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Streptococci Flashcards

1
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Classification of streptocci based on temperature requirement

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Academic/Bergey’s classification

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Pyogenic bacteria temperature requirement

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37 C

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Viridans temperature requirement

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37 C or 45 C

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Enterococcus temperature requirement

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10 C, 37 C, 45 C

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Lactic group temperature requirement

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10 C, 37 C

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Classification of bacteria based on hemolytic patterns

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Smith and Brown Classification

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Green hemolysis

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Alpha hemolysis

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Clear zone of hemolysis

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Beta hemolysis

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No hemolysis

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Gamma hemolysis

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10
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Based on the extraction of C Carbohydrate from the streptococcal cell wall

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Lancefield Classification (Rebecca Lancefield)

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Beta hemolytic, Group A

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S. pyogenes

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Beta hemolytic, Group B

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S. agalactiae

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Beta hemolytic, Group C

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S. dysagalactiae subsp. equisimilus, S. equi

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14
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Alpha / Gamma hemolytic, Group D

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S. bovis

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15
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Alpha/Beta/Gamma hemolytic Group D

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Enterococci

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16
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Alpha hemolytic, No Lancefield Classification

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S. pneumoniae

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17
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Fever producing bacteria

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S. pyogenes

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18
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Flesh-eating bacteria

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S. pyogenes

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19
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Principal virulence factor of Group A strep

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M Protein

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20
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Oxygen labile hemolysin of Group A

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Streptolysin O

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21
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Oxygen stable toxin of Group A

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Streptolysin S

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22
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Hemolysin responsible for subsurface hemolysis on BAP

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Streptolysin O

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Hemolysin responsible for the surface hemolysis on BAP

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Streptolysin S

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24
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Formerly known as erythrogenic toxins

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Pyrogenic Toxins

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25
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Cysteine protease which mediates rash in scarlet fever

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Exotoxin B

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26
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Specimen for group A strep

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Throat Swab

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27
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Causative agent of Strep Throat or Pharyngitis

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Group A strep

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28
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Strawberry-colored tongue

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Scarlet Fever

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29
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Susceptibility Test for Scarlet Fever

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Dick’s Test

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30
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+ result in Dick’s Test

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Erythema or redness of the test site

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31
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Diagnostic Test for Scarlet Fever

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Schultz Charlton (Anti-erythrogenic Toxin)

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32
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Positive result in Schultz-Charlton Test

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Blanching Phenomenon (Rash Fade)

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33
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Causative agent of Necrotizing Fasciitis/Galloping Gangrene

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S. pyogenes

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34
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Also known as Bright’s disease

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Acute Glomerulonephritis

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35
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Post-streptococcal sequelae (Group A)

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AGN

Rheumatic Fever

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36
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4 confirmatory tests for Strep

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  1. lancefield test
  2. Fluorescent Ab Test
  3. PHADEBACT
  4. Neufeld Quellung Test (S. pneumoniae)
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37
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Normal flora of the female genital tract and lower GIT

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Group B strep

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38
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Causative agent of Neonatal Meningitis

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Group B strep (S. agalactiae)

39
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Virulence factor of Group B strep

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Sialic Acid

40
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Positive result in CAMP test

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Arrow head B hemolysis or bowtie appearance

41
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Reagents for Hippurate Hydrolysis Test

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Sodium hippurate and Ninhydrin

42
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Positive result in Hippurate Hydrolysis Test

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Purple Color

43
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Negative control in CAMP test

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Enterococci

44
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Reagent in CAMP test

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B-lysin-producimg strain of S. aureus or B-lysin disk

45
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Most common cause of SBE

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Viridans strep

46
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Most commonly isolated viridans strep

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S. mutans

47
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a.k.a wide zone hemolysis

Colonies are surrounded by a very small zone of no hemolysis and then a wider zone of B-hemolysis

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Alpha-prime hemolysis

48
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Most common isolate of enterococci

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E. faecalis

49
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Reagent in Bile Esculin test

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Esculin + 1-4% bile salt

50
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+ result in bile esculin medium

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Black color complex in the agar

51
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Positive result in 6.5% NaCl test

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Turbidity

52
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E. faecalis growth factor requirement

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Cyanocobalamin (B12)

53
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Carrot broth is a selective broth for

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S. agalactiae

54
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Has a characteristic “sweet odor of honeysuckle or butterscotch” when grown in high concentration or pure culture

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S. anginosus group

55
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Catalase test result when colonies are taken from BAP

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False +

56
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Positive result in LAP test

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Red color

57
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Reagent in VP Test

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5% alpha naphthol

40% KOH

58
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Diplococcus streptococci

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S. pneumoniae

59
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Causative agent of Lobar pneumonia

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S. pneumoniae

60
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Most common cause of Adult Meningitis

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S. pneuomoniae

61
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Virulence factor of S. pneumoniae

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Capsular polysaccharide

62
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Appearance of S. pneumoniae microscopically

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Lancet-shaped

63
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“Coin with a raised rim”

Dimple-shaped/donut-shaped colonies

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Old colonies of S. pneumoniae

64
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“Dome-shaped” colonies

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Young colonies of S. pneumoniae

65
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Streptococcus causing Otitis Media

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S. pneumoniae

66
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Presumptive test for S. pneumoniae

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Taxo P/Optochin susceptibility test

67
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Reagent for Taxo P

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Ethylhydroxycuprein hydrochloride

68
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Positive result in Taxo P

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> or = 14mm

69
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Confirmatory test for S. pneumoniae which detects the activity of amidase

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Bile solubility

70
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Reagent in Bile Solubility Test

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Sodium desoxycholate (bile salt)

71
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+ result in bile solubility test

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No turbidity

72
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Formerly known as nutritionally variant streptococci (NVS)

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Abiotrophia

Granulicatella

73
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Bacitracin (S)
PYR (+)
SXT (R)

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S. pyogenes

74
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CAMP (+)
Hippurate HOH (+)
SXT (R)

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Group B strep

75
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SXT (S)

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Group C, F, and G

Rodriguez book: Also S. pneumoniae and Viridans

76
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Gamma hemolytic
Bile esculin(+)
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Group D strep

77
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Alpha hemolytic
Optochin (S)
Bile solubility (+)

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S. pneumoniae

78
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Alpha hemolytic
Optochin (R)
Bile solubility (-)

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S. viridans

79
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Growth i. 6.5% NaCl (+)

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Enterococci

80
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PYR (+)

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Group A strep and Group D enterococci

81
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Bile solubility reagent on BAP and positive result

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10% sodium desoxycholate
Lyzed colony (+)
82
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Bile solubility reagent in tube and positive result

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2% sodium desoxycholate

Clear (+)

83
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Test to differentiate S. viridans from Pediococcus/Leuconostoc

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Vancomycin Resistance Test

S. viridans (S)

84
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MRS Broth test (+) result

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Gas formation
(+) Leuconostoc spp
(-) Pediococcus

85
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Thrombolytic drug for AMI from strep

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Streptokinase

86
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1 cause of Impetigo

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S. pyogenes

87
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Causative agent of Puerperal Sepsis and Childbed Fever

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S. pyogenes

88
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Microscope used in Todd Hewitt Broth

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Fluorescence microscope

89
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Nosocomial pathogen

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Enterococcus

90
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CA of Colon Cancer

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S. bovis

91
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1 normal flora of the mouth/oral cavity

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Viridans streptococci

92
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CA of SBE due to dental procedure

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S. sanguis

93
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Test to differentiate Enterococcus (+) from Pediococcus (-)

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PYR Test

94
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Requires Vit. B6 (Pyridoxine)
Staph streak (+)
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NVS
Nutritionally Variant Strep
(Abiotrophia and Granulicatella)

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