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1
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Open wound with bluish discoloration

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Pseudomonas

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Yellowish sputum in cough

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Streptococcus

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3
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Cough with blood secretion

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Mycobacterium

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4
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Methods used to identify bacteria to the level of genus and species

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Phenotypic
Immunologic
Genotypic

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Phenotypic methods

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Microscopic
Macroscopic
Physio/biochem
Chemical

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6
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Microscopic morphology

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Cell shape and size
Gram stain rxn
Acid fast rxn
Special structures

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Macroscopic morphology

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Colony appearance
Speed of growth
Pattern of growth

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8
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Green metallic sheen

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E. Coli

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Speed of growth

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Fastidious

Rapid

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Pattern of growth

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Linear

Accelerating

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Physiological or biochemical characteristics

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Presence if specific enzymes

Nutritional metabolic activities

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12
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Chemical analysis

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specific structural substances

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13
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Advantage of genotypic over phenotypic

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Culturing the microorganism is not always necessary

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14
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Antibody response to an antigen

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Immunologic method

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15
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Rules in specimen collection

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Adequate quantity
Sample represents the infectious process
Avoid contamination by using aseptic technique
Take specimen to the lab and exam promptly
Secure meaningful specimens before antimicrobial drugs are administered

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16
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Sources of material

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Saliva
Sputum
Blood
Urinary excretions
Nasopharyngeal swabbing
Csf
Feces
Vaginal swab
Penile discharge
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17
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Microscopic testing

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Gram stain
Acid fast
FAb stain
Gene probes

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18
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Macroscopic testing

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Direct antigen

Gene probes

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19
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Test for isolates

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Biochemical
Stereotyping
Antimicrobic sensitivity
Gene probes
Phage typing
Animal incoulation
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20
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Lab techniques for patients

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Immunologic
Serological test
In vivo reaction
Clinical signs and symptoms

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21
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Acid or gas formation

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Carbohydrate fermentation

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22
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Miscellaneous tests

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Phage typing
Animal inoculation
Antimicrobial sensitivity

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23
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Detecting single strains of bacteria

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Phage typing

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24
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Based on the specificity of phage surface receptor for cell surface receptor

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Bacteriophage typing

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25
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Viruses that infect bacteria

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Bacteriophages

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26
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Used to identify different strains of bacteria within a single species

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Phage typing

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27
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Establishment of an antimicrobial gradient in an agar medium to determine susceptibility

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Antimicrobial gradient method

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28
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Broad classification of bacteria

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Gram staining

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29
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Based in the composition of cell wall

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Gram staining

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30
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Reagents for gram staining

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Crystal violet
Grams iodine
95% ethyl alcohol
Grams safranin

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31
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Primary dye

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Crystal violet

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32
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Mordant

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Grams iodine

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33
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Decolorizer

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95% ethyl alcohol

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34
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Counterstain

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Safranin

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35
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Makes bacteria different to kill

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Endospores

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36
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Identify presence or absence if endospores

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Endospore staining

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37
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Example of endospore-forming bacterial pathogen

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Clostridium difficile

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38
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Stain species of m. Tuberculosis

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Ziehl neelsen stain

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39
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Stains used in ziehl neelsen stain

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Carbol fuchsin

Methylene blue

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40
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Stains the bacteria red

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Carbol fuchsin

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41
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Used to examine thin sections of tissue

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H&E staining

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42
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Stains nuclei blue

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Hematoxylin

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43
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Stains cytoplasm, connective tissue, and other extracellular substances pink or red

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Papanicolaou staining

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44
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Frequently used to stain pap smear specimens

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Papanicolaou staining

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45
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Used to ,ark carbohydrates

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Periodic acid schiff staining

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46
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Distinguish different types of glycogen storage diseases

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Periodic acid schiff staining

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47
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3 color staining protocol

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Massons trichome

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48
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Distinguish cells from surrounding tissue

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Massons trichome

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49
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Red keratin

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Muscle fibers

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50
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Blue or green

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Collagen and bone

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51
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Light red or pink

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Cytoplasm

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52
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Black

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Cell nuclei

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53
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Combination of eosinate and methylene blue

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Romanowsky stains

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54
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Examine blood or bone marrow samples

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Romanowsky stains

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55
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Preferred over H&E for inspection of blood cells

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Romanowsky stain

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56
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Detect blood-borne parasites

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Romanowsky stain

57
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Show proteins and dna

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Silver staining

58
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Used to show both substances inside and outside cells

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Silver staining

59
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Used to determine the level of fecal fat to diagnose steatorrhea

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Sudan staining

60
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Staining true endospores using malachite green dye

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Conklin’s staining

61
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The most sensitive fluorescent stains for mycobacteria

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Auramine-rhodamine

62
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Used for confirmation of positive fluorescent stain

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Ziehl neelsen stain

63
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Other name for ziehl neelsen stain

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Kinyoun stain

64
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Nucleic acid selective fluorescent cationic dye

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Acridine orange

65
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Useful for cell cycle determination

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Acridine orange

66
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Imparts yellow color to acid mucins

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Bismarck brown

Manchester brown

67
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Intense red dye to stain glycogen

68
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Non specific staining of proteins
Blue color
Used in gel electrophoresis

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Coomassie blue

Brilliant blue

69
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Stains acidic components of neutralcytoplasm specifically nissl bodies

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Cresyl violet

70
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Used in brain research

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Cresyl violet

71
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Stains cell wall purple

Used in gram staining

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Crystal violet

72
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Fluorescent nuclear stain excited by UV light

Strong blue fluorescence when bound to DNA

73
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For cell counting

74
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Counterstain to hematoxylin

Pink or red color to cytoplasmic material, cell membranes and extracellular structures

75
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Intercalates and stains dna

Fluorescent red-orange stain

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Ethidium bromide

76
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Identify cells that are in the final stages of apoptosis

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Ethidium bromide

77
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Stain collagen, smooth muscle or mitochondria

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Acid fuchsine

78
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Indicator for starch

79
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Blue green counterstain to safranin in the gimeneZ staining technique

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Malachite green
Diamond green B
Victoria green B

80
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Dye the chromatin cells

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Methyl green

81
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Stain animal cells to make their nuclei more observable

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Methylene blue

82
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Stain blood film

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Methylene blue

83
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Stains nissl substance red

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Neutral red

Toluene red

84
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Stains nuclei blue

Used with living cells

85
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Formed by boiling nile blue with sulfuric acid

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Nile red

Nile blue oxazone

86
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Lipophilic stain that accumulate in lipid globules inside cells, staining them red

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Nile red

Nile blue oxazone

87
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Used in optical microscopy to stain lipids

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Osmium tetraoxide

88
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Protein specific fluorescent stain

89
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Nuclear stain
Produces red nuclei
Counter staim
Give yellow color to collagen

90
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Bacillus

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Single

Chains

91
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Coccus

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Singles
Pairs
Chains
Packets
Cluster
92
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Spore forming bacteria

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Bacillus

Clostridium

93
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Non spore forming

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Corynebacterium

Actinomyces

94
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Types of motility

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Swarming
Tumbling
Darting
Gliding

95
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Rapid coordinated translocation

96
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Ex. Of microorg with swarming motility

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Proteus
Pseudomonas
Bacillus
Salmonella
Serratia
97
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Microorg with tumbling motility

98
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Microorg with darting motility

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Helicobacter

99
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Non flagellar motility

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Gliding motility

100
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Genotypic methods

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Dna analysis using probes
Nucleic acid sequencing and ribosomal rna analysis
Polymerase chain reaction

101
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Nucleic acid hybridization

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Nucleic acid probes (DNA Probe)

102
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Detects for specific dna sequence

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Hybridization

103
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Comparison of the sequence of nitrogen based on the rRNA

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Nucleic acid sequencing and rrna analysis

104
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Effective for differentiating general group differences

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Nucleic acid sequencing and rrna analysis

105
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Rapid identification of pathogen

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Polymerase chain reaction

106
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In vitro testing of the serum

107
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Strategies of immune testing

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Agglutination
Precipitation
Immunity infusion
Complement fixation
Fluorescence antibody test
Amino acid test
108
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Sensitivity

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True positive rate

109
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Specificity

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True negative rate

110
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Series of serial dilution used to reduce a dense culture of cells to a more usable concentration

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Serial dilution

111
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Antigens are whole cells

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Agglutination

112
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Antigen is a soluble molecule

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Precipitation

113
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Antibodies cross link to the antigens to form visible clumps

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Agglutination testing

114
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Determine ABO and Rh blood types

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Agglutination testing

115
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Diagnosing salmonellosis and undulant fever

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Widal test

116
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Test for antibodies to syphillis

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Rapid plasma reagin test

117
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Diagnose sicketsial infection

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Weil felix reaction

118
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Tiny latex beads with antigens affixed

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Latex agglutination test

119
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Precipitation test for diagnosis of syphillis

120
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Precipitation test for antibody testing amd hemoglobin hereptophoresis

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Immunoelectriphoresis

121
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Detecting proteins

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Western blot

122
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Electrophoretic separation of proteins

Immunoassay

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Western blot

123
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Used for detection of hiv

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Western blot

124
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Difference between hiv and aids

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Hiv - only infected with the virus

Aids - susceptible to opportunistic infections

125
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Antibody requires complement to complete the lysis of its antigenic target cell

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Lysin or cytolysin

126
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Misc serological test

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Tpi
Toxin neutralization
Serotyping
Quellung test

127
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For encapsulated microorganism

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Quellung test

128
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Fluorescent direct testing

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Unknown test specimen

Fluorescent antibody solution of unknown composition

129
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Fluorescent indirect testing

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Fluorescent antibodies

Fc region of another antibody

130
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Permit rapid and accurate measurement of trace antigen or antibody

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Immunoassays

131
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Pinpoint minute amounts of a corresponding antigen or antibody

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Radioimmunoassay

132
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For autoimmune diseaseffecting goiter

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Radioimmunosorbent test

133
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Immunoassays

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Radioimmunoassay
Radioimmunosorbent
Radioallergosorbent

134
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Color tracer for antigen antibody reactions

135
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Done for cases of hiv
More general
Antigen-antibody reaction

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Direct elisa

136
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Primary screening test for diagnosis of hiv-1 infection

137
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Test that differentiate tcells from bcells

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Rosette formation

138
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First method of diagnosis of disease

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