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Gram Staining Reactions Flashcards

1
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What are the Gram stain negative cocci?

A

Neisseria

Moraxella

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2
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How does Neisseria Gram stain?

A

Gram negative cocci

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3
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How does Moraxella Gram stain?

A

Gram negative cocci

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4
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What are the Gram stain negative rods?

Know top 6.

A 
Pseudomonas
Haemophilus
Legionella
Bordatella
Francisella
Pasteurella
Burkholderia
Acinetobacter
Eikenella
Kingella
Bartonella
Brucella
Capnocytophaga
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5
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What are the Gram stain negative curved or helical rods?

A

Campylobacter
Helicobacter
Vibrio

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6
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How does Pseudomonas Gram stain?

A

Gram negative rods

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7
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How does Haemophilus Gram stain?

A

Gram negative rods

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8
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How does Legionella Gram stain?

A

Gram negative rods (need increased counterstain time)

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9
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How does Bordatella Gram stain?

A

Gram negative rods

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10
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How does Francisella Gram stain?

A

Gram negative rods

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11
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How does Pasteurella Gram stain?

A

Gram negative rods

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12
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How does Campylobacter Gram stain?

A

Gram negative curved rod

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13
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How does Helicobacter Gram stain?

A

Gram negative helical rod

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14
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How does Vibrio Gram stain?

A

Gram negative comma-shaped rod

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15
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List the Enterobacteriaceae and their stain?

A 
Gram negative
Escherichia
Shigella
Salmonella
Klebsiella
Proteus
Yersinia
Aeromonas
Serratia
Citrobacter
Enterobacter
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16
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How does Escherichia Gram stain?

A

Gram negative rod; Enterobacteriaceae

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17
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How does Shigella Gram stain?

A

Gram negative rod; Enterobacteriaceae

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18
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How does Salmonella Gram stain?

A

Gram negative rod; Enterobacteriaceae

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19
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How does Klebsiella Gram stain?

A

Gram negative rod; Enterobacteriaceae

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20
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How does Proteus Gram stain?

A

Gram negative rod: Enterobacteriaceae

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21
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How does Yersinia Gram stain?

A

Gram negative rod; Enterobacteriaceae

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22
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What are the Gram stain negative anaerobic rods?

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Bacteroides (only the B in ABCs of anaerobes is Gram -)
Prevotella
Porphyromonas
Fusobacterium

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23
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What are the Gram stain gram-variable rods?

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Gardnerella

Mobiluncus

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24
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What are the Gram stain negative spirochetes?

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Treponema
Borrelia
Leptospira

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25
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How does Treponema Gram stain?

A

Gram negative spirochete

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26
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How does Borrellia Gram stain?

A

Gram negative spirochete

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27
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How does Leptospira Gram stain?

A

Gram negative spirochete

28
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What are the Gram stain positive cocci?

A

Staphylococcus
Streptococcus
Enterococcus (not to be confused with enterobacteriaceae)

29
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How does Staphylococcus Gram stain?

A

Gram positive cocci

30
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How does Streptococcus Gram stain?

A

Gram positive cocci

31
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How does Enterococcus Gram stain?

A

Gram positive cocci

32
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What are the Gram positive aerobes or facultative anaerobes?

A 
Bacillus
Listeria
Corynebacterium
Nocardia
Mycobacterium
33
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How does Bacillus Gram stain?

A

Gram positive rod

34
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How does Listeria Gram stain?

A

Gram positive rod

35
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How does Corynebacterium Gram stain?

A

Gram positive rod

36
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How does Nocardia Gram stain?

A

Gram positive rod

37
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How does MycoBACTERIUM Gram stain?

A

Gram positive rod

38
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What are the Gram positive anaerobes?

A

Clostridium
Actinomyces
Propionbacterium
Lactobacillus

39
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How does Clostridium Gram stain?

A

Gram positive rod; anaerobic

40
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How does Actinomyces Gram stain?

A

Gram positive rod; anaerobic

41
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How does Propionbacterium Gram stain?

A

Gram positive rod; anaerobic

42
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How does Lactobacillus Gram stain?

A

Gram positive rod; anaerobic

43
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What are the non-Gram staining bacteria?

A 
Mycoplasma
Ureaplasma
Rickettsia
Ehrlichia
Coxiella
Chlamydia
Chlamydophila
44
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How does MycoPLASMA Gram stain?

A

Non-Gram staining

45
Q

How does Ureaplasma Gram stain?

A

Non-Gram staining

46
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How does Rickettsia Gram stain?

A

Non-Gram staining

47
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How does Ehrlichia Gram stain?

A

Non-Gram staining

48
Q

How does Coxiella Gram stain?

A

Non-Gram staining

49
Q

How does Chlamydia Gram stain?

A

Non-Gram staining

50
Q

How does Chlamydophila Gram stain?

A

Non-Gram staining

51
Q

Which organisms are acid-fast?

A

Mycobacterium

Nocardia - partial acid-fast

52
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Which organisms form spores?

A

Bacillus

Clostridium

53
Q

Which organisms have branching rods?

A

Actinomyces

Nocardia

54
Q

Which organisms are facultative intracellular?

A

Listeria

Mycobacterium

55
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Which organism is catalase positive, coagulase positive?

A

Staphylococcus aureus

56
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Which organisms are catalase positive and coagulase negative?

A

Staphylococcus epidermidis

Staphylococcus saprophyticus

57
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Which organism is catalase positive, coagulase negative and novobiocin sensitive?

A

Staphylococcus epidermidis

58
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Which organism is catalas positive, coagulase negative and novobiocin resistant?

A

Staphylococcus saprophyticus

59
Q

Describe Staphylococcus aureus?

A

Catalase positive
Coagulase positive
Ferments mannitol

60
Q

Describe Staphylococcus epidermidis?

A

Catalase positive
Coagulase negative
Novobiocin sensitive

61
Q

Describe Staphylococcus saprophyticus?

A

Catalase positive
Coagulase negative
Novobiocin resistant

62
Q

Which organism is catalase negative and optochin sensitive?

A

Streptococcus pneumoniae

63
Q

Which organism is catalase negative and optochin resistant?

64
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Which organism is catalase negative and bacitracin sensitive?

A

Streptococcus pyogenes (GAS)

65
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Which organism is catalse negative and bacitracin resistant?

A

Streptococcus agalactiae (GBS)

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