Anaerobes Flashcards

1
Q

Brick red fluorescence

A

Prevotella
Porphyromonas

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2
Q

Red fluorescence

A

Veilonella

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3
Q

Pitting of agar

A

Bacteroides ureolyticus

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4
Q

Double zone of hemolysis

A

Clostridium perfringens

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5
Q

Swarming; Assacharolytic

A

Clostridium tetani
Clostridium septicum

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6
Q

Molar tooth colonies; sulfur granules

A

Actinomyces israelii

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7
Q

Breadcrumb colony

A

Fusobacterium nucleatum

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8
Q

Horse manure odor

A

Clostridium difficile

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9
Q

Infects brain, face, lungs, genitals

A

Actinomyces

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10
Q

Ingestion of toxin in inadequately cooked or improperly canned foods.

A

C. botulinum

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11
Q

Infant botulism due to

A

ingestion of spores in honey

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12
Q

Causes lumpy jaw

A

Actinomyces bovis

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13
Q

Fungus like bacteria

A

Actinomyces

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14
Q

1 blood culture contaminant

A

Propionibacterium acnes

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15
Q

Antibiotic-associated diarrhea, pseudomembranous colitis

A

C. difficile

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16
Q

Yellow ground-glass colonies on cycloserine cefoxitin fructose agar (CCFA). Usually not cultured. Must demonstrate toxin production. Toxins A & B. Tissue culture or EIA.

A

C. difficile

17
Q

Normal in GI tract. Causes gas gangrene, food poisoning

A

C. perfringens

18
Q

“Box cars.” Tendency to stain gram neg. Usually no spores seen.

A

C. perfringens

19
Q

Most commonly isolated Clostridium. Double zone of beta hemolysis on SBA.

A

C. perfringens

20
Q

Causes tetanus. Deep wounds infected with soil

A

C. tetani

21
Q

Swollen terminal spores. “Drumstick.” “Tennis racquet.” Becomes gram neg after 24 hr.

A

C. tetani

22
Q

Produces lactic acid, maintains vaginal pH. Absence in vagina predisposes to bacterial vaginosis & yeast infections

A

Lactobacillus