CAMPYLOBACTER

Question 1

Specimen for Campylobacter

Answer 1

feces, rectal swab & blood.

Question 2

less-preferred specimen

Answer 2

Rectal swab

Question 3

Gray, flat, glistening and irregular with
“tailing effect” along the streak line or
“runny spreading” growth

Answer 3

CULTURE OF CAMPYLOBACTER

Question 4

Campy-BAP, Butzler agar,
Skirrow’s medium and charcoal cefoperazone
desoxycholate agar (CCDA)

Answer 4

Selective Media in Campylobacter

Question 5

Transport medium

Answer 5

Cary-Blair Medium

Question 6

both enriched and
have added antibiotics

Answer 6

Butzler and Skirrow’s media

Question 7

contains antibiotics and is selective for
Campylobacter species.

Answer 7

CCDA

Question 8

two-week incubation may be
needed

Answer 8

Blood culture

Question 9

Campy can be detected effectively by a

Answer 9

CO2 monitoring system

Question 10

Campy blood
agar plate , base?

Answer 10

Brucella agar
10% sheep red blood cells

Question 11

Campy blood
agar plate, antimicrobial agaent?

Answer 11

Vancomycin
Trimethoprim
Polymyxin B
Amphotericin B
Cephalothin

Question 12

Skirrow’s, base?

Answer 12

Oxoid blood
agar base.
Lysed,
defibrinated
horse RBC

Question 13

Skirrow’s, antimicrobial agaent?

Answer 13

Vancomycin
Trimethoprim
Polymyxin B

Question 14

Butzler, base?

Answer 14

Meat extract and peptone
Horse blood, defibrinated

Question 15

Butzler, antimicrobial agaent?

Answer 15

Bacitracin
Novobiocin
Cycloheximide
Colistin
Cefazolin

Question 16

CCDA base?

Answer 16

Nutrient agar
Charcoal
Sodium desoxycholate

Question 17

CCDA antimicrobial agaent?

Answer 17

Cefoperazone
Amphotericin B

Question 18

Associated with diarrheal disease and bacteremia in humans and in children with recurring
gastrointestinal illness (abdominal cramps), endocarditis, and peritonitis

Answer 18

Arcobacter butzleri

Question 19

Common cause of duodenal ulcers and type B gastritis; possibly a risk factor in gastric carcinoma

Answer 19

Helicobacter pylori

Question 20

Gastroenteritis, bacteremia in immunocompromised patients

Answer 20

Campylobacter coli

Question 21

Most common cause of bacterial diarrhea worldwide

Answer 21

Campylobacter jejuni

Question 22

Gram negative, small, S-shaped rods or curved

Answer 22

CAMPYLOBACTER

Question 23

Campylobacter jejuni
o Campylobacter fetus subsp. Fetus
o Campylobacter coli
o Camplylobacterlari
o Campylobacter sputorum
o Campylobacter concisus
o Campylobacter curvus
o Campylobacter rectus

Answer 23

SPECIES OF CAMPYLOBACTER

Question 24

Slow growing fastidious and asaccharolytic
organism

Answer 24

CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI

Question 25

It has a darting motility and is unable to grow in media with a high salt concentration

Answer 25

CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI

Question 26

* Most common cause of bacterial gastroenteritis * Can cause septic arthritis among AIDS patient

Answer 26

CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI

Question 27

MOA OF CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI

Answer 27

eating contaminated chicken and turkey (does not multiply in foods)

Question 28

optimum temperature for growth for campy

Answer 28

42C

Question 29

Infective dose

Answer 29

>10,000 organisms.

Question 30

Causes bacteremia and rarely associated with gastrointestinal illness.

Answer 30

CAMPYLOBACTER FETUS SUBSP. FETUS

Question 31

Counterstain CAMPYLOBACTER

Answer 31

Carbolfuchsin

Question 32

HAnging drop prep CAMPYLOBACTER

Answer 32

darting motility

Question 33

If safranin (CAMPYLOBACTER)

Answer 33

2-3 minutes

Question 34

Faintly staining, Gram-negative, small, curved or S-shaped rods.

Answer 34

Microscopy of Campylobacter

Question 35

coccobacillary

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Old culture

Question 36

long spirals or are seagull wing-shaped.

Answer 36

Enteric campylobacters in microscopy

Question 37

Also an animal pathogen (cattle and swine) that causes sterility and abortion

Answer 37

CAMPYLOBACTER SP

Question 38

Most recognized antecedent cause of Guillain-Barr’e syndrome

Answer 38

CAMPYLOBACTER SP

Question 39

Microaerophilic, except for C. rectus and C. curvus, which are both strictly anaerobes

Answer 39

CAMPYLOBACTER SP

Question 40

Motile with the presence of single polar flagellum and secretes oxidase

Answer 40

CAMPYLOBACTER SP

Question 41

: Ingestion of contaminated water, poultry and dairy products; handling of pets like dogs, cats and birds (occupational hazard); and sexual transmission.

Answer 41

MOA for Campylobacter

Question 42

Enteric campylobacters

Answer 42

C. jejuni, C. coli and C. lari