas stutzeri
- Which organism is associated with immunodeficiency syndromes and melioidosis (a
glanders-like disease prevalent in Southeast Asia and northern Australia)?
A. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
B. Pseudomonas stutzeri
C. Pseudomonas putida
D. Burkholderia pseudomallei
D. Burkholderia pseudomallei
- Which characteristics/biochemical tests are used to differentiate Burkholderia cepacia
from S. maltophilia?
A. Pigment on blood agar, oxidase, DNase
B. Pigment on MacConkey agar, flagellar stain, motility
C. Glucose, maltose, lysine decarboxylase
D. Triple-sugar iron agar, motility, oxidase
A. Pigment on blood agar, oxidase, DNase
- The following results were obtained from a pure culture of gram-negative rods
recovered from the pulmonary secretions of a 10-year-old cystic fibrosis patient with
pneumonia:
Oxidase = + Motility = +
Glucose OF (open) = + Gelatin hydrolysis = +
Pigment = Red Arginine dihydrolase = + (nonfluorescent)
Growth at 42°C = + Flagella = + (polar, monotrichous)
Which is the most likely organism?
A. Burkholderia pseudomallei
B. Pseudomonas stutzeri
C. Burkholderia cepacia
D. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
D. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- Alcaligenes faecalis (formerly A. odorans) is distinguished from Bordetella
bronchiseptica with which test?
A. Urease (rapid)
B. Oxidase
C. Growth on MacConkey agar
D. Motility
A. Urease (rapid)
- Chryseobacterium spp. are easily distinguished from Acinetobacter spp. by which of the
following two tests?
A. Oxidase, growth on MacConkey agar
B. Oxidase and OF (glucose)
C. TSI and urea hydrolysis
D. TSI and VP
A. Oxidase, growth on MacConkey agar
- A gram-negative coccobacillus was recovered on chocolate agar from the CSF of an
immunosuppressed patient. The organism was nonmotile and positive for indophenol
oxidase but failed to grow on MacConkey agar. The organism was highly susceptible to
penicillin. The most probable identification is:
A. Acinetobacter spp.
B. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
C. Pseudomonas stutzeri
D. Moraxella lacunata
D. Moraxella lacunata
- Cetrimide agar is used as a selective isolation agar for which organism?
A. Acinetobacter spp.
B. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
C. Moraxella spp.
D. Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
B. Pseudomonas aeruginosa