Tuberculosis

Question 1

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

• is the species of bacteria that causes TB
• takes a while to culture/grow
• has waxy coating of mycolic acid
• this coating makes cells ________ __ ___ _____

so
- need to use ___ ______ staining or _______ staining

Answer 1

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

• is the species of bacteria that causes TB
• takes a while to culture/grow
• has waxy coating of mycolic acid
• this coating makes cells impervious to gram staining
• need to use Ziehl Neelson (looks bright blue in lec) staining or Auramine staining (looks green in lec)

Question 2

Mycobacterium _______ and mycobacterium ____ both cause TB (however we get the ___ vaccination which protects against this)

Also in the mycobacterium species is mycobacterium _____ which causes _____ (granulomas on nerves, resp tract, skin, eyes)

Answer 2

Mycobacterium tuberculosis and mycobacterium bovis both cause TB (however we get the bcg vaccination which protects against this)

Also in the mycobacterium species is mycobacterium leprae which causes leprosy (granulomas on nerves, resp tract, skin, eyes)