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1
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What is the most familiar species of Mycobacterium?

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  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • Mycobacterium leprae
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2
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What is other name for leprosy?

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  • Hansen Disease
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3
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What is the counterstain for acid fast staining?

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  • methylene blue
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4
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When there is a delay in the processing of the culture specimen, what should be done?

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  • refrigeration
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5
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The inhibitor present in egg-based media

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Malachite green

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6
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Positive result for nitrate reduction

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Red color

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7
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Media that enhanced the isolation of isoniazid resistant strain of MTB

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Middlebrook 7H11

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8
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The positive Niacin reaction is indicated by

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Development of yellow color

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9
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The optimal growth temperature for M. xenopi

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42 degrees celcius

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10
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Which strain is used for the fluorescent staining method for the identification of Mycobacteria?

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Auramine

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11
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What is the average incubation period for slow growing pathogenic Mycobacteria?

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2-6 weeks

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12
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis is classified as

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Nonphotochromogen

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13
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MTB reaction for semiquantitative catalase test

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> 45 mm bubble column

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14
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis is also known as

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Koch’s bacillus

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15
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Remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the world today

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Tuberculosis

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16
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Other name of Environmental mycobacteria?

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Nontuberculous mycobacterium

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17
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What is the morphology of mycobacterium?

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Gram positive, slender, slightly curved or straight, rod-shaped

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18
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Mycobacteria resist staining with

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Aniline dyes such as Gram stain

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19
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Mycobacteria is resist decolorization with

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Acid ethanol

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20
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What is the oxygen requirement for mycobacterium?

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Strictly aerobic

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21
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Fails to grow in vitro

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M. leprae

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22
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What does a mycobacterium laboratory should have?

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Non-recirculating ventilation system

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23
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What is the required respiratory protection or mask?

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N-95 mask

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24
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What is the most important piece of equipment in the microbiology laboratory?

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Biological safety cabinet

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25
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Negative pressure cabinet

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Class I or biological safety cabinet class 1

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26
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Vertical laminar flow cabinets

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Class II or biological safety cabinet class II

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27
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What is the contact time for proper disinfectants?

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10-30 minutes

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28
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What is the concentration of sodium hypochlorite?

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0.1-0.5%

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29
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What is the concentration for phenol?

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5%

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30
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What is the concentration for formaldehyde and for glutaraldehyde?

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3-8% and 2%

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31
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What is the contact time for formaldehyde and glutaraldehyde?

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At least 30 mins

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32
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What are the specimen for collection?

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  • urine
  • feces
  • blood
  • CSF
  • respiratory specimens
  • tissue biopsies
  • aspirations of any tissue or organ
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33
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What are the most common specimen for mycobacterium?

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Sputum and bronchial aspirates

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34
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What is the process of collecting sputum specimen?

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  • Early morning specimen
  • Should be collected on three consecutive days
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35
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What is the volume of sputum?

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5-10 mL

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36
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What is the recommended container?

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Sterile, wide-mouth cup with tightly fitted lid

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37
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Patients inhale ____to allow them to cough

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Nebulized hypertonic saline

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38
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This cell wall of mycobacteria makes them somewhat less suceptible to the killing action of the various chemicals

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High lipid content

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39
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What is the most popular reagent in decontamination?

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2-4% sodium hydroxide

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40
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Enumerate the agents we can use for Digestion agents

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  • 4-2% sodium hydroxide
  • N-Acetyl-L-Cysteine (NALC)
  • Dithiothreitol
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41
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What is the colony appearance of mycobacterium in afb staining?

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Beaded appearance

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42
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Primary stain

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Carbolfuschin

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43
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Decolorizing agent

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Acid alcohol

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44
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What is the color of Acid fast organisms?

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Red

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45
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What is the color of non-acid fast?

46
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Application of heat with carbolfuschin stain. Tends to provide more consistent results

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Ziehl-Neelsen stain

47
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Cold stain. Tergitol is used as a mordant.

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Kinyoun stain

48
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What is the positive color for fluorochrome stain or auramine-rhodamine stain

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Yellow-orange bacilli

49
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What genus can use AFB stain?

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Nocardia spp
Legionella micdadei
Rhodococcus spp

50
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What is the pH level of mycobacteria?

51
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What are the three general types of culture media?

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  • Egg-based media
  • Serum Albumin agar media
  • Liquid media
52
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What media is most used in clinical laboratory?

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Lowenstein Jensen Medium

53
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Enumerate the egg-based media

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  • lowenstein jensen media
  • petragnani media
  • American thoracic society media
54
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Rough often exhibit a prominent patterned texture referred to as cording

A

M. tuberculosis

55
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Variable appearance with glossy whitish colonies often occuring with smaller translucent colonies

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M. avium complex

56
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What is the general morphology of mycobacterium?

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Smooth and soft or rough and friable appearance

57
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Produce carotene pigment on exposure to light

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Photochromogens

58
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Produce pigment in the light or dark

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Scotochromogens

59
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Buff or tan colonies

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Nonchromogenic or nonphotochromogenic

60
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Posses th enzyme that converts free niacin to niacin ribonucleotide

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Niacin accumulation

61
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Culture media of choice for niacin accumulation

62
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What is the negative result of niacin accumulation?

63
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The production of nitroreductase which catalyzes the reduction of nitrate to nitrite

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Nitrate reduction

64
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What organisms tested positive for nitrate reduction?

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  • mycobacterium kansasii
  • mycobacterium szulgai
  • mycobacterium fortuitum
  • mycobacterium tuberculosis
65
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What is the reagent of catalase test?

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30% hydrogen peroxide

66
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What is the medium used in catalase test and hydrolysis of tween 80?

67
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Production is determined by measuring the height of the column of bubbles when hydrogen peroxide and tween 80 are added to a deep with mycobacterial growth

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Semiquantitative catalase test

68
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Who is positive in semiquantitative catalase test?

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Mycobacterium tuberculosis

69
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Test to distinguish scotochromogenic and nonphotochromogenic bacteria

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Hydrolysis of tween 80

70
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What is the pH indicator of hydrolysis of tween 80?

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Neutral red

71
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Positive color of hydrolysis of tween 80

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Pink color

72
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Detecting the ability of mycobacteria to split rhe detergent tweeen 80 into oleic acid and polyoxyethylared sorbitol by the presence of enzyme lipase

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Hydrolysis of tween 80

73
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Reduction of colorless potassium tellurite to black merallic tellurium

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Tellurite reduction test

74
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Positive in tellurite reduction test

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Mycobacterium avium

75
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One of the oldest documented communicable diseases

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Mycobacterium tuberculosis

76
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Mode of transmission of tuberculosis

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Airborne droplets

77
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It is the initial infection.

Positive in PPD

A

Primary tuberculosis

78
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Detected by measuring nicotinic acid which reacts with cyanogen bromide in the presence of aniline to form a yellow compound

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Niacin accumulation

79
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Performed as with the method used for enteronacteriaceae

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Nitrate reduction

80
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The mycobacterium is eradicated by the host cellular immune response or walled off in a granuloma in the lung

A

Primary tuberculosis

81
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Occurs when there is an alteration or suppression of the cellular immune system in the infected host that favors replication of the bacilli and progression to disease

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Reactivation tuberculosis

82
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Common presentation in individuals with HIV

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Extra pulmonary tuberculosis

83
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Widespread dissemination of mycobacterium tuberculosis via hematogenous spread

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Miliary tuberculosis

84
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Skeletal tuberculosis of the skin also referred to as

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Pott disease

85
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What is the treatment for TB

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9-month course of therapy with isoniazid and rifampin

86
Q

Produces TB primarily in cattle

A

Mycobacterium bovis

87
Q

BCG vaccine

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Mycobacterium bovis Calmette-Guerin

88
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Causative agent of hansen disease or leprosy

A

Mycobacterium leprae

89
Q

Tissue or test animal for culture

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Armadillo or foot pad

90
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What are the 3 types of leprosy

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  1. Tuberculoid leprosy
  2. Lepromatous leprosy
  3. Borderline type of leprosy
91
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Diagnostic skin test for M. leprae

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Lepromin skin test

92
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What are the two types of lepromin reaction?

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  1. Fernandez reaction
  2. Mitsuda reaction
93
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Early reaction; reaction after 24-28 gours

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Fernandez reaction

94
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3-4 weeks reaction

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Mitsuda reaction

95
Q

Small amount of organisms in skin lesion

BENIGN type

Positive for lepromin skin test

A

Tuberculoid leprosy

96
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What is other names for tuberculoid leprosy?

A

Anesthetic or neural leprosy

97
Q

Abundant organisms in skin lesion

MALIGNANT

negative in lepromin skin test

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Lepromatous leprosy

98
Q

Lion head appearance

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Lepromatous leprosy

99
Q

No manifestation.

Once activated will cause manifestation

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Borderline type of leprosy

100
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What are the treatment for leprosy

A
  • dapsone
  • clofazimine
  • rifampin
101
Q

What are the four groups of tubercle bacilli?

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  1. Photochromogen
  2. Scotochromogen
  3. Nonphotochromogen
  4. Rapid growers
102
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Color of scotochromogen

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Light or dark orange/yellow

103
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What is the growt of scotochromogen?

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10-21 days

104
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Who are the members of scotochromogen?

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  • mycobacterium scotofulaceum
  • mycobacterium gordonae
105
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Color of photochromogen

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Light orange/ yellow or dark cream/ buff

106
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Growth of photochromogen

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20-21 days

107
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Members of photochromogen

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  • mycobacterium kansasii
  • mycobacterium marinum
  • mycobacterium simiae
  • mycobacterium balnei
108
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Color or nonphotochromogen

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Light or dark cream / buff

109
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Growth of Nonphotochromogen

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10-21 days

110
Q

Members of Nonphotochromogen

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  • mycobacterium avium
  • mycobacterium ulcerans
  • mycobacterium xenopi
111
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Growth of rapid growers

112
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Members of rapid growers

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  • mycobacterium fortuitum

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