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enterics test
enterics, non fermenters, bioterrorism, MLT, microbiology
Question | Answer |
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IMViC ++–– | E. Coli, Edwardsiella Shigella |
IMViC ––++ | Klebsiella, Enterobacter |
IMViC stands for | Indole, Methyl Red, Voges Proskauer, Citrate |
A/A, ++–– | E. Coli |
K/A, ++––, H2S+ | Edwardsiella |
K/A, ++––, non motile, bacillary dysentery | Shigella |
A/A, ––++, ODC–, non–motile | Klebsiella |
K/A; A/A (late), ––++, ODC + | Enterobacter |
K/A & DNase + | Serratia |
K/A, PAD+, H2S++, & Urea++ | Proteus |
K/A, PAD+, Urea+/–, & ODC– | Providencia |
K/A, PAD+, Urea+,& ODC+ | Morganella |
A/A or K/A, LAC +/–, H2S +/–, & LDC– | Citrobacter |
O157:H7 | Sorbitol neg |
K. pneumo & Proteus mirabilis | Indole – |
K. oxytoca & Proteus vulgaris | indole + |
red colonies | Serratia marcescens |
delayed swarming | proteus vulgaris |
motile at 25 C & can cause transfusion sepsis | Yersina enterocolitica |
Media for Y. enterocolitica | CIN |
CIN = | Cefsulodin, Irgasin, Novobiocin |
watery diarrhea later bloody with pmns and mucus | shigellosis |
watery diarrhea with high fever | typhoid fever |
typhoid chronic carriers | lives in monocytes & seeded from gallbladder |
Traveler's Diarrhea | ETEC |
bloody diarrhea no PMNs | EHEC, STEC |
which pathogen causes the bubonic plague | Yersinia pestis |
3rd most common isolate | proteus mirabilis |
associated with fresh water and aquariums | Edwardsiella tarda |
normal ranges for CSF | WBC 0–2/ul, Glucose 45–70 mg/dL, Protein 15–45 mg/dL |
CSF ranges in Bacterial meningitis | WBCs >1000 (mostly segs), Glucose <40 mg/dL, Protein >100 mg/dL |
<20k colonies on a urine culture | contaminate |
>80k colonies on a urine culture | pathogen |
if you use a 10 uL loop multiply by | 100 |
if you use a 1 uL loop multiply by | 1000 |
reject sputum if | no WBCs & TNTC squamous epithelial cells |
difference between KIA and TSI | doesn't ferment sucrose |
stool PIM for Salmonella and Shigella | HE, XLD, & SS |
Shigella Anti –A | dysenteriae |
Shigella Anti–B | flexneri |
Shigella Anti–C | boydii |
Shigella Anti–D | sonnei |
Type of Antigens used to type Shigella | Somatic O |
O/F Fermenters | yellow in open and closed tube |
O/F non–utilizers | green in open and closed tube |
O/F oxidizers | green in both tubes & yellow at the top of open tube |
flat, spreading, feathered edge, green tinge, grape odor | Pseudomonas aeruginosa |
pigments produced by P. aeruginosa | pyoverdin & pyocyanin |
Pyoverdin | green, fluorescent |
only produced by P. aeruginosa | pyocyanin |
what antibiotics can be used to treat P. aeruginosa | 3rd and 4th gen cephalosporin |
K/K, normal flora grows on SBA/MAC/EMB, oxidizer of CHOs oxidase –, catalase +, dead fish odor, cornflower blue | Acinetobacter baumannii |
distinguish Acinetobacter from Moraxella or Neisseria | oxidase neg |
beige (green with age) colonies on SBA, ammonia odor, NLF, oxidase –, Maltose + | Stenotrophomonas maltophilia |
diffuse yellow colonies on SBA, NLF, slow/weak oxidase + | Burkholderia cepacia |
yellow/beige on SBA, oxidase +, non motile, indole +, causes nosocomial meningitis and septicemia | Elizabethkingia meningoseptica |
oxidase + with a fruity odor | Alcaligenes faecalis |
what organism may be purple pigmented and therefore can't test for oxidase or indole | Chromobacterium violaceum |
two species of Burkholderia genus that are agents of bioterrorism | mallei & pseudomallei |
rice water stool | Vibrio cholerae |
halophilic vibrio | parahaemolyticus & vulnificus |
non–halophilic vibrio | cholera & mimicus |
el tor serovars of Vibrio cholerae | can agglutinate chick RBC |
classical serovars of Vibrio cholerae | can not agglutinate chick RBCs |
distinguish vibrio from enterics | oxidase pos |
describe vibrio cholerae on TCBS. What CHO does it ferment | yellow, sucrose |
how is pleisomonas best distinguished form enterics | grows on CIN no bullseye |
motility of campylobacter | darting |
colony appearance of Campylobacter jejuni | beige, shiny, colonies that run along streaks. |
gram stain feature of Campylobacter jejuni | gullwing |
oxidase +, catalase +, hippurate +, naladixic acid Sensitive & Cephalothin resistant | Campylobacter jejuni |
rapidly urease positive | H. pylori |
spread by A/C or cooling towers | Legionella pneumophilia |
human pathogen that can be sexually transmitted or be normal flora | Gardnerella vaginalis |
special media for B. pertussis | Bordet/Gengou & Regan–Lowe |
Bordet/Gengou ingredients | blood and potato glycerol |
Regan–Lowe ingredients | horse, blood, and charcoal |
infections caused by Pasteurella multocida | cat and dog bite wound, cat and dog scratch wound |
grayish, beige with mousy odor on SBA, sick TSI reaction | Pasteurella multocida |
special media for Legionella pneumophilia | BCYE or modified BCYE |
Brucella in cows | abortus |
Brucella in pigs | suis |
Brucella in goats/sheep | melitensis |
Brucella in dogs | canis |
Media to recover Brucella | BCYE & Brucella Blood Agar |
Media for Francisella tularensis | Cysteine blood Agar (CBA or BCA) & BCYE |
how are Gardnerella vaginalis infections most often diagnosed? | clue cells |
how does gardnerella differ from the other ellas on gram stain | gram variable |
media for gardnerella | HBT & V agar |
common ingredient on HBT and V agar | human blood |
best media to isolate Bartonella | fresh CA or Horse, Rabbit, or Columbia blood in CO2. in high humidity keep 2 weeks |
Bartonella that causes cat scratch disease | henselae |
non motile bacillus species | anthracis |
name the genus of aerobic sporeforming bacilli | bacillus |
pulmonary anthrax | woolsorter's disease |
cutaneous anthrax | malignant pustule or Black eschar |
gram stain characteristic of anthrax | bamboo spores that don't swell the cell |
SBA colony characteristic of anthrax | ground glass, medusa head |
listeria monocytogenes motility | tumbling |
L. monocytogenes appearance in motility media | umbrella |
catalase +, BE +, hippurate +, camp test + (block) | Listeria monocytogenes |
non motile, appears to have bottle brush motility in motility media | Erysipelothrix |
diphtheroid means | side by side |
characteristic GS of Corynebacterium | club shape, palasades, chinese letters, very pleomorphic |
important for maintaining proper pH of the vagina | lactobacilli |
normal skin flora | Corynebacterium jeikeium |
C. diphtheriae appearance on Tinsdale agar | black or brown with brown halos and garlic odor |
Selective ingredient in Tinsdales agar and Cystine Tellurite agar | Potassium tellurite |
what are babes–ernst bodies | accumulations of polymerised polyphosphates |
test used for Corynebacterium diphtheriae | ELEK |
Media that enhance metachromatic granule production | Loeffler & PAI agar |
rabbit fever, poor/no growth on SBA, slow growth on CA, Biohazard level III, potential agent of bioterrorism | Francisella tularensis |