Special culture requirements Flashcards

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1
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What is chocolate agar?

A

Factors V and X

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2
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What bug grows on chocolate agar?

A

H. influenza

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3
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What is Thayer-martin agar?

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Vanc: inhibits Gram+
Trimethoprim - inhibits gram neg except Neiss
Colistin - inhibits gram neg except Neiss
Nystatin - inhibits fungi

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4
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What bug grows on Thayer-martin agar?

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Neisseria

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What is the Bordet-Gengou agar?

A

Potato/blood

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What is the Regan Lowe medium?

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Charcoal, blood, abx

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What grows on Bordet-Gengou?

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Bordatella pertussis

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What grows on Regan Lowe?

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Bordatella pertussis

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9
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What grows on tellurite agar or loffler medium?

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C. diphteriae

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10
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What grows on Lowenstein-Jensen agar?

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M. tuberculosis

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What grows on eaton agar? What does Eaton agar contain?

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Cholesterol. Mycoplasma pneumonia.

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What does MacConkey agar select for?

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Lactose fermenting enterics - fermentation produces acid, causes colonies to turn pink

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What is the eosin-methylene blue agar?

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Agar that selects for E.coli, which causes green metallic sheen

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14
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What does legionella grow on?

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Charcoal yeast extract buffered w/ cysteine and iron

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15
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What kind of agar to Fungi grow on?

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Sabouraud.

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