MICROBIOLOGY Flashcards

1
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Gram Stain reagents

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Primary Stain: Crystal Violet (1 min)
Mordant: Gram’s Iodine (1 min)
Decolorizer: Acetone Alcohol (Flow/Thin: 1-2 mins/Thick: 5-10 mins)
Counterstain: Safranin Red (30 sec)

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2
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Gram Positive result

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Purple/Blue

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3
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Gram Negative color

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Pink/red

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4
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ACID FAST STAIN reagents

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Carbol Fuchsin - 30 mins
Acid Alcohol - thin: 1-2 mins, thick: 5-10 mins
Malachite Green - 1 minute

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5
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A prenatal test used to detect Group B strep in vagina/rectum of a pregnant woman

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GBS SCREENING TEST

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6
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How rare can a GBS pass from pregnant woman to her fetus

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1-2 cases/100

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7
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Principle of BACT/ALERT VIRTUO for Blood Culture

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Colorimetric

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8
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Bottles for Blood Culture

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Adult:
Green (aerobic) - 10 mL
Orange (anaerobic) - 10 mL

Pedia/Peds Plus:
Yellow - 1 to 3 mL

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9
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Agar for Salmonella and Shigella

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Hektoen Agar

XLD

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10
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Tellurite Blood Agar

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C. diphtheriae

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11
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Lowenstein-Jensen

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M. tuberculosis

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12
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Agar for E. coli

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EMB

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13
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Enterobacteriaceae

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XLD

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14
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Buffered Charcoal Yeast Agar

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Legionella pneumophilia

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15
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Legionella pneumophilia

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Buffered Charcoal Yeast Agar

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16
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TCBS

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V. cholerae

17
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V. cholerae

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TCBS

18
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M. tuberculosis

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Lowenstein-Jensen Agar

19
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Mannitol Salt Agar

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S. aureus

20
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S. aureus

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MSA

21
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TSI/BAP

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Corynebacterium

22
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Corynebacterium

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TSI/BAP

23
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Modified Thayer Martin

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Neisseria

24
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Neisseria

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Modified Thayer Martin

25
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EMB

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E. coli

26
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Green Metallic Sheen

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E. coli

27
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Bordet Gengou

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Bordetella

28
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Bordetella

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Bordet Gengou

29
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Fletcher Medium

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Leptospira spp.

30
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Leptospira spp.

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Fletcher Medium

31
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Cycloserine Cefloxin Fructose Agar

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C. difficile

32
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C. difficile

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Cycloserine Cefloxin Fructose Agar

33
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Haemophilus

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CAP

34
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CAP

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Haemophilus

35
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GeneXpert

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RT-PCR

36
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VITEK 2

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Identification: Biochemical

Sensitivity: MIC/Broth Microdilution MIC

37
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VITEK MALDITOF-MS

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Matrix-Assisted Light Desorption Ionization - Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry

38
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BIOFIRE FILMARRAY (TORCH)

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nested multiplex PCR

39
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BACT/ALERT VIRTUO

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Colorimetry