RECALLS MICRO Flashcards

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Part of the virus in which the envelope is required.

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Nuclear/Cytoplasmic membrane

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Eosinophilic cytoplasmic inclusions are elementary bodies of ___virus.

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Poxvirus

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Incubation period for fungi that grow on blood.

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28 days

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Parasites that have neither a cyst form. (2)

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Dientamoeba fragilis

Trichomonas vaginalis

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Roundworm that inhabits small intestine and usually demonstrated as rhabditoform larva.

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Strongyloides stercoralis

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Calcium alginate swab is used for spx taken fr. nasopharynx for the isolation of ______.

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Corynebacterium diphtheriae

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Used to isolate S.aureus from stool cultures.

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Medium with 7.5%salt.

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These are used as counterstain for acid fast staining.

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Malachite green

Methylene blue

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2 examples of anaerobic bacteria.

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Veilonella

Actinomyces

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+ result for bile solubility test

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Lysis of the semisolid media

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This bacteria does not contain a capsule.

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N.meningitidis

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Bacteria that produces Babes-Ernst granules.

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C.diptheriae

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How to prepare an agar medium?

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Half water ➡️ Agar ➡️ Half water

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Composition of IODOPHORE

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Iodine + Detergent

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Composition of TINCTURE OF IODINE

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Iodine + alcohol

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Type of plasma used for Tube Coagulase test

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RABBIT OR HUMAN PLASMA

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Lecithinase (+)

BULL’S EYE HEMOLYSIS

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C.perfringens

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Lowest concentration of drugs that inhibits bacterial growth.

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MIC

Min. Inhibitory Concentration

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Lowest concentration of drugs that kills/destroys organisms.

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MLC

Min. Lethal Concentration

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Gram neg, COFFEE-BEAN shaped diplococci with adjacent sides flattened

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NEISSERIA spp.

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Appropriate spx’s for culturing N.gonorrhea: (5)

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(GREVO)
Gastric fluid
Rectum
Eyes
Vaginal discharge 
Oral Cavity
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Grows on CYSTEINE TELLURITE AGAR

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C.diptheriae

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CA of WHOOPING COUGH

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Bordatella pertussis

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It inhibits growth of gram pos and fungi in MAC agar.

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BILE Salt

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C.albicans mouth infection
THRUSH
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Parasite that possess rhabditiform larva in stool.
S.stercoralis
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Types of Plasmodium which accounts for 90% of cases (2)
P.vivax | P.falciparum
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Example of an ECTOPARASITE
CRABS 🦀
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Most predominant form of Plasmodium causing MALARIA IN THE WORLD
Vivax
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Most predominant form of Plasmodium causing MALARIA IN THE PHILIPPINES
Falciparum
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Agent of GAY BOWEL SYNDROME
Giardia lamblia
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3rd Taenia spp
Asiatica *common name: Taiwan Taenia
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Taenia spp having a uterus that is DICHOTOMOUS / TREE-LIKE BRANCHES 🌲
T.saginata
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Taenia spp having a uterus that is DENDRITIC OR FINGER-LIKE 🤚
T.solium
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The adult resembles the adult of SPIROMETRA
D.latum
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Resembles the egg of P.westermani
D.latum
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+ ctrl for ACETATE TEST
E.coli
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Acetate test: Incubation period + result
35’C for 7 days | BLUE
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ACETAMIDE TEST +ctrl INCUBATION PERIOD +result
Pseudomonas aeruginosa 35’C for 7 days BLUE
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``` MALONATE TEST + CRTL INCUBATION PERIOD + result - result ```
Salmonella 35’C for 7 days BLUE + GREEN/YELLOW -
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Used in KATO-THICK Smear preparation
Cellophane paper soaked in mixture of GLYCERINE + MALACHITE GREEN/METHYLENE BLUE SOL’N
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For detection of stipplings, how long will you need to prepare blood films after the blood is drawn?
30 MINS to 1Hr
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Site of the preferred blood spx for blood smear for PROTOZOA
Finger puncture
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Definitive host to Plasmodium
Female anopheles mosquito
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Color of CHROMATID BODIES WITH TRICHROME STAIN
BRIGHT RED
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Appearance of glycogen in the trophozoite after staining with trichrome stain. Nucleus?
COLORLESS : glycogen RED-PURPLE : Nucleus
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Appearance of Charcot Leyden crystals in the trophozoite after staining with trichrome stain.
BRIGHT RED
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Chromatoidal bodies of protozoan cysts in iodine
DO NOT STAIN
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Stains used for: NAEGLERIA and ACANTHAMOEBA
H&E | WRIGHT’s stain
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Destroyed by iodine
Trophozoites
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Hexacanth embryo: (Hymenolepis spp) ▪️polar filaments (+) ▪️polar filaments (-) lacks
H.nana (+) | H.diminuta (-)
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The egg of ___ have hexacanth embryo in a radially striated shell
Taenia
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2nd IH of D.latum
FRESH WATER CRABS | CRAYFISHES
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Method for recovery of eggs of S.japonicum and S.mansoni
Rectal biopsy
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These are HERMAPHRODITIC
Flukes | Tapeworms
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Nematode parasites capable of HEART LUNG MIGRATION
ASH A.lumbricoides S.stercoralis Hookworms
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“Unholy three” or “Triad of Infection”
HAT Hookworms A.lumbricoides T.trichura
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Ag that is cross-reactive in ALL ADENOVIRUSES
Hexon
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CA of Farmer’s Lungs
Aspergillus
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Media used to ID C.albicans through the organisms’ CHLAMYDOSPORES production
CORNMEAL AGAR PLUS TWEEN 80
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C.albicans produces (3)
BLASTOSPORES CHLAMYDOSPORES PSEUDOHYPHAE
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Stain in AMAN STAIN | The most common fungal stain
LPCB
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Setting of RPMs marked on the face of the RHEOSTAT CTRL ON THE CENTRIFUGE. Checking?
Monthly
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Checking of: CATALASE OXIDASE COAGULASE
Once each day of use | When vial is 1st used
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THIOGLYCOLLATE broth is boiled for ___ mins to?
10 mins | Drive off O2
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Clear medium for MYCOBACTERIA
Middlebrook 7H11
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Bordatella spp with is both UREASE AND OXIDASE +
B.bronchiseptica
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Preferred medium for the isolation of B.pertussis
CHARCOAL-CEPHALEXIN AGAR
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Inhibitors in SALMONELLA-SHIGELLA AGAR (2)
Bile salts | Brilliant green
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Methods for testing Beta lactamase (3)
Chromogenic-Cephalosporin Mtd Acidometric mtd Iodometric mtd
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Transcribe PPNG
Penicillinase-Producing Gonococci
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ZOI: SENSITIVE FOR OPTOCHIN DISK TEST (Taxo P) For Bacitracin Disk Test (Taxo A)
>|= 14mm (taxo P) Any ZOI = Sensitive
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Most common pathogen in throat cultures.
GROUP A Strep (S.pyogenes)
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Staph that is DNAse: + -
S.aureus | S.epidermidis
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Carrier used in COAGGLUTINATION by staph.
Staphylococcal PROTEIN A
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Can be used for Serotyping by swelling
Capsule
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Milk is considered as GRADE A if the bacterial ct is _____ per mL when RAW and not exceed ____ bacteria per mL once pasteurized
75K | 15K
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Stain used to demonstrate spores
Schaeffer-Fulton
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Nasopharyngeal swab spx is recommended for detection of (3)
B.pertussis N.meningitidis H.influenzae
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Virus that can cause SHINGLES
VZV
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Culture media for Fungi (3)
SBA POTATO DEXTROSE AGAR CORNMEAL AGAR
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Broad spectrum antibiotics
Act against... 1. gram pos 2. gram neg 3. Bacterial and non bacterial
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Number of nuclei of mature cyst of Entamoeba polecki
1
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Heat resistant fungi commonly associated as FOOD CONTAMINANT
Aspergillus
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Parasite that has characteristic AUTO-FLUORESCENCE
Cyclospora cayetanensis
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Organism having grayish white, transparent to translucent, matte or glossy colonies with a large ZONE OF BETA HEMOLYSIS
Group A (S.pyogenes)
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Types of blood for the detection of microfilaria are (2)
CAPILLARY | ARTERIAL
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Proglottid filled with eggs
Gravid
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Virus that can affect CNS
RABIES
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Most common mtd for toxoplasma detection
Detect specific ab
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Continent where Chagas Dse was 1st discovered
America
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Transcribe ToRCHeS
``` Toxoplasma gondii Rubella CMV HERPES HEPATITIS SYPHILIS ```
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This stains CELL WALL of fungi
Calcoflour white
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Obligate microaerophiles
Campylobacter | Helicobacter
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Coccidia that can be contacted from cats
Toxoplasma gondii
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Mechanical/phoretic vector or carrier of Ascaris eggs
Cockroaches
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Toxic to viruses Toxic to Neisseria spp Toxic to Chamydia spp
Calcium alginate swab - ✖️viruses Cottons swab - ✖️ Neisseria Wood - ✖️Chlamydia
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Chain of infection
Source MOT Susceptible Host
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Appropriate ratio of blood:broth for BLOOD CULTURE
1:5
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MOT OF HTLV I and II
Blood Serum Saliva Semen S3B
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Best types of water to prepare an agar medium are:
Deionized | Distilled
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Is rejected for the the dx of RSV
Stool
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Test used to determine C.tetani
Morphology | Tennis racket; lollipop; DRUMSTICK
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AFB FOUND IN NASAL MUCOSA
Not dx’c - NF
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Dx’C lab media (agar) for bacterial isolation has pH of
7.0 to 7.5
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Test used to diff. S pyogenes and S.pneumoniae from other strep.
Hemolysis test Beta - S.pyogenes Alpha - S.pneumoniae
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A tests used to diff. Listeria Corynebacteria
BILE ESCULIN HYDROLYSIS TEST MOTILITY TEST LISTERIA + CORYNEBACTERIA -
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Filamentous bacteria which is the common source of making antibiotics
Streptomyces
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Too much moisture in disk diffusion in growth in AST leads to:
Smaller ZOI
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In SSA GIVE APPEARANCE OF: Salmonella Shigella
Salmonella: ▪️colorless colonies with Black centers ; H2S + Shigella ▪️colorless colonies without Black centers ; H2S -
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Best culture media for Salmonella culture: (3)
SSA XLD TETRATHIONATE
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Sterilization in cans can kill:
endospores of: ▪️C.botulinum ▪️E.coli And toxins
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Concentration of H2O2 as DISINFECTANT
3%
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Most ideal for GS/CS of ambulatory px
Random urine spx
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Most ideal for GS/CS for BEDRIDDEN PX
Catheterized urine
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Most ideal for GS/CS of WOMEN
Midstream clean-catch
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Alternative disinfectant if Na hypochlorite (chlorox) is unavailable in the lab.
Vinegar (acetic acid)
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Refers to the property to see the cellular details that are microscopically micrometers
Resolution
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Can be ruled out in SBA Plate
Haemophilus (fastidious org: HACEK)
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``` Bacitracin - R Hippurate hydrolysis test - neg Bile esculin hydrolysis - pos 6.5% NaCl - pos Beta hemolytic ```
Enterococcus
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2 purpose of SIM (Sulfide Indole Motility)medium
▪️motility | ▪️tryptophan medium
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Soap is:
Germicidal
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Microsporum that fluoresce on WOOD’s UV LAMP
M.canis
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Agar for DERMATOPHYTES
Mycosel Agar
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This qualifies sputum for culture
GS
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Test that speciates Neisseria spp.
Sugar Utilization (CHO UTILIZATION TEST)
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Bacteria causes UTI (3)
E.coli S.saprophyticus Enterococci
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Complicate CYSTIC FIBROSIS PX (2)
P.aeruginosa | Burkholderia cepacia
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Causes SWIMMER’S Ear and burns
P.aeruginosa
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Acceptable spx for S.aureus
Nasal swab
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Niacin + Nitrate reduction + Catalase -
MTB
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Lecithinase + | Double zone of hemolysis
C.perfringens
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Four bacteria that are INHIBITED BY SPS DISK TEST:
G.vaginalis Neisseria Streptobacillus moniliformis Peptostreptococcus anaerobius
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Phenylalanine Deaminase (PAD) + Urease+ Lysine decarboxylase +
PPM PROTEUS PROVIDENCIA MORGANELLA
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Test that has a positive result of RED: (5)
``` INDOLE MR VP UREASE NITRATE ```
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Test that has a positive result of GREEN, neg color of BLUE: (4)
CAMA Citrate Acetamide Malonate Acetate utilization tests
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Test that has a positive result of PURPLE: (4)
L2OH LIA LOA (decarboxylase) Oxidase hippurate hydolysis
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Test that has a positive result of YELLOS: (3)
TOT TSI ONPG TCBS (thiosulfate-citrate-bile salt-sucrose)
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Salmonella spp that is LYSINE & H2S neg
S.paratyphi A
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Test that diff Enterobacteriaciae
IMViC
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Doesn’t grow on MAC: (3)
MEK Moraxella Eikenella corrodens Kingella kingae
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Pigment producer and causes grape-like odor on CETRIMIDE AGAR
P.aeruginosa
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Pigment produced by P.aeruginosa
Pyocyanin Pyoverdin Pyorubin
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Grows in CAP, ✖️MAC ✖️BAP
Haemophilus
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Bacteria known for its requirement cysteine which causes lab acquired infxn : BSL III
Francisella tularensis
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BSL I
My BaS Mycobacterium gordonae Bacillus subtilis
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BSL II
Y Ba? Yersinia pestis B.anthracis
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BSLIII
My FRiend BruMo Mycobacteria Francisella Brucella Molds
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Can speciate Brucella spp.
Thionine | Fuchsin
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Brucella spp CO2 + H2S + Inhibited by THIONINE
B.abortus
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“Safety pin” appearance in Wayson’s stain (bipolar bodies) | ▪️ acquired through animal bite wounds
Pasteurella
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``` Causes: ▪️MENINGITIS ▪️SEPSIS ▪️STILLBIRTH ▪️FOOD POISONING ```
Listeria
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The ONLY GRAM POS BACILLUS H2S + Catalase - “BUTCHER’s CUT”
Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
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CA of PONTIAC FEVER (fr. Aircondition) | CM: BCYE
Legionella