Culture mediums

Question 1

Clostridium perfringens

Answer 1

Egg Yolk

Question 2

Corynebacterium diphtheriae

Answer 2

Tellurite

Question 3

Group D Streptococci

Answer 3

Bile Esculin

Question 4

Staphylococci

Answer 4

Mannitol Salts

Question 5

N. meningitidis, N. gonorrhoeae from sterile sites (blood, CSF)

Answer 5

Blood/Chocolate agar

Question 6

N. gonorrhoeae from nonsterile sites (Oral GUT discharge)

Answer 6

Thayer-martin

Vancomycin, Nystatin, Cholestin

Question 7

H. influenzae

Answer 7

Chocolate + Factors X & V

Question 8

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Answer 8

Lowenstein- Jensen

Question 9

Vibrio cholerae

Answer 9

Thiosulfate Citrate Bile Salts (TCBS)

Question 10

Bordetella pertussis

Answer 10

Bordet-gengou / Regen Lowe

Question 11

Legionella pneumophila

Answer 11

Charcoal yeast extract

Question 12

Campylobacter, Helicobacter

Answer 12

Skirrows

Question 13

Borrelia burgdorferi

Answer 13

Barbour-Stoenner-Kelly (BSK)

Question 14

Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Answer 14

Eaton

Question 15

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Answer 15

Cetrimide

Question 16

Salmonella, Shigella

Answer 16

Xylose-Lysine-Deoxycholate (XLD)

Question 17

Leptospira interrogans

Answer 17

Ellinhausen-McCullough-Johnson-Harris (EMJH) / Fletcher’s

Question 18

Herpes virus

Answer 18

Tzanck smear

Question 19

Cytomegalovirus

Answer 19

Shell tubes

Question 20

(Dermatophytes) Septate hyphae

Answer 20

10% KOH

Question 21

(Dermatophytes) Hyphae & conidia

Answer 21

Sabouraud’s agar

Question 22

Green flourescence on Wood’s lamp

Answer 22

Dermatophytes

Question 23

BAL washings
Toluidine blue
Methenamine silver stain

Answer 23

Pneumocystis jiroveci

Question 24

Strep Agalactiae

Answer 24

LIM broth