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| What are the walls of spores made of? |
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Definition
| Keratin like coat made of dipicolinic acid |
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| Bugs best visualized with Giemsa stain? |
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Definition
Borrelia
Plasmodium
Trypanosomes
Chlamydia |
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| Bugs best visualized with PAS stain? |
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Definition
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| Bugs best visualized with Zieh-Neelsen stain |
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Definition
Acid-fast organisms
Mycobacteria
Nocardia
Cryptosporidium |
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Term
| Bugs best visualized with india ink |
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Definition
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| Bugs best visualized with silver stain |
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Definition
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Term
| Chocolate agar with NAD and Hematin |
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Definition
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| Lactose fermenters turn pink |
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| eosin-methylene blue agar |
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Definition
E. Coli turns green metallic color
Lactose fermenters turn blue/black |
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Term
| Charcoal yeast extract with cysteine and iron |
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Definition
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Nagging Pests Must Breathe
Nocardia
Pseudomonas
M TB
Bacillus |
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Definition
ABC
Actinomyces
Bacterioides
Clostridium |
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Definition
Obligate:
stay inside when it's Really Cold
Rickettsia, Chlamydia
Facultative:
Some Nasty Bugs May Live FacultativeLY
Salmonella, Neisseria, Burcella, Mycobacterium, Listeria, Francisella, Legionella, Yersinia |
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Definition
SHiN SKiSb
Strep Pneumo
H. Influenza
Neisseria Meningitidis
Salmonella
Klebsiella
group B Strep |
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Definition
SSPaCE CATS
Staph Aureus
Serratia
Pseudomonas
Candida
E. Coli |
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Definition
PUNCHES-K
Proetus
Ureaplasma
Nocardia
Cryptococcus
H. Pylori
Epidermidis
Saprophyticus
Klebsiella |
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Term
| Yellow/gold pigment producers |
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Definition
Staph Aureus
Actinomyces Israelii |
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Term
| blue-green pigment producers |
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
Serratia Maracesens
(think maraschino cherries) |
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Definition
Staph Aureus
Binds Fc region of Ig and prevents opsonization |
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Definition
S. pneumo, H. Influenza, Neisseria (SHiN)
Cleaves IgA, allows for mucosa colonization |
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Term
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Definition
Group A Strep (Pyogenes)
Prevents phagocytosis |
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Term
| Elek test positive = what bug? |
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Definition
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Term
| How do you get rid of spores? |
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Definition
| Autoclave (15 minutes at 121C) |
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Term
| Diagnostic test for C. Diff |
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Definition
| look for toxins in the stool |
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Term
| Diagnostic test for Legionella |
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Definition
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Term
| What lab test distinguishes EHEC from the other E. Coli |
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Definition
| EHEC does not ferment sorbitol |
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Term
| Which E. Coli strains have a predilection for children |
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Definition
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Term
| How does antibiotic use affect the differential of Salmonella vs. Shigella |
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Definition
| Antibiotics make salmonella last longer, make shigella shorter. |
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Term
| How does a light microscope affect your spirochetal differential? |
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Definition
| Only Borrelia is ever visible with a light microscope. |
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Term
| What makes Chlamydia's cell wall unique? |
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Definition
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Term
| What is unique about mycoplasma membrane? |
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Definition
| Only bacterial membrane that contains cholesterol |
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Term
| Diagnostic test for PCP pneumonia? |
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Definition
| Methenamine silver stain of lung tissue |
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