MICRO

Question 1

Lab test for STREP Pyogenes. Rheumatic fever

Answer 1

ASO titre

Question 2

Catalase test

Answer 2

Staph (+)

Question 3

Chick embryo culture

Answer 3

VIRUS

Question 4

Chocolate agar/Thayer martin agar/ heated blood agar

Answer 4

Gonorrhea

Question 5

Coagulase test

Answer 5

Staph AUREUS (+) 
other staphs are (-)

Question 6

Colliform

Answer 6

E.coli

Question 7

Coombs test

Answer 7

RBC antigen
Hemolytic anemia.
erythroblastosis fetalis.
Rh factor

Question 8

Dick test

Answer 8

scarlet fever

Question 9

HLA-B27

Answer 9

seroneg arthritides (PAIR)

Question 10

HLA-DR5/CD4

Answer 10

AIDS

ELISA checks DNA and western BLOT checks protein
ELISA has a lot of false positives must do western blot to confirm AIDS

Question 11

Mannitol Salt

Answer 11

STAPH

Question 12

Paul Bunnel

Answer 12

Mono

Downey cells

“don’t let mono get you down”

Question 13

Phosphatase

Answer 13

Milk pasteurization to make sure all phosphatase is destroyed

Question 14

Sabouraud Agar

Answer 14

FUNGI

Question 15

Schick test

Answer 15

Diptheria

Question 16

Tissue culture

Answer 16

VIRUS

chick embryo culture also tests for virus’

Question 17

Weil Felix

Answer 17

ALL Rickettsia

EXCEPT Coxiella burnetti (Q fever)

Question 18

Widal test

Answer 18

typhoid fever

Question 19

Tzank test

Answer 19

Herpes Zoster (shingles) 
herpes simplex (cold sores/genital warts) 
Varicella

Question 20

Tests for syphilis

Answer 20

Wasserman, VDRL, Darkfield

Question 21

TB test

Answer 21

Mantoux = tine = skin prick test

“My ass is fat”
Mycobacterium are acid fast

BCG= bacillus Calmette Guerin vaccine

Question 22

Blue/green pus

Answer 22

Pseudomonas Aeruginosa

open burn infection
unsanitized hot tubs (otitis media- swimmers ear)

Question 23

Red pus

Answer 23

serratia marcenscens

Question 24

White pus

Answer 24

Chlamydia

Question 25

Yellow pus

Answer 25

Staph Aureus

Question 26

Yellow/green pus

Answer 26

Gonorrhea

Question 27

Penicillin

Answer 27

inhibits cell wall synthesis gram +

Question 28

Streptomycin

Answer 28

inhibits PROTEIN synthesis gram -

Question 29

Sulfa

Answer 29

competes with PABA gram -

Question 30

Tetracycline

Answer 30

inhibits PROTEIN synthesis gram - & + turns teeth gray/yellow

Question 31

Rickettsia Akari causes _____ and it's vector is _____.

Answer 31

Rickettsial Pox Mite

Question 32

Rickettsia Porwazeki causes _____ and it's vector is _____.

Answer 32

Epidemic Typhus aka "Bril-Zinsser's Dz" Louse

Question 33

Rickettsia Quinata causes _____ and it's vector is _____.

Answer 33

Trench fever Louse

Question 34

Rickettsia Rickettsii causes _____ and it's vector is _____.

Answer 34

rocky mountain spotted fever use bug repellent vector: Wood tick

Question 35

Rickettsia TSutsugamushi causes _____ and it's vector is _____.

Answer 35

Scrub Tphus mites

Question 36

Rickettsia typhi (mooseri) causes _____ and it's vector is _____.

Answer 36

Murine typhus, endemic typhys fleas

Question 37

Coxiella burnettii causes _____ and it's vector is _____.

Answer 37

Q-fever the ONLY rickettsia that is weil-felix NEGATIVE vector: milk