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Clinical Microbiology Flashcards

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What is a Virus?

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  • Noncellular
  • May not be living
  • Contains DNA & RNA + Protein coat
  • No independent reproduction
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What is Bacteria?

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  • Prokaryotic microbes
  • Unicellular
  • Pore size
  • Reproduced with binary fission
  • Live independently in soil, water, plants, etc..
  • Normal flora in humans
  • Cause disease
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Fungi, Yeasts, Molds has?

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Hyphae (fuzz)

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What is “Protozoa and Amoeba”

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  • Mostly single celled
  • Eukaryotic
  • Can be free living or in human hosts
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What is Rickettsia, Chlamydia, Spirochetes?

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Can adapt inside the human body

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Structures: Capsule

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  • Slime layer
  • Makes phagocytosis harder (WBC defense)
  • Increases virulence
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Structures: Cell Wall

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Contains peptidoglycan (gram+, gram-)

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Structures: Flagella

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Motility

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Structures: Plasmid

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  • Extra set of external circle DNA
  • Allows microorganism to replicate independently (antibiotic resistance)
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Temperature Classifications: Cold to Hot

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  • Cryophiles
  • Psychrotrophs
  • Mesophiles
  • Thermophiles
  • Hyperthermophlies
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Gas Classifications: Obligate

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Specific conditions

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Gas Classifications: Facultative

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Flexible conditions

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Temperature Classifications: Aerobic

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Needs O2

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Temperature Classifications: Anaerobic

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Doesn’t need O2

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Temperature Classifications: Microaerophilic

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Low O2 (campylobacter)

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Temperature Classifications: Capnophile

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Needs CO2

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Temperature Classifications: Facultative Anaerobe

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Prefers O2; can survive without

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Temperature Classifications: Fastidious

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Requires specific nutrition

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Media: Thioglycollate Broth

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Allows bacteria to choose it’s own conditions to tell you if it’s aerobic, anaerobic, microaerophilic etc.

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Media: Blood Agar

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  • Enriched
  • Non selective
  • Differentiates hemolytic reactions (THROAT SWAB)
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Media: Chocolate Agar

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Enriched for fastidious organisms

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Media: Thayer Martin

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  • Selective
  • Contains antibiotics to isolate for neisseria
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Media: Modified Thayer Martin

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  • Selective
  • Additional antibiotic to inhibit proteus
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Media: Macconkey

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  • Selective for gram-
  • Differential for lactose fermenters
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Media: Salmonella Shigella

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  • Selective for salmonella, shigella
  • Differential lactose fermenter
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Media: Sodium Thiosulphate

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  • Selective for salmonella, shigella
  • Differential sulphur reducers
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Media: Hektoen Enteric Agar

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  • Selective for gram-
  • Differential sulphur reducers
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Media: Phenylethyl Agar (PEA)

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Selective for gram+

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Media: CLED Agar

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Differential for urinary microbes

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Media: Sheep Blood Agar

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Heated to 75-80C to make chocolate agar

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Catalase Test

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  • Hydrogen peroxide bubbles
  • Differentiates staph and strep (+staph, -strep)
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Coagulase Test

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  • s.auerus produces coagulase
  • (+staph aureus, -another staph)
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Incubation: Aerobic

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  • Upside down
  • 35C ~ 24-48hrs (35C mimics temp of human host)
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Incubation: Anaerobic - Gaspak Jar

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Catalyst combines with residual oxygen with hydrogen to make water, removing oxygen

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Incubation: Anaerobic - Candle Jar

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  • Candle burns remaining oxygen
  • Creating reduced O2
  • Increased CO2 environment - 5%
35
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Incubation: Anaerobic - Campypak

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Requires 42C

36
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Microbe Shapes: Coccus

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  • Sphere, ball
  • Cluster = staphylo
  • Chain = Strepo
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Microbe Shapes: Bacillus

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  • Rod
  • Single, pair, chain, random (endospores)
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Microbe Shapes: Spiral

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  • Coil
  • Motile
39
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Staining: Positive Stain

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Cells stained

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Staining: Negative Stain

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Background stained (India ink)

41
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Staining: Differential Stain

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  • Gram stain
  • Acid Fast stain
42
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Gram Stain: Chemicals

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Crystal violet - iodine - acetone - safranin

43
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What does Gram+ Peptidoglycan do?

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Traps crystal violet inside, making it purple

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What does Gram- Peptidoglycan do?

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Crystal violet gets flushed out; safranin dyes it pink

45
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Blue Stain used in Acid Fast Stain (Ziehl-neelson)

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Carbol-fuchsin/methylene blue

46
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Kirby Bauer Test for Antibiotic Susceptibility

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Muller Hinton Agar:
- Streak lawn
- Add antibiotic discs
- incubate
- Measure zone of inhibition

47
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Swabs: Sterile

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  • Blood
  • Body fluids
  • Tissues
  • Bone marrow
48
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Swabs: Non-sterile

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  • Throat
  • Skin
  • Wound
  • Feces
49
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Swabs: Wounds

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Deep = anaerobic
Surface = aerobic

50
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Swabs: GI (Gastrointestinal)

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  • Gram-like Enterobacteriaceae
  • Salmonella, shigella
  • Campylobacter
  • E. Coli
51
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Swabs: V Swab

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Polyester Tip:
- Cotton toxic to gonorrhea
- Wooden stick toxic to chlamydia

52
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Swabs: Names

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  • Amie’s transport media
  • Stuart’s transport media
  • Cary-Blair transport media (GI parasites)
53
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Inoculating Plates

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  • Start with non-selective
  • Move towards selective
  • ANA, BA, CA, Mac
54
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UTI - Clean Catch Specimen: Normal Range

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100 - 1000 colony forming

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UTI - Clean Catch Specimen: Contaminated

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  • More than 1000
  • Less than 10,000
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UTI - Clean Catch Specimen: UTI

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10,000 - 100,000+

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Mycology: Mycoplasma

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Does not have cell wall

58
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Mycobacterium Stains: Acridine Orange

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Confirms bacteria in blood (then gram stained)

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Mycobacterium Stains: Auramine-Rhodamine

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Acid fast mycobacterium (mycolic acid has affinity for stain)

60
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PCR - Polymerase Chain Reaction: Step 1

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Denaturation:
- Break down DNA double helix @ 94C

61
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PCR - Polymerase Chain Reaction: Step 2

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Annealing/Priming:
- Small fragments of new DNA strands built @ 55-65C

62
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PCR - Polymerase Chain Reaction: Step 3

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Extensions:
- Enzyme; polymerase catalyzes new strands @ 72C

63
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RNA Virus

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RNA must be built into DNA before denaturation step can take place

64
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Assorted Terminology from Review: Thermolabile

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Sensitive to heat; damaged by heat

65
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Assorted Terminology from Review: EDC or EDD

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Medical acronym for pregnancy due date

66
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Assorted Terminology from Review: TLV

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Threshold Limit Value

67
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Assorted Terminology from Review: Fomite

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Inanimate object; can be contaminated with infectious agent

68
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Gram’s Staining Steps

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  1. Heat fix
  2. Primary stain - Crystal violet; 1 min
  3. Rinse with water; back of slide
  4. Mordant - iodine; 1 min
  5. Rinse with water; back of slide
  6. Decolorizer - Acetone alcohol; 3-5 sec
  7. Rinse with water; back of slide
  8. Counterstain - Safranin; 1 min
  9. Rinse with water; back of slide
  10. Anaerobes/aerobes
69
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Gram Staining Results if Steps Missed

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Pink = Negative
Blue = Positive

70
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Zeihl-Neilson Staining Steps

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  1. Heat fix
  2. Flood slide; Carbol Fuchsin
  3. Heat slide slowly; maintain steam; 5 min
  4. Rinse with water; back of slide
  5. Flood slide; 3% acid-alcohol; 5 mins; allow to decolorize
  6. Rinse with water; back of slide
  7. Flood slide; methylene blue; 1 min
  8. Rinse with water; back of slide
71
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Human Virus Size

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20-200 nm; diameter

72
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Bacteria Virus Size

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2-3 um; length

73
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What Causes Strep Throat?

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Group A Streptococcus:
- Spread through contact with droplets with infected person

74
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Culture Media: Alpha-Hemolysis

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  • Damaged RBC in blood (not lysis)
  • Media translucent; green-ish tinge around colonies
75
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Culture Media: Beta-Hemolysis

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  • Lysis of RBC
  • Media looks completely transparent around colonies
76
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Rickettsia: Found in

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  • Ticks
  • Lice
  • Fleas
  • Mites
  • Chiggers
  • Mammals
77
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What is Saponin?

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  • Detergent-like substances showing antibacterial
  • Anticancer potential
78
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How to do Lake Staining?

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Dye + Mordant

79
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What causes results of Gram Staining?

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Gram positive = Higher peptidoglycan
Gram negative = Higher lipid

80
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Agar melts around what Temperature?

81
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Agar Solidifies around what Temperature?

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