Miscellaneous- Microbio Flashcards
What test distinguishes between staph and strep
Catalase test
What test distinguishes between staph aureus and other staphylococcus species
Coagulase test
What nutrient agar is used to grow mycobacterium tuberculosis
Lowenstein-Jensen
Name a beta haemolytic group a organism
Strep pyogenes
Name a gram positive diplococci
Strep pneumo
Name the agar that is used to culture fungi
Sabourauds
What does XLD agar do
Differentiates between shigella (red) and salmonella (red w/ black dots)
What is the function of CLED agar
Used for microorganism in urine (gram -ve bacilli)
Lactose fermenters — yellow
Non-lactose fermenter— blue
Name the results found on MaConkeys agar
Lactose fermenter- pink
Non-lactose fermenter- colourless
What is the immediate primary care tx given to a child suspected with menigicoccal septicaemia
IM benzylpenicillin
Name a strict gram +ve anaerobe
C-diff
Name 2 gram negative diplococci species
N. Meningitides
N. Gonorrhoea
Name a oxidase +ve gram negative bacilli
Pseudomonas and haemophilius influenzae
Name an oxidase negative gram -ve bacilli which is
A- lactose fermenting
B- non-lactose fermenting
A- Ecoli, Klebsiella pneumonia
B- proteus, shigella, salmonella and salmonella typhi
What antibiotic class is used in penicillin allergic patients
Macrolides
Name the virulence factors associated with staph.aureus
Pore forming toxins- alpha haemolysin and PVL
Proteases- exfoliatin
Toxic shock syndrome toxin (TSST)
Protein A
Treatment for c-diff
Oral vancomycin +/- metronidiazole/fidoxmicin
Treatment for H.Influenzae
Doxycycline or Coamoxiclav