Sir Felix Enhanced Micro Flashcards
- Which of the following microorganism is susceptible to changes in temperature?
a. N. meningitidis
b. Shigella
c. Both A and B
d. None of the above
a. N. meningitidis
- Which of the following specimen/s is stored at
4C?
a. Stool
b. Urine
c. Viral specimens
d. All of the above
d. All of the above
- Critical or panic value, except:
a. Positive blood cultures
b. S. pyogenes in a surgical wound
c. Negative malaria tests
d. Positive acid-fast stain
c. Negative malaria tests
- Which of the following refers to the patient’ preparation in obtaining superficial abscess?
a. Wiping the area with KOH
b. Wiping area with sterile saline or 70% alcohol
c. Wiping area with iodine then 70% alcohol
d. None of the above
b. Wiping area with sterile saline or 70% alcohol
- Cerebrospinal fluid for microbiologic examination should be transported to laboratory:
a. <15 minutes
b. <1 hour
c. <2 hour
d. None of the above
a. <15 minutes
- Patient preparation in obtaining sputum specimen
a. Have patient gargle Listerine
b. Have patient brush teeth and then rinse or gargle with water before collection
c. Have patient gargle with alcohol
d. Have patient brush teeth then rinse or gargle with Listerine
b. Have patient brush teeth and then rinse or gargle with water before collection
- The most important diagnostic tool in treating pat with clinical infections in the emergency department is o the:
a. Acid fast stain
b. Gram stain
c. Culture and Sensitivity
d. None of the above
b. Gram stain
- All of the following organism contains cell wall wits mycolic acid, except:
a. Nocardia
b. Rhodococcus
c. Streptomyces
d. Corynebacterium
c. Streptomyces
- Which of the following refers to the reaction of gra positive organism after decolorization?
a. Stain purple
b. Remain purple
c. Remain pink
d. Become colorless
b. Remain purple
- Which of the following stains binds to cell walls of fungi?
a. Calcofluor white
b. Auramine-Rhodamine
c. FITC
d. Acridine orange
a. Calcofluor white
- In acridine orange staining, bacteria and yeasts will fluoresce ____ against a green-fluorescing or dark background:
a. Yellow
b. Orange
c. Red
d. Blue
b. Orange
- Colistin-nalidixic acid agar (CNA) is used primarily for the recovery of:
A. Neisseria species
B. Enterobacteriacee
C. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
D. Staphylococcus aureus
D. Staphylococcus aureus
- Xylose lysine deoxycholate (XLD) agar is a highly selective medium used for the recovery of which bacteria?
A. Staphylococcus spp. from normal flora
B. Yersinia spp. that do not grow on Hektoen agar
C. Enterobacteriaceae from gastrointestinal specimens
D. Streptococcus spp. from stool cultures
C. Enterobacteriaceae from gastrointestinal specimens
- Select the medium best suited for the recovery of Yersinia enterocolitica from a patient with gastroenteritis.
A. Hektoen agar
B. Cefsulodin-Irgasan-Novobiocin (CIN) agar
C. Blood agar
D. Eosin methylene blue agar
B. Cefsulodin-Irgasan-Novobiocin (CIN) agar
- Cycloserine-cefoxitin-fructose agar (CCFA) is used for the recovery of:
A. Yersinia enterocolitica
B. Yersinia intermedia
C. Clostridium perfringens
D. Clostridium difficile
D. Clostridium difficile
- Incomplete or partial hemolysis; green or brown color surrounding the colony:
a. Alpha hemolysis
b. Beta hemolysis
c. Gamma hemolysis
d. Alpha prime hemolysis
a. Alpha hemolysis
- Which of the following grow in the bottom of the broth
a. Facultative anaerobic
b. Strictly aerobic
c. Strictly anaerobic
d. None of the above
c. Strictly anaerobic
- Selective media:
a. May be differential
b. Allow the growth of all organism
c. Are utilized for growth of fastidious organisms
d. Contain dyes or antibiotics to suppress the growth of some organisms
d. Contain dyes or antibiotics to suppress the growth of some organisms
- All of the following are differential media, except:
a. Blood agar
b. Chocolate agar
c. MacConkey’s agar
d. Eosin Methylene Blue
b. Chocolate agar
- Grayish white, transparent to translucent, matte, glossy; large zone of beta hemolysis
a. S. pyogenes
b. S. agalactiae
c. S. pneumoniae
d. B. anthracis
a. S. pyogenes
- Translucent to opaque; flat glossy with narrow zone of beta hemolysis; some strains nonhemolytic
a. S. pyogenes
b. S. agalactiae
c. S. pneumoniae
d. B. anthracis
b. S. agalactiae
- SITUATION: A group of elementary students became ill after eating undercooked ground beef prepared in the school cafeteria. The suspected pathogen, E. coli serotype 0157:H7, is usually recovered using which of the following media?
A. XLD agar
B. MacConkey agar
C. MacConkey agar with sorbitol
D. Hektoen agar
C. MacConkey agar with sorbitol
- The most sensitive method for the detection of B-lactamase in bacteria is by the use of:
A. Chromogenic cephalosporin
B. Penicillin
C. Oxidase
D. Chloramphenicol acetyltransferase
A. Chromogenic cephalosporin
- The breakpoint of an antimicrobial drug refers to:
A. The amount needed to cause bacteriostasis
B. A minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of
16 Mg/mL or greater
C. A MIC of 64 g/mL or greater
D. The level of drug that is achievable in serum
D. The level of drug that is achievable in serum
- Which of the following variables may change the results of an MIC?
A. Inoculum size
B. Incubation time
C. Growth rate of the bacteria
D. All of these options
D. All of these options
- According to the Kirby-Bauer standard antimicrobial susceptibility testing method, what should be done when interpreting the zone size of a motile, swarming organism such as a Proteus species?
A. The swarming area should be ignored
B. The results of the disk diffusion method are invalid
C. The swarming area should be measured as the growth boundary
D. The isolate should be retested after diluting to a 0.05
McFarland standard
A. The swarming area should be ignored
- The lowest concentration of antibiotic that inhibits grow a test organism is the:
A. Minimum inhibitory concentration
B. Serum inhibitory concentration
C. Minimum bactericidal titer
D. Maximum inhibitory titer
A. Minimum inhibitory concentration
- Susceptibility testing performed on QC organisms using new media lot number vielded zone sites that were too large for all antibiotics tested. The testing was repeated using media from a previously used lot number, and all zone sizes were acceptable. Which of the following best explains the unacceptable zone sized?
A. The antibiotic disks were not stored with the proper desiccant
B. The depth of the media was too thick
C. The depth of the media was too thin
D. The antibiotic disks were not properly applied to the media
C. The depth of the media was too thin
- After satisfactory performance of a daily disk diffusion susceptibility quality control is documented, the frequency of quality control can be reduced to:
A. Twice a week
B. Every week
C. Every other week
D. Every month
B. Every week
- Which class of antibiotics is used for the treatment of se gram-negative infections as well as infections with Mycobacterium tuberculosis?
A. Cephalosporins
B. Penicillins
C. Tetracyclines
D. Aminoglycosides
D. Aminoglycosides
- Which of the following biosafety cabinets is compl enclosed with negative pressure, afford the most protection. Air coming into and going out of the cabinet is filter sterilized, and the infectious material within is handled with rubber gloves that are attached to cabinet?
a. Class I cabinet
b. Class II cabinet
c. Class III cabinet
d. None of the above
c. Class III cabinet