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Microbiology Flashcards

1
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Name 3 gram +ve cocci?

A

Staphylococci
Streptococci
Enterococci

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Name 3 gram -ve cocci?

A

Neisseria meningitidis
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Moraxella catarrhalis

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Gram +ve bacilli can be remembered with mnemonic ABCD L. Name these?

A 
Actinomyces
Bacillus anthracis (anthrax)
Clostridium
Diphtheria: Corynebacterium diphtheriae
Listeria monocytogenes
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4
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Which gram class and shape do these organisms belong to?

Escherichia coli
Haemophilus influenzae
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Salmonella sp.
Shigella sp.
Campylobacter jejuni
A

Gram -ve bacilli

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Staphlococci

Gram +ve or -ve / cocci or bacilli?

A

gram +ve cocci

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Clostridium

Gram +ve or -ve / cocci or bacilli?

A

Gram +ve bacilli

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Moraxella catarrhalis

Gram +ve or -ve / cocci or bacilli?

A

gram -ve cocci

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Escherichia coli

Gram +ve or -ve / cocci or bacilli?

A

Gram -ve bacilli

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Haemophilus influenzae

Gram +ve or -ve / cocci or bacilli?

A

Gram -ve bacilli

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Salmonella sp.

Gram +ve or -ve / cocci or bacilli?

A

Gram -ve bacilli

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Shigella sp.

Gram +ve or -ve / cocci or bacilli?

A

Gram -ve bacilli

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Campylobacter jejuni

Gram +ve or -ve / cocci or bacilli?

A

Gram -ve bacilli

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Streptococci

Gram +ve or -ve / cocci or bacilli?

A

gram +ve cocci

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Enterococci

Gram +ve or -ve / cocci or bacilli?

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gram +ve cocci

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Gastroenteritis ‘Traveller’s Diarrhoea’ presenting with acute diarrhoea, abdominal pain and nausea is commonly caused by which organism?

A

E.coli

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16
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Which organism causes bloody diarrhoea, abdominal pain and vomitting?

A

Shigella

17
Q

Which organism has a short incubation period and causes severe vomitting?

A

Staphylococcus aureus

18
Q

Which organism has an incubation period of >7 days, causing slow onset abdominal pain, tenderness, bloody diarrhoea, lasting several weeks?

A

Amoebiasis

19
Q

Which organism causes prolonged bloody diarrhoea?

A

Giardiasis

20
Q

Which organism causes profuse, watery diarrhoea &

severe dehydration resulting in weight loss.

A

Cholera

21
Q

Which organism causes a flu-like prodrome, usually followed by crampy abdominal pains, fever and diarrhoea which may be bloody
May mimic appendicitis
Complications include Guillain-Barre syndrome

A

Campylobacter

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