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1
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Gram + branching aerobe

A

Nocardia

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1
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Gamma hemolytic strep

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GDS (Enterococcus)

Non-enterococcus (S. bovis)

(No hemolysis)

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Enterococcus vs. Strep bovis

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Enterococcus = growth in bile and 6.5% NaCl

Strep bovis = growth in bile but not 6.5% NaCl

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2
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G+ encapsulated

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Pneumococcus

GBS

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3
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Gram + rod acid fast

A

Mycobacterium

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4
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Alpha hemolytic strep

A

Pneumococcus

Viridans strep

(green, incomplete hemolysis)

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5
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G+ yellow pigment

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S. aureus

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7
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Gram + branching acid fast

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Nocardia

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7
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G+ cocci catalse -

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Strep

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8
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G+ branching filaments

A

Nocardia

Actinomyces

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8
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G+ yellow granules

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Actinomyces

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9
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S. pyogenes

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G+ coccus, catalse -, beta hemolytic, Bacitracin sensitive

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10
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Listeria

A

G+ rod exotoxin producer

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11
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G+ cocci exotoxin producers

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S. aureus

GAS

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12
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Pneumococcus

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G+ coccus, catalse -, alpha hemolytic, doesn’t grow in optochin or bile

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13
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Gram + rod catalse +

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Listeria

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14
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G+ cocci catalse + coagulase -

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S. epidermidis

S. saprophyticus

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15
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G+ with IgA protease

A

Pneumococcus

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16
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G+ cocci

A

Staph or strep

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16
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S. saprophyticus

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G + cocci catalse + coagulase - Novobiocin resistant

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16
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S. mutans

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G+ coccus, catalse -, grows in bile and optochin

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17
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Corynebacterium

A

G+ rod

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18
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Clostridium

A

G+ rod anaerobe toxin producers

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20
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Novobiocin resistant

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S. saprophyticus

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21
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G+, catalse -, bacitracin resistant

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GBS (also beta hemolytic)

22
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Pneumococcus vs. viridans strep

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Both alpha hemolytic (green, incomplete)

Pneumococcus = capsule, bile sensitive, optochin sensitive

Viridans strep = no capsule, bile resistant, optochin resistant

23
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G+ cocci, catalse -, bacitracin sensitive

A

GAS (also beta hemolytic)

25
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Nocardia

A

G+ branching, acid fast aerobe

26
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Gram + rod anaerobe

A

Clostridium

28
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Gram + rod produces exotoxin

A

Listeria (listeriolysin)

C. perfringens (alpha toxin)

C. diphtheria

C. tetani (tetatnospasmin)

C. botulinum

29
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G+ with M protein

30
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Novobiocin resistant

A

S. saprophyticus

31
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G+ cocci coagulase + catalse +

32
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S. epidermidis

A

G + cocci catalse + coagulase - Novobiocin sensitive

33
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G+ with special stains

34
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G+ cocci, catalse -, grows in bile but not NaCl

A

S. bovis

(COLON CANCER!)

35
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G+ rods

A

Listeria

Clostridium

C. diphtheria

Bacillus

Mycobacterium

36
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Gram + acid fast

37
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Gram + rod aerobe

38
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Bacillus

A

G+ rod aerobe

38
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GAS vs. GBS

A

Both beta hemolytic (clear, complete)

GAS = bacitracin sensitive

GBS = bacitracin resistant

39
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S. epidermidis vs. S. saprophyticus

A

Novobiocin resistant = saprophyticus

Novobiocin sensitive = epidermidis

40
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G+ cocci, catalse -, bile sensitive

A

Pneumococcus

41
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E. faecalis

A

G+ coccus, catalse -, gamma hemolytic, grows in bile and NaCl

43
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Bacitracin

A

GAS vs. GBS

Resistant = GBS

Sensitive = GAS

45
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G+ cocci catalse +

46
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G+ with lysogenic phage-encoded exotoxins

A

Clostridium botulinum

Corynebacterium diphtheria

GAS

47
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Actinomyces

A

G+ branching anaerobe

47
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G+ cocci, catalse -, grows in bile and NaCl

A

Enterococcus

49
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S. agalactiae

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G+ coccus, catalse -, beta hemolytic, Bacitracin resistant

50
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G+ coccus that’s catalase -, bile resistant, optochin resistant

A

Viridans strep (also alpha hemolytic)

51
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G+ cocci, catalase -, bile resistant

A

Enterococcus

Strep bovis

Viridans strep

52
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G+ brancing anaerobe

A

Actinomyces

53
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Mycobacterium

A

G+ rod aerobe acid fast

55
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S. aureus

A

Gram + cocci catalse + coagulase +

56
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G+ urease producers

A

Nocardia

S. epidermidis

S. saprophyticus

57
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Beta hemolytic strep

A

GAS

GBS

(Complete hemolysis)

58
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G+ coccus that’s catalse -, bile sensitive, optochin sensitive

A

Pneumococcus (also alpha hemolytic and has capsule)

59
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G+ with protein A

60
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S. bovis

A

G+ coccus, catalse -, gamma hemolytic, grows in bile but NOT NaCl

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