Corynebacterium And Mycobacterium Flashcards
Gray to black colonies, resembling Chinese characters on tellurite medium
Corynebacterium diphtheriae
What granules are produced on LAMB
Volutin
Babes ernst
Associated with pseudomembrane, bull neck, myocarditis and recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy
Diphteria
Skin test for corynebacterium
Schicks tes
Treatment of diphteria
Erythromycin
Penicillin
What medium do you use to culture mycobacterium tuberculosis
LJ
Causes serpentine growth in vitro
Inhibits leukocyte migration
Cord factor
Drugs used for TB during the first 2 months
Rifampicin
Isoniazid
Pyrazinamide
What are the drugs added when there are resistant cases
Ethambutol
Streptomycin
Photochromogen seen in light
M kansasii
Scotochromogen seen in dark and light
M. Scrofulaceum