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Unit 9: Anaerobes Flashcards

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1
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What are the two primary groups of anaerobic GPCs?

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Peptostreptococcus

Anaerococcus

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What do P. anaerobius and B. dentium have in common and how would you differentiate them?

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Both indole and Nitrate reduction NEG

P. anaerobius is SPS disc SS

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What is the 2nd most common group of anaerobes ?

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GPCs

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How would you treat P. anaerobius?

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Treated with penicillin G and cephalosporins

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Habitat of Veillonella?

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-Normal flora of mouth and gut

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What would you do if the Vancomycin disk is sensitive but you had a gram stain with GNC?

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Redo gram stain, you probably overdecolorized

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7
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What is a common cause of blood culture contamination?

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Propionibacterium acnes

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Propionibacterium acnes: habitat

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-Normal skin flora

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9
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What result would give a presumptive ID of Propionibacterium acnes?

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A GPB that is Indole POS

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Why would you perform a Nitrate test on presumptive P. acnes?

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To rule out C. diff. P. acnes is POS

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Eubacterium lentum: habitat

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Normal flora of intestinal tract

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What are significant test results for Eubacterium lentum? What does it need to be differentiated from and how?

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  • POS catalase so Differentiate from Propionibacterium w/ gram stain; E. lentum=small GPB and P. acnes is pleiomorphic
  • Colistin R
  • Very little biochemical activity
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13
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What genus produces sulfur granules?

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Actinomyces

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14
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What is the main issue caused by Actinomyces species in general?

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problems with IUDs

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Actinomyces israelii: habitat

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Normal flora of mouth

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16
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Are Actinomyces species generally Nitrate production pos or neg?

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POS

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Which Actinomyces is Nitrate NEG?

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A. meyeri

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How would you differentiate A. Israelii and A. naeslundii? And why is it necessary?

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Both are Nitrate POS Actinomyces species and A. Israelii is always able to hydrolyze esculin while A. naeslundii is variable.

A.naeslundii is urease POS

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How would you differentiate A. vicosus and A. naeslundii? And why is it necessary?

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Both are Nitrate POS Actinomyces species that are urease POS

A. vicosus is catalase POS

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20
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A nitrate POS and catalase NEG anaerobic GPB: What are the possibilities and how to you differentiate?

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A. israelii- can hydrolyze esculin
A.naeslundii-Urease POS
A.odontolyticus-neither

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What is the only Actinomyces that is catalase POS?

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A. vicosus

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22
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A nitrate POS and catalase POS anaerobic GPB: What are the possibilities and how to you differentiate?

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P.acnes- pleomorphic
E. lentum- small GPB
A. vicosus- Urease POS

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What are the 5 Actinomyces species we care about?

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A. israelii
A.naeslundii
A.odontolyticus
A.vicosus
A. meyeri
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A nitrate NEG and catalase NEG anaerobic GPB: What are the possibilities and how to you differentiate?

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A. meyeri

B. dentium- Can hydrolyze esculin

25
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B. dentium: habitat

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normal flora of mouth, GI and stool

26
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anaerobic GPB: -Aerotolerant and Microaerophilic

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A.odontolyticus
B. dentium
Lactobacillus spp

27
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anaerobic GPB: Aerotolerant NOT Microaerophilic

A

A.vicosus

A.naeslundii

28
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How can you presumptively ID Lactobacillus?

A

GPB in chains

Catalase NEG

29
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What is special about catalase used for anaerobes?

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It is 15% instead of 3%

30
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How can you ID Bacteroides fragilis group?

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  • Anaerobic GNB
  • Resistent to bile, colistin, vancomycin AND kanamycin
  • Hydrolyzed esculin
31
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Name and differentiate the species of the Bacteroides fragilis group

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Indole POS, catalase POS= 
  -B. ovatus
  -B. thetaiotaomicron
Indole NEG, catalase NEG=
  -B. vulgatus 
Indole POS, catalase NEG=
  -B. uniformis
Indole NEG, catalase POS
  -B. fragilis
  -B. distasonis
32
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How would you presumptively ID Prevotella and Porphyromonas and what you you report?

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  • Brick red under UV light after at east 3 days

- Pigmented Porphyromonas

33
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What differentiates Prevotella and Porphyromonas?

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Porphyromonas is asaccharolytic- but difficult to determine which is which

34
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Which GNB pits the agar?

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Bacteroides urealyticus

35
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What is the only anaerobic GNB that can grow in 20% bile? Plus another 2

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B. fragilis group

also F. mortiferum and F. varium

36
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Which anaerobic GNB is nitrate POS and urease POS?

A

B. urealyticus

37
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Which two vancomycin (only) resistant GNBs are indole POS and how do you differentiate them?

A

F. nucleatum

F.necrophorum- Lipase POS, causes greening of agar

38
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What do all the Fusobacterium species have in common?

A

All are vancomycin resistant ONLY

39
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Which is associated with ulcerative colitis?

A

F. varium

40
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Which two Fusobacterium species can hydrolyze esculin?

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F. mortiferum

F. varium

41
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What does C.perfringens cause?

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  • Food poisoning (endotoxin)
  • Self limiting

-Gas gangrene (rapid invasion and necrosis)

42
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Clostridium species: habitat

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  • Widespread in nature
  • Normal flora in GI tract: humans and animals
  • Specifically: female genital tract and oral mucosa
43
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How can you tell a GPB with spores is C.perfringens?

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  • Double zone of Beta hemolysis
  • resistant to colistin
  • Lecithinase, reverse CAMP and Nagler test POS
44
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How can you tell a GPB with spores is C.septicum?

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  • Hydrolyzes esculin

- Medusa head like colony/swarms

45
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What does C, septicum cause? What is it associated with?

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  • Septicemia

- Associated with malignancies

46
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What does C. difficile cause if untreated?

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Pseudomembranous colitis

47
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C. difficile: two toxins

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Toxin A-enterotoxin; produced in intestines

Toxin B-cytotoxin

48
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C. difficile: habitat

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Prevalent in soil

49
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What does C. difficile cause (no matter what)?

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Antibiotic associated diarrhea

50
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How can we identify C. difficile?

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  • Grows on CCFA agar

- Rapid EIA

51
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C.botulinum: 3 types

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  • Food borne
    • Infant botulism (Most common; breastmilk; honey)
    • Wound botulism
52
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Specimen types for C.botulinum (4)

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  • Serum
  • Stool
  • Gastric aspirates
  • Vomit
53
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C.botulinum: What type of spores

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subterminal

54
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How do we identify C.botulinum?

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serological

55
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What toxin is associated with C. tetani? How does it work?

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Nerotoxin-tetanospasmin - blocks inhibitory impulses of the CNS

56
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C. tetani: What type of spores

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Terminal

57
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What clostridium is Lecithinase and lipase NEG?

A

C. tetani

58
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How to not confuse Bacillus spp with Aerotolerant clostridium?

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Bacillus is Catalase POS and grows better/forms spores aerobically

59
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What is the better antimicrobial susceptibility testing if you can’t use commercial ID?

A

Microtube broth dilution method

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