Bacterial Identification

Question 1

Giemsa stain?

Answer 1

1) Chlamydia
2) Borrelia
3) Rickettsiae
4) Trypanosomes
5) Plasmodium
6) Herpes (Tzank)

Question 2

Ziehl-Neelsen (acid fast)?

Answer 2

1) Mycobacteria
2) Nocardia
3) Cryptosporidium
4) Isospora

Question 3

Obligate aerobes?

Answer 3

1) Nocardia
2) Pseudomonas
3) Mycobacteria
4) Bacillus

Question 4

Anaerobes?

Answer 4

1) Clostridium
2) Bacteroides
3) Actinomyces

Question 5

Obligate intracellular?

Answer 5

1) Rickettsiae

2) Chlamydia

Question 6

Facultative intracellular?

Answer 6

Salmonella, Neisseria, Brucella, Mycobacteria, Listeria, Francisella, Coxiella, Legionella, Yersinia pestis

Question 7

Encapsulated bugs?

Answer 7

Strep pneumonia, H. influenzae, Neisseria meningitidis, E. coli, Salmonella, Klebsiella, group B strep

Question 8

Catalase positive bugs?

Answer 8

Pseudomonas, Listeria, Aspergillus, Candida, E. coli, S. aureus, Serratia

Question 9

Urease positive bugs?

Answer 9

Cryptococcus, H. pylori, Proteus, Ureaplasma, Nocardia, Klebsiella, S. epidermidis, S. saprophyticus

Question 10

Biofilm producing bugs?

Answer 10

Staph epidermidis, Strep mutans and sanguinis, Pseudomonas, viridans strep, nontypable H. influenzae