Mycobacterium Flashcards
Decontamination
NALC-NaOH, mucolytic agent/decon, citrate buffer pH 6.8, refrigerated centrifuge
Z carbol fuschin, 3% HCL, methylene blue
K carbol, HCL, brilliant green, pink on blue
R-AF K perman, rapid grower no fluor
Lowenstein-Jensen
Egg, Malachite green inhibit
Lowenstein-Gruft
Nalidixic acid/penicillin inhibit non AFB
MGIT
Middlebrook broth, O2 sensitive/quenching
AFB ID
growth rate, photoreactivity, nitrate reduction, catalase, hydrolysis of Tween 80 (detergent phenol red to pink, niacin test (tb)
Myco
kansasii, marinum, scrofulaceum, gordonae, avium, intracellulare, chelonae, smegmatis, fortuitum, leprae
Runyon group I, Photochromogen
pigment after intense light
I kansasii
37C, NTM pulmonary disease not communicable (caseation)
I marium
28-30C, swimming pool granuloma
II Scotochromogen
pigment in dark
II scrofulaceum
cervical lymphadenitis in children, incise and drain
II gordonae
1-3 wk L-J, isoniazid/ethambutol (R)
III Non-chromogens
no pigment, M. intracellulare, AIDS, disseminate/caseating, middlebrook
III avium MAC
NTM pulmonary/cervical lymphadenitis in children, NG LF