PBL: Gram Stains Flashcards
1
Q
Blood:
- Actinomyces
A
- GPR (filamentous)
2
Q
Blood:
- Bacillus
A
- GPR
3
Q
Blood:
- Bacteroides fragilis
A
- GNR
4
Q
Blood:
- Campylobacter
A
- GNR
5
Q
Blood:
- Clostridium
A
- GPR (clostridioforme commonly stains gram negative - tapered ends)
6
Q
Blood:
- Corynebacterium jeikeium
A
- GPR
7
Q
Blood:
- Enterococcus
A
- GPC (step like organism is a chain of 10 or more organisms)
8
Q
Blood:
- Fusobacterium nucleatum/mortiferum
A
- GNR
9
Q
Blood:
- Klebsiella pneumoniae
A
- GNR
10
Q
Blood:
- Lactobacillus
A
- GPR
11
Q
Blood:
- Listeria monocytogenes
A
- GPR
12
Q
Blood:
- Propionibacterium acnes
A
- GPR
13
Q
Blood:
- Staphylococcus aureus/epidermidis
A
- GPC
14
Q
Blood:
- Streptococcus pneumoniae
A
- GPC
15
Q
Blood:
- Vibrio vulnificus
A
- GNR (curved or comma)
