Term
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Definition
clusters
catalase and coagulase positive
ferments mannitol
antibiotic resistant (MRSA)
Gram-positive
cocci |
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Term
| Staphylococcus epidermitis |
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Definition
forms clusters
non-hemolytic
catalase positive
coagulase negative
does not ferment mannitol |
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Term
| staphylococcus saprophyticus |
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Definition
clusters
catalase positive
coagulase negative
doesn't ferment mannitol
novobiocin resistant
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Term
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Definition
long chains
beta hemolysis
catalase-negative
group A
PYR-positive
bacitracin sensitive |
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Term
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Definition
long chains
beta hemolysis
catalase-negative
group B
bacitracin resistant
CAMP test positive
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Term
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Definition
in pairs (diplococci)
alpha-hemolytic
catalase-negative
soluble in bile
optochin sensitive
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Term
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Definition
in prs/short chains
alpha or gamma-hemolytic
catalase-negative
bile and antibiotic resistant
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Term
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Definition
spores
non-motile
non-hemolytic
string of pearl
unique capsule
medusa head colony
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Term
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Definition
spore forming rod
motile and hemolytic
emetic and diarrheal toxins |
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Term
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Definition
box-shaped anaerobic rods (form spores)
rapid growth
Nagler reaction
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Term
| corynebacterium diphtheriae |
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Definition
pleomorphic rod
dark pharyngeal pseudomembrane
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Term
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Definition
small rod (coccobacilli)
characteristic (tumbling) motility
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Term
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Definition
Anaerobic and branching rod
molar tooth appearing in 7 to 10 d
sulfur granules |
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Term
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Definition
weakly acid-fast
filamentous
branching rods
slow growth
fuzzy colonies (aerial hyphae)
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Term
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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Definition
strongly acid-fast rods
slow growth
non-pigmented colonies
Mantoux and QFT-G tests
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Term
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Definition
diplococci
fastidious (grow on chocolate agar)
ferments glucose and maltose
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Term
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Definition
Diplococci (in PMNs)
fastidious
grow on Thayer-Martin agar
ferments glucose and maltose
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Term
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Definition
Diplococci
fastidious
ferments neither glucose nor maltose
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Term
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Definition
fat rods in pairs (may seem cocci)
grow on MacConkey
oxidase negative
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Term
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Definition
gram-negative rods with "bipolar" staining
grow on MacConkey agar
may or may not ferment lactose
all of these species are oxidase negative
species include: E. coli, Salmonella, Shigella, Yersinia, Proteus, etc
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Term
| Bacteroides, Fusobacterium |
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Definition
weakly staining anaerobic rod
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Term
|
Definition
green colonies
grapelike smell
grow on MacConkey (non-fermenters)
oxidase positive
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Term
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Definition
curved rod
ferments sucrose
thiosulphate citrate bile salt sucrose agar |
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Term
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Definition
curved rods
urea breath test
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Term
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Definition
thin, curved, S-shaped rods
growth only on highly selective media
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Term
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Definition
small coccobacilli
X and V factor
satellite phenomenon
oxidase positive
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Term
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Definition
weak staining Gram-negative rods
buffered charcol yeast extract (BCYE)
agar with cysteine |
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Term
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Definition
small, gram-negative bacilli
fastidious
Regan-Lowe charcoal agar
use dacron swabs
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Term
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Definition
Very small (coccobacilli)
slow growing
antigens cross react with Francisella
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Term
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Definition
very small coccobacilli
slow-growing
biohazard
antigens cross react with Brucella
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Term
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Definition
Gram negative spirochete (not cultured yet)
RPR and VDRL tests
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Term
| Borrelia burgdorferi and Leptospira spp. |
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
staphylococcus aureus
staphylococcus epidermidis
staphylococcus saprophyticus
streptococcus pyogenes
streptococcus agalactiae
streptococcus pneumoniae
enterococcus spp.
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Term
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Definition
Bacillus anthracis
Bacillus cereus
Clostridium perfringens
Corynebacterium diphtheriae
Listeria monocytogenes
Actinomyces israelii |
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Term
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Definition
Nocardia spp
Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
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Term
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Definition
Neisseria meningitidis
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Moraxella catarrhalis
Acinetobacter spp. |
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Term
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Definition
| everything that's not one of the other four. |
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