Final Flashcards
If a GNB can only grow on chocolate agar it would be considered fastidious__.
List some of these organisms
•Neisseria Gonorrhea
Haemophilus
Mac is?
Selective and differential
MAC that turns pink indicates?
Lactose fermentation
How do we quantitate CFUs in a urine culture?
Count multiplied by 1000.
S. aureus morph and bio-chem testing?
Smooth, buttery, creamy yellow
Catalase (+)
Coagulation bound & free (+)
Size, shape, color, size, growth, surface, margin, elevation and hemolysis characteristics describe?
Colonial morph
Types of margins?
Smooth (Entire)
Rough
Irregular
Curled
Filamentous
Swarming
Star-like (Yeast)
Mutation
Change in DNA coding for an organism.
Where do mutations occur?
Cell division
Antigen
Something from outside/inside, causes body to antibodies.
Antibody
Produced against antigen.
S. pneumo when treated W/ bile?
Melts in bile.
What is the test on s. Pneumo W/bile?
Bile solubility test
PMNs or nets in a gram stain are a sign of?
Infection
Special quality of some bacillus?
Spore former (Heat resistant)
Camp Test
Causes arrowhead, when it touches S. aureus.
When an arrowhead reaction is seen, what happens to the hemolysis?
Stronger beta hemolysis
CAMP positive organisms?
GBS A. galactiae
Modes of direct transmission?
Hand to hand contact
Sex
Congenital
Droplet
Modes of indirect transmission?
No hand contact: Fomites, water, food, animals, vectors, airborne (Inhalation, aerosols,)
IMVC: ++–, glucose +, nitrate +, TDA -, citrate -, H2S-, ONPG +, TSI A/A + gas, LDC +, unease-
E. coli
DNase +, Lipase +, Gelatine +,
Glucose +, nitrate +, citrate +, LDC +, ODC +, H2S -, Red pigment
S. marcescens
H2S+, Urease-, Motility+, ONPG+, LDC+, lactose-
Salmonella
Glucose+, nitrate+, LDC-, Citrate-, H2S-, lactose-, non-motile
Shigella
H2S+, glucose +, nitrate +, citrate -, indole-
Salmonella typhi
Glucose+, nitrate+, TDA+, urease+, H2S+, indole+
Proteus vulgaris
Oxidase+, indole+, arginine-, TSI K/A, 6% NaCl growth+, TCBS agar blue-green
Vibrio
Vibrio parahemolyticus
Oxidase+, TSI A/A, indole+, arginine+, lysine+, ornithine-
Aeromonas hydrophilia
oxidase +, catalase +, urease -, Hippurate hydrolysis +, growth temps 25 – 37 +, nalidixic acid S, cephalothin R, darting motility, microaerophilic
Associated infections: Bacteremia, Endocarditis, meningitis, wound infections, pneumonia.
Multiple ABX resistances
White pinpoint colonies on SBA W/ increased CO2
“Gull-wings”
Campylobacter jejuni
glucose +, TDA -, citrate +, LDC +, ODC -, indole -, oxidase -, VP +, mucoid +, motility -, ADH -
Klebsiella pneumoniae
oxidase +, oxidizes glucose +, yellow pigment
Chryseobacterium or
Elizabethkingia
TCBS agar green colonies, oxidase +, glucose fermentation +, lactose fermentation +, sucrose fermentation -, LDC +, ODC +, ADH -
Vibrio vulnificus
oxidase -, TSI A/A, indole -, urease +, ODC +, sucrose +, H2S -, motility
at 25 C +
Yersinia Enterocolitica
TSI K/A gas +, H2S +
Salmonella typhimurium
violet pigment, almond smell, MAC growth +, growth at 42 C +, oxidase +, glucose fermentation +, indole -
Chromobacterium
morph GN coccobacilli, oxidase -, catalase +, nitrate -, ONPG -, LDC -, ODC -
Acineobacter baumannii
oxidase W+, TSI K/K, glucose oxidation +, lactose oxidation +, maltose oxidation +, mannitol oxidation +, fluorescence -,
LDC +
Commonly seen in PTs W/ Cystic fibrosis
Burkholderia cepacia
glucose +, gas +, indole -, urease +, TDA +, H2S +
Proteus mirabillis
green pigments pyocyanin & pyoverdin, grape smell, ADH +, LDC -, ODC +, most isolated non-fermenter, alginate capsule, oxidase +, nitrate +,
70-80% of all isolated
non-fermenters, found t/o environment & nature?
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Pyocyanin Pigment?
blue pigment that is soluble in water and choloroform.
Pyoverdin pigment?
Yellow- yellow/green fluorescent pigment.
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is intrinsically resistant to?
Penicillin
Ampicillin
1st & 2nd gen cephalosporins
Trimethoprim
Chloramphenicol
Tetracyclines
What acquired resistance can P. aeruginosa gain, especially as an HAI?
Aminoglycosides (Tobra, gent, amikacin)
Beta-lactams
Carbapenems
Non-motile, weakly oxidase positive, only non-motile pseudomonad, possible bioterrorism, on SBA smooth cream-white colonies, “Glanders”
Burkholderia mallei
abundant H2S + motility, gas +, indole +
Edwarsiella spp
Endogenous infection
Something of normal flora, traumatically introduced to sterile site.
Nosocomial infections
HAIs (MRSA)
Community acquired infections?
Normal everyday environment, associated W/ the patient (GBS).
What is our primary stool pathogen?
Toxigenic E. coli (0157, ETEC, EHEC)
Most common primary stool pathogens?
Shigella and Salmonella
Other common stool pathogens?
Yersinia and Campylobacter
What agars can be used to isolate stool pathogens?
XLD
HE
SS
EMB
Campy plates
What are peak levels?
Highest level of antibodies in the body, any higher could kill someone.
What is a trough level?
Lowest level of antibodies in the body, any lower would allow microbial growth.
When are trough levels drawn?
Just before next dose.
What is the range between peak and trough levels?
Therapeutic range
What are some medications that have peak and trough levels drawn?
Vancomycin
Gentamycin
Amikacin
Tobramycin
Define fermentation?
The chemical breakdown of an organic compound.
What is the product of fermentation?
Acid
Types of immunity?
Humoral- Adaptive
Innate-Inborn
Characteristics of GN cell walls?
Thinner layer of peptidoglycan
Outer membrane of lipopolysaccharide.
Characteristics of GP cell walls?
Thick peptidoglycan
Allows them to hold crystal violet (W/ mordant- Iodine)
Teichoic acid
Pseudomonadaceae was first isolated from?
Soldier’s wounds oozing a green exudate.
Describe the Proteus genus?
UTIs of the urinary tract
Swarming motility on SBA
Wound Infections
Soil, water, or fecal-contaminated materials
Not mucoid
Labelled Immunoassays?
Immuno-fluorescent testing, used in Legionella or Bortella diseases.
Types of labeled immunoassays?
Antibody labelled for antigen assay (Direct)
Antibody labelled for antibody assay (Indirect)
Antigen labelled for antibody assay.
AB labelled for antigen assay?
Direct fluorescent assay (DFA)