Microbiology Flashcards
Aspergillus, probably GMS
giemsa trypanosomes
(African sleeping sickness)
hookworm
flatworm diphyllobothrium latum
flukes or trematodes -schistosoma mansoni
schistosoma haematobium infection
eggs, scarring in bladder myocytes
Identify stain, organism
Sputum sample
signature look of pneumococcal pneumonia - gram positive diplococci in sputum
Identify stain, organism
Urethral smear
gram negative diplococci in urethral smear is gonorrhea unless proven otherwise
Identify stain, organism
CSF sample
neisseria meningitidis
Identify stain, organism
CSF sample
gram, cryptococcus
Gram-positive with capsule
Identify stain, organism
Skin
Candida
Identify stain, organism
Vaginal swab
Normal sample - gram positive rods only are lactobacillus (normal flora)
Identify stain, organism
Vaginal swab
bacterial vaginosis
Good quality sputum sample
Cilated columnar epithelium - from bronchi, shows you have sputum not spit. Also see mucus strands.
Don’t see much squamous epithelium (saliva)
Actinomyces
Gram stain
Characteristic branching