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Partially Acid-fast Bacteria

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Nocardia: Aerobic
Gordonia
Rhodococcus
Tsukamurella

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Aerial Hyphae in Tap Water Agar

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Nocardia
Nocardiopsis
Streptomyces

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anaerobic; agent of Lumpy Jaw/Actinomycosis

causes suppurative granulomatous disease

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Actinomyces israelli

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Colonies of A. israelli

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Molar tooth

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primary pulmonary infection resembling TB

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N. farcinica & N. cyriacigeorgica

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actinomycotic mycetoma

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N. brasiliensis

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Spirochete

Loosely and helically coiled; longest bacteria

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Borrelia

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mode of transmission of Borrelia

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bite of an infected vector (lice and ticks)

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Agent of Louse-born relapsing fever (epidemic)

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Borrelia recurrentis

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Vector: Pediculus humanus(human louse)

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Borrelia recurrentis

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Agent of Tick-born relapsing fever

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Borrelia anserine, toricatae, parkeri

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Vector of Borrelia anserine, toricatae, parkeri

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Ornithodoros ticks

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Agent of Lyme Disease

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Borrelia burgdorferi

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Vector of Borrelia burgdorferi

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Ixodesdammini(deer ticks)

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Stage 1 symptom of Lyme disease

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Bull’s eye rash (erythema chronicummigrans)

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Stage 2 symptom of Lyme disease

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dissemination to blood

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Stage 3 symptom of Lyme disease

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arthritis, neurological abnormalities, skin lesions

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Culture media for Borrelia burgdorferi

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Barber Stoenner Kelly at 33C for 6 weeks

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19
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tightly coiled spirochete

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Treponema

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Lab diagnosis for Treponema

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Darkfield microscopy - graceful/corkscrew motility

Levaditi silver impregnation

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Screening tests for Treponema in serology

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Rapid Plasma Reagin (RPR)

Venereal Disease Research Laboratory (VDRL)

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Confirmatory tests for Treponema in serology

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Fluorescent Treponemal Antibody Absorption (FTA-ABS),
Treponema pallidum Haemagglutination (TPHA),
Microhemagglutination Assay for Treponema pallidum Antibodies (MHA-TP),
Hemagglutination Treponemal Test for Syphilis (HATTS)

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Primary Syphilis symptom and specimen of choice

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Hard chancre: firm and painless

swab/aspirate; diagnosis using darkfield microscopy

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Secondary Syphilis symptom and specimen of choice

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condylomata lata (wart-like lesions in genital area or mouth)

serum; (RPR/VDRL, FTA-ABS)

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Tertiary Syphilis symptom and specimen of choice

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Gummas (granulomatous lesions)
Neurosyphilis (Tabes dorsalis –degeneration of lower spinal cord)
syphilitic cardiovascular lesions

CSF

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Hutchinson’s triad (notched teeth, keratitis, nerve deafness)

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Congenital syphilis

T. pallidum subsp. pertenue

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chronic nonvenereal disease of skin and bones

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Yaws/Framboise

T. pallidum subsp. endemicum

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lesions in oral cavity/mucosa, skin boes, nasopharynx

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Bejel

T. pallidum subsp. endemicum

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ulcerative skin disease

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Pinta

T. pallidum subsp. carateum

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30
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spirochete tightly coiled with 1 or 2 hooks

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Leptospira

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specimen of choice for 1st week diagnosis of Leptospira

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blood, CSF, tissue

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specimen of choice for 2nd week diagnosis of Leptospira

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urine

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Culture method for Leptospira

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EMJH (Ellinghausen-McCullough-Johnson-Harris)/Stuart

Fletcher’s

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Screening Test for Leptospira

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Macroscopic Agglutination Test - (+): agglutination

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Gold standard for Leptospira

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Microscopic Agglutination Test - (+): agglutination under dark field

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cause of leptospirosis (zoonotic infection)

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Leptospira interrogans

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most common characteristic physical finding in Leptospira interrogans

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conjunctival suffusion

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38
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severe form of leptospirosis; systemic disease with intravascular disease, renal and hepatic failure

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Weil’s disease

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39
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Gram-positive obligate intracellular parasite

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Chlamydia

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of serotypes in C. trachomatis

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of serotypes in C. pneumoniae

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of serotypes in C. psittaci

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agent of psittacosis/ornithosis (parrot fever)

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Chlamydophila psittaci

44
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TWAR strain (Taiwan Acute Respiratory)-3rd spp. of Chlamydia

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Chlamydophila pneumoniae

45
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TRIC agent (trachoma, inclusion conjunctivitis)

number 1 cause of non-gonococcal urethritis

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C. trachomatis

46
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Gram-negative obligate intracellular parasite

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Rickettsia

47
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Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

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R. rickettsii (ticks)

48
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Rickettsial pox

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R. akari (mites)

49
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Australian/Queensland tick typhus

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R. australis (ticks)

50
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Boutonneuse fever, Mediterranean and Israeli spotted fever, Indian tick typhus, Kenyan tick typhus

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R. conorii (ticks)

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Epidemic typhus

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R. prowazekii (Lice)

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Sporadic typhus

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R. prowazekii (Flying squirrels)

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Brill-Zinsser disease

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R. prowazekii (Reactivation of latent infection)

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Murine typhus

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R. typhi (fleas)

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Scrub typhus

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Orientia tsutsugamushi (mites, chiggers)

56
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Q fever

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Coxiella burnetti (ticks, aerosol)

57
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Human monocyte ehrlichiosis

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Ehrlichia chaffeensis (ticks)

58
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Human granulocyte anaplasmosis

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E. phagocytophila (ticks)

59
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Sennetsu fever

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Neorickettsia sennetsu (ticks)

60
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Trench fever

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Rochalimea quintana (Lice)

61
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Smallest free-living organisms

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Mycoplasma

62
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Eaton’s agent

primary atypical pneumonia/walking pneumonia

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M. pneumoniae

63
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Confirmatory for M. pneumoniae

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Hemadsorption test

64
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large fried egg colonies

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M. hominis

65
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agent of salpingitis and post partal fever

non-gonococcal urethritis in males, PID

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M. hominis

66
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non-gonococcal urethritis in males, PID, amnionitis

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U. urealyticum

67
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small fried egg colonies with dark brown clumps

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U. urealyticum

68
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MOT of Rochalimea quintana

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Human body louse

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MOT of B. bacilliformis

70
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MOT of B. henselae

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Domestic cat by bite/scratches; cat fleas

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MOT of B. clarridgeia

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Domestic cat by bite/scratches

72
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MOT of B. elizabethiae

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Fleas (from rat)

Endocarditis

73
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Koch’s bacillus

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Mycobacteria tuberculosis

74
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Virulence factor of M. tuberculosis

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Cord factor (produces serpentine cords on agar)

75
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Resistance of M. tuberculosis

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Highly resistant to drying

Resistant to chemical disinfection; requires 24-hour exposure to 5% phenol

76
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M. tuberculosis remains in putrifying sputum for how many weeks?

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weeks 8-10 days or dried sputum for weeks

77
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M. tuberculosis remains infectious in drops of dried sputum in the air for how many months?

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6-8 months

78
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M. tuberculosis is easily killed by?

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moist heat, boiling for 10 mins, pasteurization

79
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Treatment (6 months) for M. tuberculosis

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Rifampicin, Isoniazid, Pyrazinamide, Ethambutol

80
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Kinyoun

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stain preferred for tissues

81
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Also used for M. leprae, Nocardia;

Uses hematoxylin as counterstain

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Fite-Faraco’s

82
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(+): yellow-fluorescent organisms on black background

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Auramine-Rhodamine

83
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Stain for colorblind; black

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Spengler’s

84
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Stain
MTB: red
M. smegmatis: blue

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Pappenheimer’s

85
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Stain
MTB: blue
M. leprae: red

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Baungarten’s

86
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Culture (confirmatory) - cauliflower colonies

Examples of egg-based (with malachite green)

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Lowenstein-Jensen
Petragnani: for contaminated specimens
American Thoracic Society medium
Dorset egg medium

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Culture (confirmatory) -cauliflower colonies

Examples of agar based

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Duboi’s Oleic Acid Albumin medium
Middlebrook 7H10, 7H11 –clear media used for AST
Mitchinson’s medium

88
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Culture (confirmatory) -cauliflower colonies

Examples of liquid media

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Septi-Check
Bactec 12B
Middlebrook 7H9/7H12
Dubos Tween Albumin

89
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Most common cause of TB in Africa

A

M. africanum

90
Q

Most common mycobacterium in AIDS patients

Diarrhea

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M. avium complex (MAC)

91
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TB in animals;

Bacillus Calmette & Guerin (BCG) vaccine

92
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granulomatous lesions seen on chest X-rays

93
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calcified lesions

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Ghon complexes

94
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Sputum specimen for Mycobacteria

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2 specimens in 1 day

95
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RUNYOUN CLASSICATION OF MOTT

GROUP 1: PHOTOCHROMOGENS

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M. kansasii
M. marinum
M. simiae
M. asiaticum

96
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RUNYOUN CLASSICATION OF MOTT

GROUP 2: SCOTOCHROMOGENS

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M. scrofulaceum
M. szulgai
M. xenopi
M. gordonae
M. flavescens
M. thermoresistible
97
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RUNYOUN CLASSICATION OF MOTT

GROUP 3: NONPHOTOCHROMOGENS

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M. avium
M. avium-intracellularecomplex (MAC)
M. malmoense
M. ulcerans
M. haemophilum
M. terrae-triviale
98
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RUNYOUN CLASSICATION OF MOTT

GROUP 4: RAPID GROWERS

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M. fortuitum
M. chelonae
M. phlei
M. smegmatis

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