Identification en bactériologie Flashcards
Donnez le résultat sur TSI pour S. typhi
K/A/H2S faible + (moustache)/Gaz -
Donnez les résultats de l’antigène O et Vi pour S.typhi.
O = D9 ou D12
Vi = positif
In what Salmonella species the heat labile capsular Vi antigen can be detected?
Mainly in S.typhi and S.paratyphi C
What are the 3 species in the S.aureus complex?
- S.aureus
- S.argenteus
- S. schweitzeri
Prélèvement d’un liquide articulaire, BGP (sur la photo il semblait facilement décolorable), catalase +, indole +
Cutibacterium acnes
M35 : What is the expected reaction for N.gonorrhea for
1. γ-glutamyl-aminopeptidase
2. ß-galactosidase
- Negative
- Negative
Nommez 3 BGN entéropathogènes au genre qui sont aérobiques, oxydase (+) et B-hémol
- Vibrio (fluvialis, mimicus et parfois cholerae)
- Aeromonas
- Grimontia (Grimontia hollisae est le seul “vibrio” qui ne pousse pas sur TCBS, il est beta-hémol et immobile)
M35 - which organisms can resemble Brucella on plates and are also urease positive?
- Bordetella bronchiseptica
- Oligella ureolytica
What temperature should be used for Campylobacter recovery?
42°C
M35 : Presence of a rosette structure (thin pleomorphic gram negative) in Gram stains made from positive blood culture broths is virtually pathognomonic for what organism?
Cardiobacterium hominis
M35 : This is the only MacConkey-negative,
catalase-negative, oxidase-positive, gram-negative rod that is ornithine positive.
Eikenella corrodens
M35 : Which of the HACEK organisms grows very well on blood sheep agar, producing large B-hemolytic colonies?
Kingella kingae
M35 : For gram-negative diplococci that are oxidase and catalase positive, and grow on both chocolate and BAP, what kind of rapid test (3) will identify M. catarrhalis?
- Positive rapid butyrate esterase
- Positive tributyrin test
- Positive indoxyl acetate test
M35 : What is the expected reaction for N.meningitidis for
1. γ-glutamyl-aminopeptidase
2. ß-galactosidase
- Positive
- Negative
M35 : What is the expected reaction for N.lactamica for
1. γ-glutamyl-aminopeptidase
2. ß-galactosidase
- Negative
- Positive (LACTamica - B-gaLACTosidase)
M35 : Describe indole reaction for -
1. P.mirabilis
2. P.vulgaris
- Negative
- Positive
M35 : Rare Aeromonas isolates may resemble
P. aeruginosa (lacking the typical smell), but can be distinguished by what test?
Indole test (Aeromonas will be positive, Pseudomonas negative)
M35 : Describe the expected reactions for Brucella
1. Oxidase
2. Catalase
3. MacConkey
4. Urea
5. Indole
6. Hemolysis on BAP
- Oxidase +
- Catalase +
- MacConkey No growth
- Urea +
- Indole -
- Hemolysis on BAP -
M35 : Describe the expected reactions for Campylobacter
1. Oxidase
2. Catalase
3. Motility
4. Hippurate reaction for C.jenuni
5. Indoxyl acetate reaction for C.jenuni/coli
- Oxidase +
- Catalase +
- Motility : Darting
- Hippurate reaction for C.jenuni : +(other species are negative)
- Indoxyl acetate reaction for C.jenuni/coli : +
M35 : Describe gram stain for Cadiobacterium hominis
Pleomorphic thin gram-negative rod
M35 : Describe the expected reactions for Cardiobacterium hominis
1. Oxidase
2. Catalase
3. Growth on MacConkey
4. Indole
5. Hemolysis on BAP
6. Nitrate
- Oxidase +
- Catalase -
- Growth on MacConkey -
- Indole +
- Hemolysis on BAP -
- Nitrate - (VS Pasteurella bettyae nitrate +)
M35 : Describe the expected reactions for Eikenella corrodens
1. Oxidase
2. Catalase
3. Indole
4. Hemolysis on BAP
5. Smell
6. ODC
- Oxidase +
- Catalase -
- Indole -
- Hemolysis on BAP -
- Smell : Bleach
- ODC +
M35 : Describe gram stain for Eikenella corrodens
Small gram negative rods
M35 : Describe the expected reactions for Escherichia coli
1. Oxidase
2. Indole
3. Hemolysis on BAP
4. PYR
5. MUG
- Oxidase -
- Indole +
- Hemolysis on BAP +
- PYR -
- MUG +
M35 : Describe the expected reactions for Francisella tularensis
1. Oxidase
2. Catalase
3. Growth on BAP
4. Satellites around S.aureus streak
5. B-lactamase
- Oxidase -
- Catalase - or weak
- Growth on BAP -
- Satellites around S.aureus streak on BAP -
- B-lactamase +
M35 : Describe the expected reactions for H.influenzae
1. Growth on BAP
2. Satellites around S.aureus streak
3. ALA test
- Growth on BAP -
- Satellites around S.aureus streak +
- ALA test -
M35 : Describe gram stain for Kingella kingae
Gram-negative coccoid rod
M35 : Describe the expected reactions for Kingella kingae
1. Oxidase
2. Catalase
3. Growth on MacConkey
4. Hemolysis on BAP
- Oxidase +
- Catalase -
- Growth on MacConkey -
- Hemolysis on BAP +
M35 : What test can help differentiate S.schleiferi and S.lugdunensis (both slide coagulase positive) from S.aureus?
S.chleiferi and S.lugdunensis are both strong PYR positive, S.aureus is PYR negative or weak reaction
M35 : Describe the expected reactions for S.lugdunensis
- Catalase
- Tube coagulase
- PYR
- Polymyxin B susceptibility
- Rapid ornithine
- Slide coagulase
- Catalase +
- Tube coagulase -
- PYR +
- Polymyxin B susceptibility : resistant
- Rapid ornithine +
- Slide coagulase +/clumping
M35 : Describe the expected reactions for Enterococcus
- Catalase
- Colony morphology on BAP
- PYR
- LAP
- Catalase -
- Colony morphology on BAP : Usually non-hemolytic, > 1mm
- PYR +
- LAP + ONLY required if alpha-hemolytic colony
M35 : Describe the expected reactions for Aerococcus viridans
- Gram stain
- Catalase
- Hemolysis on BAP
- PYR
- LAP
- Gram stain : GPC in tetrads and clusters
- Catalase -
- Hemolysis on BAP : alpha
- PYR +
- LAP -
M35 : Describe the expected reactions for Listeria monocytogenes
- Gram stain
- Catalase
- Hemolysis on BAP
- Motility pattern
- Hippurate
- Gram stain : tiny gram positive rod
- Catalase +
- Hemolysis on BAP : B-hemolytic, narrow zone
- Motility pattern : tumbling at room temp, non motile at 35
- Hippurate +
M35 : Describe the expected reactions for S.agalactiae
- Catalase
- Hemolysis on BAP
- Hippurate
- CAMP
- Lancefield group agglutination
- Catalase -
- Hemolysis on BAP : B-hemolytic, small zone
- Hippurate + ONLY if B-hemol strain
- CAMP +
- Lancefield group agglutination : B
M35 : Describe the expected reactions for S.anginosus group
- Catalase
- Colony morphology
- Odor
- Lancefield group agglutination
- Catalase -
- Colony morphology : <0.5mm diameter with variable hemolysis
- Odor : butterscotch
- Lancefield group agglutination : always group F, sometimes A, C, G
M35 : Describe the expected reactions for S.pneumoniae
- Gram stain
- Catalase
- Hemolysis on BAP
- Bile solubility
- Gram stain : GPC lancet shaped cocci in pairs
- Catalase -
- Hemolysis on BAP : alpha hemolysis
- Bile solubility positive
M35 : Describe the expected reactions for S.pyogenes
- Catalase
- PYR
- Hemolysis on BAP
- Colony type
- Lancefield group agglutination
- Catalase -
- PYR +
- Hemolysis on BAP : narrow B-hemol
- Colony type : always >0.5mm
- Lancefield group agglutination : A
M35 : Describe the expected reactions for S.viridans
- Catalase
- Hemolysis on BAP
- PYR
- LAP
- Bile solubility
- Catalase -
- Hemolysis on BAP : alpha or non hemol
- PYR -
- LAP +
- Bile solubility -
M35 : name 5 pathogens that can look like S.viridans on agars
- Pediococcus
- Leuconostoc
- Aerococcus
- Granulicatella
- Abiotrophia
M35 anaerobes gram negatives : Large (>1 mm diameter), convex colonies on anaerobic blood agar (eg Brucella agar) exhibiting similar-sized dark (gray or black) colonies on BBE, and seen as regular gram-negative rods on Gram stain, are identified as
Bacteroides fragilis group
M35 anaerobes gram negatives : Breadcrumb or opalescent colonies on aBAP that fail to grow on BBE; are spot indole positive; and exhibit thin, pointed, fusiform cells on Gram stain are identified as
F. nucleatum
M35 anaerobes gram negatives : Small (<1 mm diameter), translucent colonies on aBAP with corresponding tiny colonies on BBE after at least 48 hours incubation, often displaying a black dot in the center of the colony due to H2S production that are strongly catalase positive are identified as
Bilophila wadsworthia