Term
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Definition
gram-negative bacteria, small
Rickettsia rickettsii |
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Term
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Definition
spiral shape, no flagella, slender
Borrelia burgdorferi- Lyme disease- tetracycline ,
Treponema pallidum-syphilis- Pen G
Leptospira-meningitis- Pen G |
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Term
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Definition
Hold color with Gram stain, ovoid or spherical shape
Staphlyococcus aureus, Streptococcus pneumoniae |
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Term
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Definition
Loose color with Gram stain, spherical or oval shape
Neisseria meningidis (meningococcus), Neisseria gonorrhoeae
(gonococcus) |
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Term
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Definition
Because they lack a cell wall, they are unaffected by some antibiotics such as penicillin or other beta-lactam antibiotics that target cell wall synthesis. Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Mycobacterium tuberculosis-Tb- isoniazid+rifampin+pyrazinamide
Mycobacterium leprae-leprosy- Dapsone+rifampin |
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Term
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Definition
Hold color with staining even when stained with acid in most
cases.
All Mycobacteria - M.tuberculosis, M.Leprae and atypical Mycobacterium
Nocardia
Head of sperm
Bacterial spores
Cryptosporidium parvum, Isospora and Cyclospora cysts |
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Term
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Definition
Stained positive with a gram stain, narrow filaments
Nocardia,
Actinomyces israelii- cervicofacial and other lesions- Pen G |
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Term
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Definition
Rod shaped, hold color with gram stain
Clostridium tetani, Bacillus anthracis |
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Term
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Definition
Do not hold color with gram stain, also rod shaped.
Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella
pneumoniae |
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