Specimen types Flashcards
1
Q
Common Pathogens:
Nose
A
S.aureus
2
Q
Common Pathogens:
Strep culture
A
Strep. pyogenes
Strep. dysgalactiae
Arcanobacterium haemolyticum
3
Q
Common Pathogens:
urine
A
S. aureus S. sap Enterococcus Strep. pyogenes Strep. agalactae G neg rods yeast aerococcus coryneabacterium urealyticum
4
Q
Common Pathogens:
Eye cornea
A
S. aureus
G neg rods
S. Pneumo
Haemophilus influe
5
Q
Common Pathogens:
skin
A
S.aureus
Staph. lugdunensis
Strep. pyogenes
6
Q
Common Pathogens:
stools that I wouldn’t expect
A
vibrio plesiomonans aeromonas yeast strep pyogenes
7
Q
what cultures do we receive that require O2 incubation?
A
VRE
8
Q
what is VRE cultures plated too?
A
Bile esculin Azide
9
Q
what sort of culture do we set up for our Group B streps?
A
LIM
10
Q
what organisms are AF + MAF+,
AF- MF+
A
++mycobacterium spp.
-+ Nocardia
