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KEY WORDS Flashcards

Key words that might correlate to a specific organism/disease

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Quellung Reaction (Capsular swelling)

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Streptococcus pneumoniae

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Scarlet Fever

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Streptococcus pyogenes

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Optochin susceptible

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Streptococcus pneumoniae

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Glycocalyx (slime layer biofilm)

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Staphylococcus epidermidis

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Otitis media in children / Acute otitis media

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Streptococcus pneumoniae

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Endocarditis

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Staphylococcus epidermidis

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7
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Novobiocin susceptible

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Staphylococcus epidermidis

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8
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Scalded skin syndrome

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Staphylococcus aureus

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Subacute bacterial endocarditis

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Strep viridians

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10
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Capsule contains sialic acid

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Streptococcus agalactiae

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11
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Tumbling motility on gram stain

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Listeria monocytogenes

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12
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Positive amine or “whiff” test

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Gardnerella vaginalis

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13
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Gliding motility

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Capnocytophaga

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14
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Streptococcus that causes dental infections

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Strep viridians

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15
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Strep that causes abscesses brain/abdomen

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Strep viridians –> S. anginosus

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16
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Anthrax

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Bacillus anthrasis

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17
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“Medusa Head Colonies”

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Bacillus anthrasis

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18
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Box car

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Bacillus species

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19
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Black escher ulcers

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Bacillus anthrasis

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20
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Skin contact with livestock hides

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Bacillus anthrasis

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21
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Lancet shape in pairs

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S. pneumoniae

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22
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“Ground glass” colony appearance

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Bacillus anthrasis

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23
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Rapid motility in urine sediment

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Trichomonas vaginalis

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“Clue cells” - large squamous epithelial cells

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Gardnerella vaginalis

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25
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“Internal autoinfection”

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Strongyloides stercoralis – larvae capable of turning into infective form in intestines of immunocompromised people

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Dermatophytes resembling “Birds on a wire”

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Trichophyton rubrum

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Gram positive bacilli, beaded and branching chains

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Nocardia

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28
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Umbrella growth in motility agar at room temp but NOT at 35C

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Listeria monocytogenes

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29
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Cuneiform morphology

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Corynebacterium

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30
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“Chinese Letters” morphology

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Corynebacterium

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31
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Black colonies on cysteine-tellurite agar

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Corynebacterium

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32
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Black colonies with brown halo on Tindale agar

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Corynebacterium

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33
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Metachromatic granules

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Corynebacterium diptheriae

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34
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Dead cell pseudomembrane at back of throat

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Corynebacterium diptheriae

Not other Corynebacteriums

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35
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Skin infection from fish

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Erysipelothrix

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36
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Satelliting

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Haemophilus growing around SA colonies due to it producing NAD factor (V) factor, and hemolyzes the blood releasing hemin (X factor)

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37
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“Test tube brush growth” in gelatin

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Erysipelothrix

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38
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“Bamboo shoot”-looking chains in gram stain

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B. anthrasis

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39
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“Fried rice” syndrome (food poisoning in fried rice due to toxin)

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Bacillus cereus

Fried rice.. you gotta B. cereus?

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40
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Neonatal meningitis and sepsis

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Listeria monocytogenes

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41
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Pink eye

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Haemophilus influenza subgroup aegyptius

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42
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STD chancroid (genital ulcers, swollen lymph nodes/buboes)

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Haemophilus ducreyi

43
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Corkscrew motility

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Campylobacter jejuni

44
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Rice water stools

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Vibrio cholerae

45
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Freshwater seafood poisoning

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Pleisomonas shigelloides

46
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Can get from freshwater and seawater

47
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Salt water

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Vibrio vulnificus and Vibrio parahaemolyticus

48
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Positive string test

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Vibrio cholerae

49
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Halophilic organism that requires Na+

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Vibrio vulnificus and Vibrio parahemolyticus

50
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Xenodiagnosis to detect?

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Trypanosoma cruzi (Chagas disease) 
--> this is when  a non-infected kissing bug feeds on a patient suspected of someone who has Chagas disease. Bug droppings are then examined for presence of T. cruzi trypomastigoes.
51
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“School of fish,” and associated with Chancroids

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Haemophilus ducreyi

52
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“Safety pin”, bipolar staining

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Yersinia pestis

53
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Sepsis via blood transfusions

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Yersinia entero

54
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Carbuncles

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Staph aureus

55
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“Drops of mercury” colonies on Bordet-Gengou

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Bordetella pertussis

56
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Whooping cough

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Bordetella pertussis

57
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Spiral organism seen in urine

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Leptospira

58
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Bleach-like odor

59
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Growth on kanamycin, vancomycin, laked blood agar

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Bacteroides and Prevotella

60
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Olive oil (lipids) for growth

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Malassezia furfur

61
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Small yeast with wide bud

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Malassezia furfur

62
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Yeast that causes catheter-related sepsis

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Malassezia furfur

63
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Cat scratch

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Pasteurella

64
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needs Cysteine for growth

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Francisella tularensis

65
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partially acid fast, growth above 37C

66
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Deer tick of Ixodes genus

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Borrelia burgdorferi

67
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Lyme disease

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Borrelia burgdorferi

68
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fried egg appearance

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Mycoplasma hominis

69
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class 3 pathogen, usually labs send isolates to reference labs, found in blood culture

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Brucella spp.

70
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commonly misidentified as an enteric pathogen to the large amount of H2S it produces

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Shewanella putrefaciens

71
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Bordetella urease:
___________ = rapid urease
___________ = pos at 18 hours
___________ = negative

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B. bronchiseptica – rapid urease
B. parapertussis – pos at 18 hours
B. pertussis = negative

72
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S-shaped rod, hippurate +, 42C

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Campylobacter jejuni

73
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associated with explosive diarrhea, can be acquired through eating raw shellfish

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Vibrio parahemolyticus

74
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Urease positive organisms

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PUNCH - Proteus, Ureaplasma, Nocardia, Cryptococcus, H. pylori

75
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Largest human parasite eggs known (~150 µm in diameter)

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Fasciola hepatica & Fasciolopsis buski

76
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shows motility at 25°C and not 35°C

77
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Can grow at 37°C but unique it ints ability to grow at 42°C

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

78
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Pyocyanin production

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

79
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Red with black center on XLD agar

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Salmonella

80
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Swimmer’s ear

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

81
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Contact lens keratitis

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

82
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Acanthamoeba keratitis

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Acanthamoeba

83
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Predominant organism in patients with cystic fibrosis

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

84
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Grape-like odor

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

85
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How to differentiate between Campylobacter jejuni, and Campylobacter ecoli & fetus

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C. jejuni –> hippurate positive

C. coli & feus –> hippurate negative

86
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Yeast that can remain viable but dormant in macrophages for many years.

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Mycobacterium tuberculosis

87
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Hantavirus vector

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Deer mouse

88
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“cotton candy-like” mycelium

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Zygomycete

89
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Carbuncles

90
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Polymyxin B susceptible

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P. aeruginosa

91
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Infection in Cystic Fibrosis patients

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Psudomonas aeruginosa –> mucoid in CF patients

Burkholderia cepacia –> serious infection in CF patients

92
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serious infection in CF patients

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Burkholderia cepacia

93
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“Mousy odor”

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Pasteurella multocida (contracted from cat and dog bites)

94
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“Rat bite fever”

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Streptobacillus moniliformis

95
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Acute epiglottis in children

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Haemophilus influenzae

96
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positive lecithinase on egg yolk agar

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Clostridium perfringes

97
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virus associated with infantile respiratory bronchiolitis

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RSV (the virus that infants get if someone kisses them!)

98
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Entamoeba with evenly distributed peripheral chromatin

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E. histolytica (pathogenic)

99
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Psittacosis

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Chlamydophila psittaci

psittaci kinda ryhmes with biscotti cracker = crackers to birds

Bacteria transmitted from bird droppings to humans via inhalation

100
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is associated with the Eucalyptus tree and found in the environment

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Cryptococcus gattii

Found in pacific northwest

101
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Is associated with soil contaminated with pigeon droppings and is acquired by inhalation

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C. neoformans

102
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causes infections as a result of trauma to the skin and exposure to contaminated fish tanks or salt water.

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Mycobacterium marinum

103
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only clinically encountered yeast that is phenol oxidase positive

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Cryptococcus neoformans

ASCP Microbiology (10 decks)

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