AFB Flashcards
Liquifcation
Step #1
NALC
Decontamination
Step #2
NaOH and Oxalic acid
Neautralization
Step #3
Buffer or Water
Centrifugation
Step #4
3000g x 15-20 minutes
Acid Fast
Org is surrounded by mycolic acid layer (hydrocarbons and wax)
Gram Stain does not penetrate wax = ACID FAST
Carbol Fuschion
Zich-Neelson: hot (heat removes wax)
Kinyoun: cold (pheynol removes wax)
Runyoun Group I
Photochromogens
Yellow pigment when exposed to light
(M. kanasii, M. marinum, M. simiae)
Runyoun Group II
Schotochromagens
Pigmented WITHOUT light, gets darker when exposed to light
(M. scrofulaceum, M. gordonae, M. Szulgi, M. Flavescens, M.xenopi, M. thermoresistible)
Runyoun Group III
Nonphotochromogens
non-pigmented
(M. avium-intercellulare, M. ulcerans, M.tb, haemophilum, gasti, terrae)
Runyoun Group IV
Rapid Growers
Grow is <7 days
M. fortuitum, M. chelonae, abscessus, smegmatis
Mycobacterium tuberclosis
Niacin + Nitrate + Urease + Catalase - Tween 80 Hyrdolysis -
Virulence: Antigen 85 Complex: “walls off” Mtb, high lipid content, grows intracellularly (inhibits phaygocytosis)
ID: PPD, Quantiferon (if infected, patient WBCs release IFN-gamma and amount of IFN-gamma is measured)
TX: Isonaizid, rifampin
Mycobacterium bovis
TB in cattle, cats, dogs, swine
Niacin (variable) Nitrate - Catalase - Urease + Tween 80 Hydrolysis -
Mycobacterium avium complex
Pulmonary disease similar to TB (cough, fatigue, fever)
lymphadenitis
Immunocompromised patients, AIDS
Affects bowels of AIDS patients
Niacin - Nitrate - Catalase- Urease - Tween 80 Hydrolysis-
Mycobacterium kansasii
Pulmonary disease (TX, LA, , FL, CA)
Chronic Cavitary Disease
Infects upper lung lobes with cavitation and scarring
AIDS/immunocompromised
Mycobacterium asiaticum
Rarely a pathogen