Anaerobes Flashcards

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Collectively termed as clostridia

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Clostridium

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2
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Clostridium has 3 kinds of spores

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Terminal, subterminal,central

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3
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Spores large and central to subterminal,oval and LARGE BOXCAR SHAPES
DOUBLE ZONE B-hemolysis

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Clostridium perfringens

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4
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Other term for gas gangrene

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Myonecrosis

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5
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What toxin of C.perfringens that causes necrosis

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a-toxin

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6
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Fluid-filled blisters

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Bullae

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7
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Type of food poisoning that is relatively mild

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Type A

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8
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Type of food poisoning that is more serious but rarely seen

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Type C

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9
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What type of enterotoxin linked to sporulation up to 8-30 hrs incubation period

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Type A

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10
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What type of enterotoxin associated with strains that produce B-toxin and less commonly

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Type C

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11
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Other term for C.perfringens type C food poisoning

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Enteritis necroticans

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12
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Incubation period of C.perfringens type C food poisoning

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5-6 hrs

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13
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subterminal and resemble a TENNIS RACKET

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Clostridium botulinum

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14
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ingestion of preformed botulinum toxin

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Botulism

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15
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Only type A,B,E are associated with human disease,PRESERVED OR CANNED FOODS

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Clostridium botulinum

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16
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it is called Botulinum toxin type A

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Botox

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17
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Botox is used to treat?

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Strabismus (wandering eye)

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18
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Honey contaminated with C.botulinum

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Infant botulism

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19
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Has the characteristics of DRUMSTICK or TENNIS RACKET

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Clostridium tetani

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20
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it has narrow zone B-hemolysis:may swarm over agar surface

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Clostridium tetani

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21
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neurotoxin produced by C.tetani

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tetanospasmin

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22
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Vaccine for C.tetani

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Diptheria tetanus-acellular pertussis (DTaP) vaccine

23
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Barnyard or horse-stable odor

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Clostridium difficile

24
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has a yellow,ground galss colony

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C.difficile

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what fluorescence does C.difficile use
chartreuse (yellow green) fluorescence
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C.difficile produce 2 toxins
toxin A:enterotoxin toxin B:cytotoxin
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test for toxin production of C.difficile
EIA
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an agar used to determine the activities of lecithinase,lipase,proteolytic enzymes
egg yolk agar plate
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lecithinase cleaves lecithin found in egg yolk produces an ______ zone around the colony
opaque
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Lipase-positive organism produce a colony with a appearance of a ?
gasoline on water or "mother of pearl"
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a disease characterized by the development of sinus and FISTULAE
Actinomycosis
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the strains of this disease resembles a MOLAR TEETH
Actinomyces israelii
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sinus tracts anf fistulae,which erupt to the surface and drain pus that may contain so called?
sulfur granules
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they help protect the host from urogenital infection
Lactobacillus
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the lactic acid product of their metabolism helps maintain the low pH of the normal adult female genital tract
Lactobacillus
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can cause disease when they infect plastic shunts
Propionibacterium
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genesis of ACNE
propionibacterium
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cells may be pointed,club-shaped,spatulated or bifurcated (FORKED)
Bifidobacterium spp
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cells may appear as a STAR like aggregate,V arrangements,PALISADE CLUSTER
Bifidobacterium spp
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bile-tolerant species grow in the presence of 20% BILE
Bacteroides fragilis
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A bacteroides that its colonies appear to PIT the agar
Bacteroides ureolyticus
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Most of its species produce butyric acid *can cause OSTEOMYELITIS
Fusobacteria
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its morphology referred to as FUSIFORM
F.nucleatum
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a fusobacteria who is pleomorphic and exhibit globular forms,BIZARRE SHAPES
F.mortiferum
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some prevotella produce ___________that can cause dark pigment colony
protoporphyrin
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identification of pigmented prevotella group
brick red fluorescence
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this bacteria will produce brick red fluorescence under UV LIGHT
porphyromonas
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the species can be cultured grom gingival and periapical tooth
porphyromonas spp
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part of the normal flora if the mouth,nasopharynx,probably intestine
veillonella
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support the growth of prevotella spp
KVLB agar
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this bacteria has a small,convex translucent colonies on BAP
veillonella
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the gram stain morphology of _______ may resemble staphylococcus spp
Finegoldia
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the only anaerobic spore forming bacilli that has benn isolated from human clinical materials
Clostridium