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1
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What is the purpose of MAC?

A

Selective and differential for G-

Pink - LF
Yellow/clear - NLF

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What is the function of EMB?

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Differentiate LF and NLF
LF - purple / green metallic sheen
NLF - colorless

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3
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What is the function of Hektoen Enteric?

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Selects for G- enterics 
Differentiate salmonella and shigella
Salmonella - H2S black center
Shigella- clear/green (pathogen) 
Yellow - nonpathogen
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What is the function of XLD agar?

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Select for G- enterics
Differentiate salmonella and shigella

Salmonella- red with H2S black center
Shigella - clear pink to red

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5
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what is the selective agent in MSA?

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7.5 - 10% salt, carbohydrate-alcohol mannitol, phenol red

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6
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what does MSA select for?

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staph species

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7
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what does it mean when the MSA turns yellow?

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the organism ferments mannitol and created an acidic end product

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8
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what is the selective agen in CNA?

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antibiotics: colistin and nalidixic acid

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9
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what does CNA inhibit?

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G- bacteria

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10
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what is the purpose of TCBS agar?

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to select for Vibrio spp and differentiate V cholerae and other spp

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11
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what does a positive TCBS look like?

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yellow colonies (V. cholerae)

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12
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what are the inhibitors in MAC?

A

bile salts and crystal violet

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13
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what are the selective agents in Modified Thayer Martin?

A

vancomycin
colistin- G-
nystatin
trimethoprim

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14
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what is New york City media made out of?

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lysed horse blood
horse plasma
yeast dialysate
antibiotics

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15
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what media is used for the isolation of Bordetella pertussis?

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Bordet-gengou

Regan Lowe

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16
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what is CIN agar used for?

A

Yersinia

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17
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what is Martin Lewis media used for?

A

isolation of N. gonorrhoeae

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18
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what media is used for Mycobacterium?

A

middlebrook

petraganis

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19
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what supplement is added to BBA?

A

vitamin K1

hemin

20
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what is BLKV agar used for?

A

isolate GNR obligate anaerobes, esp bacteroides, prevotella, fusobacterium, veillonella

21
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what is CBA used for?

A

aerotolerance testing

22
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what is BBE selective for?

A

B fragilis

23
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what is PEA agar used for?

A

isolation of G+ and G- obligate anaerobes and G+ facultative anaerobes

24
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what is egg yolk agar used for?

A

detection of lectithinase lipase and proteolysis for clostridium

25
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what is cooked meat agar used for?

A

clostridium

26
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what is Todd Hewitt broth used for?

A

grow strep for serotyping

27
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what agars are used for Mycobacterium spp?

A

Lowenstein Jensen
Middlebrook 7H10
Petragnani

28
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what is anaerobic blood agar enriched with?

A

hemin
cystine
vitamin K
yeast

29
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what is BCYE agar used for?

A

Legionella

30
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what is Fletchers medium used for?

A

Leptospira

31
Q

what agars are used for Corynebacterium?

A

Tinsdale

Loefflers

32
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bile esculin agar purpose

A

selective for enterococcus spp

33
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CCFA agar purpose

A

selective for C. difficile (yellow colonies)

34
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organism requires X and V factors

A

haemophilus

35
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What does a yellow colony on TCBS mean?

A

Ferments sucrose

36
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Yellow colonies on CCFA mean what

A

Fermentation of fructose

37
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Media used for Neisseria gonorrhoeae

A

MTM
New York City
Martin Lewis

38
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DCA purpose

A

Inhibits gram positive organisms and most enterics

isolation of salmonella and shigella

39
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DCA inhibitory factors

A

Citrate

Deoxycholate salts

40
Q

DCA Differentiates what?

A

LF- pink

NLF - colorless

41
Q

Cetrimide selective for

A

P aeruginosa

42
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What do yellow colonies on HE agar mean?

A

Sucrose fermentation

43
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CTA media purpose

A

Growth of Neisseria spp

44
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What affects the redox potential of anaerobic media

45
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Broth used for anaerobic media to detect volatile fatty acids

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