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Anaerobes
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Accounting
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02/24/2009

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Term
obligate anaerobe
Definition
Lack SOD, catalase and cytochrome
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aerotolerant anaerobe
Definition
small amounts of SOD, grow best on CO2
Term
Enriched media for anaerobes
Definition
menadione, vitamin k, and hemin
Term
metabolic products of anaerobes
Definition
short chain fatty acids (smell bad)
Term
general approach in lab to IDing a specimen
Definition

gram stain, enriched medium, selective medium, colony morphology, commercial ID kits

Term
if foul-smelling, near mucosal surface, gaseous, negative aerobic cultures
Definition
must be an anaerobe
Term
Pleomorphic gram negative bacilli with a "safety pin appearance"
Definition
Bacteroides fragilis
Term
resistance of bacteroides
Definition
Penicillin G
Term
mode of transmission of bacteroides
Definition
translocation, trauma, surgery
Term
capsule (sometimes), LPS, SOD, heparinase, beta-lactamase; found in an abscess
Definition
Bacteroides fragilis
Term
found in abscess, grows on bile, anaerobe
Definition
bacteroides fragilis
Term
anaerobe, requires Vitamin K and hemin, black pigment and extremely O2 sensitive, gram neg bacilla
Definition
Prevotella melaninogenicus
Term
Mode of transmission of Prevotella
Definition
normal in oral cavity, must breech mucosa or be aspirated
Term
aspiration pneumonia and empyema; anaerobe
Definition
Prevotella melaninogenicus
Term
asaccharolytic, pigmented, anaerobe, vitamin K and hemin
Definition
Porphyromonas asaccharolytica (or gingivalis)
Term
gram negative "needle-shaped" bacilli, penicillin G susceptible
Definition
Fusobacterium nucleatum
Term
gram negative anaerobic bacilli, non pigmented, vancomycin resistant
Definition
fusobacterium
Term
gram negative anaerobic bacilli treated with vancomycin, pigmented
Definition
porphyromonas
Term
gram negative bacilli, pigmented, resistant to vancomycin
Definition
prevotella
Term
gram negative bacilli, resistant to kanamycin, vancomycin and colistin, grows in bile, non-pigmented
Definition
bacteroides
Term
gram positive bacilli, anaerobe, double zone of hemolysis, lecithinase positive, stormy fermentation
Definition
Clostridium perfingens
Term
gas gangrene
Definition
clostridium perfringens
Term
grows on cycloserine-cefoxitin-fructose agar; cytotoxin assay
Definition
Clostridium difficile
Term
hospital diarrhea; pseudomembranous enterocolitis due to excessive antibiotics
Definition
Clostridium difficile
Term
lipase and lecithinase positive, toxin detection; gram + bacilli
Definition
clostridium botulinum
Term
seven heat-labile neurotoxins (A-G)
A,B,E cause most disease
Definition
C. botulinum
Term
tetanospasmin - exotoxin, highly infectious
Definition
Clostridium tetani
Term
treatment for tetanus
Definition
Tetanus immune globulin (TIG)
Term
Bacterial vaginosis, gram positive bacilli, anaerobe
Definition
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