Bacteria

Question 1

What is gram positive bacteria?

Answer 1

Bacteria that stain violet as the crystal violet binds to the peptidoglycan cell wall - in other words bacteria with a cell wall

Question 2

What are rod shaped bacteria called

Answer 2

bacilli

Question 3

what are round shaped bacteria called

Answer 3

cocci

Question 4

name 3 gram positive cocci

Answer 4

staphylococcus
streptococcus
enterococcus

Question 5

name gram negative bacilli (Corney mike’s list of basic cars)

Answer 5

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mycobacteria
listeria
bacillus
nocardia

Question 6

Name 4 gram positive anaerobes - “CLAP”

Answer 6

Clostridium difficile
Lactobacillus
Actinomyces
Propionibacterium

Question 7

Gram negative bacteria - list 5 common ones

Answer 7

1. Neisseria meningitis
2. Neisseria gonorrhoea
3. haemophilia influenzae
4. Escheria coli
5. Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Question 8

what are atypical bacteria?

Answer 8

bacteria that aren’t cultured in the regular way and aren’t gram stained

Question 9

examples of 3 atypical bacteria

Answer 9

legionella pneumophila
mycoplasma pneumoniae
chlamydia psittaci

Question 10

name 5 antibiotics that can be used to treat MRSA

Answer 10

doxycycline
clindamycin
vancomycin
teicoplanin
linezolid

Question 11

What are ESBLs sensitive to?

Answer 11

carbapenem antibiotics

Question 12

what does ESBL mean

Answer 12

extended spectrum beta lactase bacteria