Lab characteristics Flashcards
Giemsa Stain (5)
Chlamydia, Borrelia, Rickettsiae, Trypanosomes, Plasmodium (Certain Bugs Really Try my Patience)
PAS Stain
Stains glycogen, mucopolysaccharides; used to diagnose Whipple disease (Tropheryma whipplei)
Ziehl-Neelsen (carbol fuchsin)
Acid fast organisms (Nocardia, Mycobacterium)
India Ink
Cryptococcus neoformans (mucicarmine can also be sued to stain thick polysaccharide capsule red)
Silver stain
Fungi (ex: Pneumocystis), Legionella, Helicobacter pylori
H. influenzae culture
Chocolate agar with factors V (NAD+) and X (hematin)
Neisseria
Thayer-Martin (or VPN) media - vancomycin, polymyxin, and nystatin)
Bordetella pertussis
Bordet-Genou (potato) agar (Bordet for Bordetella
Cornyebacterium diptheriae
Tellurite agar, Loffler medium
M. tuberclosis
Lowenstein-Jensen agar
M. pneumoniae
Eaton agar; requires cholesterol
Lactose-fermenting enterics (5)
Citrobacter, Klebsiella, E. coli, Enterobacter, Serratia (weak)
Legionella
Charcoal yeast extract agar buffered with cysteine and iron
Fungi
Sabouraud agar
Obligate aerobes (3)
Nocardia, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Mycobacterium tuberclosis
Obligate anaerobes (3)
Clostridium, Bacteroides, Actinomyces
Obligate intracellular (2)
Rickettsia, Chlamydia
Facultative intracellular (8)
Salmonella, Neisseria, Brucella, Mycobacterium, Listeria, Francisella, Legionella, Yersinia pestis
Encapsulated bacteria (7)
Strep pneumo, Haemophilus influenzae type B, Neisseria meningitidis, E. coli, Salmonella, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Group B Strep (SHiNE SKiS)
Catalase (+) organisms (7)
Pseudomonas, Listeria, Aspergillus, Candida, E. coli, S. aureus, Serratia (PLACESS for your cats)
Urease (+) bugs (8)
Cryptococcus, H. pylori, Proteus, Ureaplasma, Nocardia, Klebsiella, S. epidermidis, S. saprophyticus