Mycobacteria Flashcards
Not pigmented unless exposed to light optimally during their early growth
Photochromagen
Pigmented when grown in the dark or light
Scotochromagen
Not pigmented when grown in the dark or in light
Nonchromagen
Nontuberculous mycobacteria pigment
Runyon’s classification
M.kansassi
Photochromagen
M.xenopi
Scotochromagen
Battey Bacillus
In AIDS patients
MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX
“yellow bacillus,
MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII
growth requirement for hemoglobinor hemin
MYCOBACTERIUM HAEMOPHILUM
Bairnsdale ulcer
MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS
disseminated disease in HIV-infected patients
MYCOBACTERIUM GENAVENSE
chronic granulomatous infections involving skin and soft tissue, often called”swimming pool granuloma” or “fish tank granuloma”
MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM
Tap-water bacillus
MYCOBACTERIUM GORDONAE
etiologic agent of leprosy, also called Hansen’s disease
MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE
not culturable; unique manifestation in a way that they infect the nerves instead the cells
MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE
Decontaminating agent of MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE
N acetyl-L-cysteine(NALC)
digesting agent MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE
2-4% NaOH
MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS measurement
0.2-0.6 micron in diameter and 1-4 micra in length
Highly resistant to drying (protected from sunlight)
MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS
Duration of MTB in Dried sputum
6-8 months
Droplets of dried sputum in the air -
8-10 days
Exposed to direct sunlight, MTB for culture are killed
within 2 hours
Span of MTB In sputum -
20-30 hours
Disinfection of sputum -
24 hours in 5% phenol
a disseminated infection with multiple organ
involvement.
Miliary TB
is miliary tuberculosis in the bones or spine
Pott’s disease