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Bacterial capsules are associated with what property?

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virulence

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What phase of the bacterial growth curve is best for biochemical testing?

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log phase

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What type of environment is provided by the candle jar?

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microaerophilic

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What is the purpose of Albert’s stain?

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simple stain to stain the metachromatic granules of Corynebacterium diptheriae; used to identify the cause of diphtheria

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What is an example of differential media?

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MacConkey

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What is an example of enriched media?

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chocolate agar, blood

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What is an example of selective media?

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MacConkey, Thayer Martin, and CNA

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What are the standard conditions for the autoclave?

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121ºC at 15 psi for 15 minutes

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What is the most abundant organism found in the human intestinal tract?

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Bacteroides

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What is the most important single test that differentiates Staphylococcus aureus from non-pathogenic staphylococci?

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coag

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α Streptococcus viridans are the most important cause of what serious illness?

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subacute bacterial endocarditis

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What is the ONLY significant pathogen in a throat culture?

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Group A β Strep

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Enterococcus belongs to what Lancefield group?

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Group D

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Enterococcus results on BEA and 6.5% NaCl

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+ +

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Foul smelling pus from an abscess which yields gram positive cocci in chains on gram stain would be indicative of what organism?

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Anaerobic strep

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How do you identify Neisseria gonorrhaeae?

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Oxidase + Gram = diplococci growing on Thayer Martin agar, only dextrose +

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What are the identifying characteristics of Neisseria meningitidis?

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Gram = coffe bean shaped diplococci, dextrose +, maltose +, oxidase +

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What three antibiotics are added to Thayer-Martin to make it a selective medium for pathogenic Neisseria?

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Vancomycin, colistin, nystatin

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What are the general characteristics of the family Enterobacteriaceae?

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all glucose fermenters, oxidase =, nitrate +, peritrichous if motile +

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What is the appearance of a positive test for citrate?

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growth and/or blue

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What is the appearance of a positive test for indole?

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red layer with addition of Kovac’s reagent

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What is the appearance of a positive test for H2S?

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black growth on medium

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What is the appearance of a positive test for phenylalanine?

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green to blue color with addition of ferric chloride

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What is the appearance of a positive test for VP?

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red

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What are the reagents used for the indole test?

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Kovac’s reagent

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What are the reagents used for the nitrate test?

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sulfanilic acid

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What are the reagents used for the phenylalanine test?

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ferric chloride

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What are the reagents used for the VP test?

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alpha napthal/potassium hydroxide

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What are the characteristics of E. coli?

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Gram =, TSI A/A, Indole +, Citrate =, Lysine +, Ornithine +, Urea =, Motile +

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What is the best means to differentiate the genus Enterobacter from the genus Klebsiella?

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motility, Klebsiella is nonmotile

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Which genera are urea positive?

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Klebsiella, Proteus

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LDC differentiates what organism from non-pathogenic H2S producers such as Citrobacter and Proteus?

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Salmonella

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What is the causative agent of hemorrhagic colitis and hemolytic uremic syndrome due to is production of Verotoxin?

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E. coli 0157

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34
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What is Verotoxin also known as?

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Shiga-like toxin

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What are the characteristics of Serratia marcesens?

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chromogenic, resistant to antibiotics, associated with UTI, hospital-acquired infections, and wound infections in people who s pend a lot of time outdoors in the woods

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What test differentiates Proteus mirabilis from Proteus vulgaris?

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Indole, mirabilis is indole =

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Which genera are phenylalanine positive?

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Proteus, Providencia, and Morganella

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Which organisms causes an infection of the mesentery suggestive of acute appendicitis?

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Yersinia pseudotuberculosis

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K/A with gas and H2S in TSI is suggestive of what intestinal pathogen?

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Salmonella

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What non-pathogenic organism is biochemically so similar to Shigella that isolates that are biochemically identified as Shigella must be typed?

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Alkalescens dispar

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What is the difference between a food poisoning and a food infection?

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Food poisoning is rapid from an enterotoxin; food infection is from ingesting large amounts of viable organisms and takes 18-24 hours

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What organism could be described as an oxidase positive, glucose-fermenting rod commonly found in water and soil?

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Aeromonas hydrophilia

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A Gram negative coccobacillus isolated from a cat bite is most likely to be?

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Pasteurella multocida

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A salt-loving organism responsible for gastroenteritis due to contaminated sea food is most likely to be?

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Vibrio parahemolyticus

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What media is used to differentiate between oxidation and fermentation?

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Hugh and Leifson green semisolid

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A Gram negative coccobacillus isolated from a patient with endocarditis that is oxidase +, catalase -, indole +, non-motile and weakly fermentative would most likely be?

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Cardiobacterium hominus

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What are the three most commonly isolated non-fermentative bacteria?

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Acinetobacter, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

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A non-fermenter with a blue-green pigment and a grape-like odor is what?

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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A non-fermentor that is a strong maltose oxidizer and a weak glucose oxidizer is?

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Stenotrophomonas (Xanthomonas) maltophilia

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50
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What is the causative agent of glanders?

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Burholederia mallei (Pseudomonas)

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A Gram negative, oxidase negative coccobacillus is?

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Acinetobacter

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What genus of bacteria can be confused with Neisseria because they are oxidase + and sometimes grow on Thayer-Martin and can be differentiated by gram stain since those organisms are Gram negative rods rather than cocci?

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Morexella

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A yellow pigmented, oxidase +, Gram negative rod which can cause meningitis (especially in infants) would be?

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Flavobacterium meningisepticum

54
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When is it the best time to try to isolate Brucella from the bloodstream?

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Within the first three weeks after infection

55
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Listeria and Corynebacterium are best differentiated by what test?

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motility

56
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What organism is described as a Gram +, aerobic partially acid-fast rod which usually appears on gram stain as delicate, branching rods?

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Nocardia sp.

57
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Why are routine sterile swabs (clutters) NOT acceptable for anaerobic cultures?

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because they are not kept from oxygen

58
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The causative agent of pseudomembranous colitis (PMC) associated with over-treatment with antibiotics is?

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Clostridium dificile

59
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What anaerobic organism usually produces a black colony on lake blood agar?

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Prevotella melaninogenica

60
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Gram negative pleomorphic rods which are non-spore forming, strict anaerobes could be?

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Fusobacterium

61
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Normal inhabitants of the mouth and isolated from infections of the nasopharynx and sinuses are?

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Fusobacterium

62
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A Gram positive, branching rod isolated from “sulfur granules” obtained from a patient’s jaw is?

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Actinomyces

63
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Lactobacillus is most frequently isolated from?

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urine from adult females

64
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What anaerobic organism is a normal inhabitant of the skin most frequently isolated from 5-7 day old blood cultures where it is a contaminant?

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Propionibacterium acnes

65
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Acid-fast bacilli are usually catalase?

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catalase positve

66
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What substance is the most commonly used agent for concentrating sputum for AFB culture because it decontaminates the sputum, is a mucolytic agent, and it does not damage the AFB?

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N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NALC)

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Characteristics of nonphotochromogens Runyon groups

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unpigmented except for slight yellow color which is not intensified by light

68
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Characteristics of photochromogens Runyon groups

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unpigmented in the dark, but pigmented in the light

69
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Characteristics of rapid growers Runyon groups

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colonies appear in 3-5 days

70
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Characteristics of scotochromogens Runyon groups

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pigmented even in the dark

71
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An acid-fast bacillus (AFB) producing a buff colored, dry heaped up colony that is niacin and nitrate positive is most likely to be?

A

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

72
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Which species of organism causes a form of rat bite fever known as Haverhill fever and characteristically produces L-forms?

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Streptobacillus moniliformis

73
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In a sputum culture which reveals large numbers of WBCs on gram stain but NO organisms, what would be suspected?

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Legionella pneumophilia

74
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What respiratory pathogen is associated with primary atypical pneumonia, increased cold agglutinin titer, and Streptococcus MG?

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Mycoplasma pneumoniae

75
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What is the other name of the atypical pneumonia that Mycoplasma pneumoniae causes?

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Eaton’s agent pneumonia

76
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The results of Kirby-Bauer susceptibility tests are reported as?

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Sensitivity (susceptible), intermediate, or resistant

77
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What is the smallest concentration of a drug that completely inhibits growth?

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minimum inhibitory concentration

78
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For which diseases are blood cultures the best means of identification?

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sepsis, subacute bacterial endocarditis, typhoid fever

79
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What is often added to blood culture media because it acts as an anticoagulant, inactivates the ahminoglycosides, and will neutralize the bactericidal effect of human serum?

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Sodium polyanethol sulfonate

80
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Which serological type of Hemophilus influenza is the most pathogenic?

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Hemophilus influenzae Type B

81
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What organism is enhanced by cold temperatures?

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Listeria

82
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The toxicity test for Corynebacterium diptheriae is called?

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Elek test

83
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What is the test used to identify the alpha toxin of Clostridium?

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Nagler test

84
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What agar is used in Kirby-Bauer sensitivity testing?

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Mueller Hinton agar

85
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Name one medium that can be used for the isolation of AFB

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L-J or Middlebrook

86
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Name one medium that can be used for the isolation of anaerobes

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KV or anaerobic sheep blood

87
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Name one medium that can be used for the isolation of Legionella

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CYE (charcoal yeast extract)

88
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What is a Castaneda bottle?

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Blood culture bottle with a slant for isolation of Brucella

89
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The bacterial infection that is characterized by Donovan bodies is caused by what organisms?

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Calymmatobacterium granulomatis

90
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What is an important pathogen of Runyon group 1?

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Mycobacterium marinum and Kansasii

91
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What is an important pathogen of Runyon group 2?

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Szulgai

92
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What is an important pathogen of Runyon group 3?

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Mycobacterium tuberculosis

93
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What is an important pathogen of Runyon group 4?

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Fortuitum

94
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What is the mode of action of penicillin?

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interferes with the cell wall synthesis, affects mainly Gram + organisms, and may produce allergies

95
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What is the mode of action of sulfonamides?

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compete with folic acid, are broad spectrum, and can be toxic to the kidney

96
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CAMP+, Gram+, Beta hemolytic

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Group B Beta Strep

97
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Gram+, lancet shaped, alpha hemolytic, optichin sensitive

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Streptococcus pneumoniae

98
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Slightly curved rod, Gram=, Oxidase+, naladixic acid sensitive

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Campylobacter fetus s.s.jejni

99
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Gram= rod, oxidase+, pyocyanin pigment, grows at 42F

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

100
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Pleomorphic rods, requires hemotin (X) and NAD (V)

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Hemophilus influenzae

101
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Bismuth-sulfite agar used to isolate

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Salmonella typhi

102
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potato-blood-glycerol agar used to isolate

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Bordetella pertussis

103
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Potassium (K) tellurite agar used to isolate

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Clostridium diphtheria

104
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cystine-blood-glucose agar used to isolate

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Franciscella

105
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thiosulfate-citrate-bile salt-sucrose (TCBS) agar used to isolate

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Vibrio

106
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Causative agent of pink eye

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Hemophilus aegypticus

107
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Causative agent of whooping cough

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Bordetella pertussis

108
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Causative agent of undulant fever

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Brucella

109
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Causative agent of meningitis

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Hemophilus influenzae

110
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Causative agent of chancroid

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Hemophilus ducreyi

111
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Causative agent of Woolsorter’s disease?

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Bacillus anthracis

112
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Causative agent of lock jaw?

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Clostridium tetani

113
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Causative agent of gangrene?

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Clostridium perfringens

114
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Causative agent of pseudomembrane?

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Corynebacterium diptheriae

115
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Causative agent of still birth?

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Listeria

116
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Causative agent of relapsing fever

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Borrelia recurrentis

117
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Causative agent of hemorrhagic jaundice

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Leptospira

118
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Causative agent of pinta

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Treponema carateum

119
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Causative agent of syphilis

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Treponema palladum

120
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Causative agent of yaws

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Treponema partenue

121
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Common name for Klebsiella pneumoniae

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Friedlander’s bacillus

122
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Common name for Hemophilus aegypticus

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Koch’s week’s bacillus

123
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Common name for Hemophilus influenzae

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Pheiffer’s bacillus

124
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Common name for Mycobacterium leprae

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Hanson’s bacillus

125
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Causative agent of food poisoning

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Staphylococcus aureus

126
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Causative agent of lobar pneumonia

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Streptococus pneumoniae

127
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Causative agent of neonatal meningitis

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Group B Beta Strep

128
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Causative agent of rheumatic or scarlet fever

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Group A Beta Strep

129
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Causative agent of UTIs and wound infections

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Group D

130
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Common name for Corynebacterium diptheriae

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Klebs-Loeffler bacillus

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