Cornybacterium Flashcards
CORNYBACTERIUM is _______
- gram +ve
- PLEOMORPHIC
CORNYBACTERIUM resembles _______
CHINESE letters
Is CORNYBACTERIUM motile or non motile?
NON MOTILE
Tell the growth requirements of CORNYBACTERIUM?
FASTIDIOUS
Similar to STREPTOCOCUS
Are CORNYBACTERIUM produce _______ except _______
UREASE
C. Bovis
Colony of C. BOVIS?
- LIPOPHILIC
- WHITE and DRY
- NON-HEMOLYTIC
Colony of C. Pseudotuberculosis?
- WHITE
- surrounded by NARROW zone of COMPLETE hemolysis
What change occurs in colony of C. Pseudotuberculosis in few days?
- become dry , CRUMBLY and CREAM colored
C. RENALE is hemolytic or non hemolytic?
Non hemolytic
Which bio type of C. Pseudotuberculosis REDUCE NITRATE?
Equine/bovine biotype
Ovine/caprine biotype does not do it
Hemolysis produced by C. Pseudotuberculosis is ENHANCED when _______ organism in inoculated as streak
- RHODOCOCUS EQUI
All CORNYBACTERIA except C. Bovis are _______ organisms
PYOGENIC
Can C. Pseudotuberculosis survive in phagocytes?
Yes
-it is FACULATIVE INTRACELLULAR organism
Virulence of C. Pseudotuberculosis is due to _______
PLD(phospholipase D)
C. RENALE affects _______ organ system and has _______ on its body
- URINARY
- FIMBRIAE(for attachment)
C. Renale cause _______ and _______ in cattle
CYTITIS
PYELONEPHRITIS
Do CONRYBACTERIUM grow on MA?
NO they do not
IP for CASEOUS LYMPHADENITIS is _______
3 months
LN in caseous lymphadenitis has _______ appearance and have _______ colored fluid
- ONION RING
- greenish
BOVINE PYELONEPHRITIS is caused by _______
-C. Renale
_______ ,_______ ,_______ are seen in BOVINE PYELONEPHRITIS
Dysuria
Arched back
Blood tinged urine
What will you see in RECTAL PALPATION of BOVINE PYELONEPHRITIS?
- thickened ureter
- enlarged kidney
- UNILATERAL
Rx for bovine pyelonephritis?
-penicillin for 1 month
Ulcerative balanoposhtitis is aka _______ and is caused by _______
- PIZZLE ROT
- C. Renale
