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Gram-Positive Bacilli Flashcards

1
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Medusa head colonies or rhizoid (BAP)

A

B anthracis

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2
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Bamboo pole arrangement in culture

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B anthracis

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3
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String of pearls (MHA w/ penicillin)

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B anthracis

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4
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True or false: B anthracis is beta-hemolytic and motile

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FALSE

It is non-motile and non-hemolytic

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5
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Ground glass colonies

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B anthracis

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6
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Hemolytic pattern of B cereus

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B hemolytic

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7
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Iridescent sheen on EYA

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C. botulinum

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8
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Strabismus (wandering eye)

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C botulinum

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9
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Double zone of hemolysis

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C perfringens

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10
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Spores usually absent in solid media and thioglycollate broth

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C perfringens

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11
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Only clostridial agent that’s aerotolerant

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C perfringens

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12
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Important cause of antibiotic-associated pseudomembranous colitis

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C difficile

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13
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Horse barnyard odor

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C difficile

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14
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Medusa head + B-hemolytic

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C septicum
Note: Also smoothly swarming

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15
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Clostridium that’s:
• Lecithinase (+)
• Lipase (+)

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• C. perfringens
• C. botulinum

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16
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All diphteriae are urease negative except

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Ulcerans & pseudo

17
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Most commonly isolated Corynebacterium spp

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C. amycolatum

18
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Only bacteria that can cross the placenta

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L monocytogenes

19
Q

Granulomatosis infantseptica
Perinatal human listeriosis

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L monocytogenes

20
Q

Similarities btw Listeria and S agalactiae

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• Neonatal meningitis
• CAMP (+)
• H.H. (+)

21
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Only gram positive bacilli that is H2S (+)

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E. rhusiopathiae

22
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Only bacteria with which we use human blood

A

Gardnerella vaginalis

23
Q

First drug used for TB

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Streptomycin

24
Q

• Mantoux
• Von Pirquet
• Volmer

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• Intradermal/intracutaneous
• Scratch
• Patch

25
Q

Primary drugs for TB

A

RIPES

• Rifampin
• Isoniazid
• Pyrazinamide
• Ethambutol
• Streptomycin

26
Q

Secondary drugs for TB

A

C3OKER

• Capreomycin
• Ciprofloxacin
• Cycloserine
• Ofloxacin
• Kanamycin
• Ethionamide
• Rifabutin

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