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1
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On Gram + induces TNF-a, IL-1 and IL-6

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Lipoteichnoic acid

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Gram stains purple

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Gram +

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Gram stains pink

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Gram -

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On Gram - induces TNF & IL-1

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Lipid A portion of Lipolysaccharide

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5
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On Gram - Antigen

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O polysaccharide portion of LPS

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On Gram - site of endotoxin

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LPS

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7
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In Gram - site of B-lactamases

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Periplasmic space

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Mycolic acid cell wall rich in lipids

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Mycobacteria

Resistant to gram stain

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9
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Giemsa stain

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"Certain Bugs Really TRY my Patience"
Chlamydiae 
Borrelia 
Rickettsiae 
Trypansosomes
Plasmodium
Histoplasma
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Silver stain

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Legionella
Pneumocystis and other fungi
H.pylori

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No cell wall

Requires sterols

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Mycosplasm

Ureasplasms

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12
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Pleomorphic gram -

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Rickettsiae
Haemophilus
Chlamydiae

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PAS stain

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Glycogen

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14
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Ziehl-Neelsen stain

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Acid fast stain 
Carbol fuchsin stain 
Nocardia 
Mycobacteria 
Cryptosporidium
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Doesn’t gram stain

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"These Microbes May Lack Real Color"
Trepenoma (too thin) 
Mycobaccteria 
Mycoplasma 
Legionella 
Rickettsia 
Chlamydia
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Obligate Intracellular

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"stay inside when its Really CHilly and COld"
Rickettsia 
Chlamydia 
Coxiella
Rely on host ATP
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17
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India ink stain

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Cryptococcus neoformans

also mucicarmine stains red

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18
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Eosin methylene blue agar (EMB)

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E.coli

Turns colonies green metallic sheen

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19
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Charcoal yeast extract agar with cysteine and iron

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Legionella

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20
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Sabouraud agar

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Fungi agar

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21
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Chocolate agar 
Factors V (NAD+) 
Factor X (hematin)
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H.influenzae

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Thayer -Martin agar

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N.gonorrhoeae

N.meningitisidis

23
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Thayer Martin agar also contains

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"Very Typically Cultures Neisseria" 
Vancomycin (inhibits gram +) 
Trimethoprim
Colistin (inhibits gram except Neisseria) 
Nystatin (inhibits fungi)
24
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Bordet Gengou agar

Tegan Lower medium

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Bordetella pertussis

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Tellurite agar

Loffler medium

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C. diptheria

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Lowerstein-Jensen agar

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M.tuberculosis

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Eaton agar

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M.pneumoina

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MacConkey agar

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Lactose fermenting enterics

29
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Aerobes

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“Nagging Pests Must Breath”
Nocardia
Pseudomonas
MycoBacterium TB

30
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Anaerobes

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"Frankly Can't Breathe Air"
Fusobacterium 
Clostridium 
Bacteroides 
Actinomyces
31
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Anaerobes lack

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Catalase or
Superoxide dimutase
Susceptible to oxygen damage

32
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What antibiotic is ineffective against anaerobes?

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AminO2glycosides

Require O2 to enter the cell

33
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Facultative intracellular

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"Some Nasty Bugs May Liver FacutlativeLY"
Salmonella 
Neisseria 
Brucella 
Mycobacterium 
listeria 
Francisella 
Legionalla 
Yersinia pestis
34
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Encapsulated bacteria

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"SHiNE SKiS"
Strep pneumo 
Haemophilus influ type B 
Neisseria meningitidis 
E.coli 
Salmonella 
Klebsiella 
group B strep (Strep Agalactiae)
35
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Group A Strep

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Strep Pyogenes

36
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Group B Strep

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Strep Agalactiae

37
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Catalase +

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"Catalase Need PLACESS to work"
Nocardia 
Pseudomonas 
Listeria 
Aspergillus 
Candida 
E.coli 
Staphylococci 
Serratia
38
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Yellow sulfur granulues

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Actinomyces israelii

“Israel has yellow sand”

39
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Yellow pigment

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S.aureus (aureus=gold)

40
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Blue-green pigment

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

41
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Red pigment

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Serratia marcescnes

red maraschino

42
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Bacteria with IgA Protease

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"SHiN"
Strep pneumo
H.influ
Neisseria 
Helps to colonize respiratory mucosa by cleaving IgA
43
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Allows for adherence to surfaces

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fimbriae

Glycolayx (indwelling catheters)

44
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Protects against phagocytosis

45
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Genes for antibiotic resistance and toxins

46
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Exotoxins that binds MCHII and T cell receptors simultaneously

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Causes polyclonal T cell expansion and cytokine storm
S.aureus
Strep Pyogenes (Group A strep)

47
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Toxin both gram + and gram -

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Exotoxin
Secreted from cell after being produced by bacteria
Polypeptide

48
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Toxin gram - only

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Endotoxin (LPS)

49
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Toxin with high toxicity

50
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Toxin with low toxicity

51
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Tetanus
Botulism
Diptheria toxin

52
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Toxin of meningococcemia

Sepsis by gram - rods

53
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Type 3 secretion system injectisome

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needle like delivery of toxins from gram - bacteria 
Pseudomonas 
Shigella 
Salmonella 
E.coli

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