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All Nesseria are Catalase (+) EXCEPT:

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N. elongata

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Obligate Aerobes, CAPNOPHILIC (5-10% Co2), Catalase positive

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Nesseria
Moraxella

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Leading cause of sexually transmitted disease

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N. gonorrhoeae

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Gram (-) dplococci, inside PMNs

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N. gonorrhoea

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Fatal bacterial meningitis

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N. meningitidis

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Associated with respi tract, otitis media, sinusitis, pneumonia

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Moraxella catarrhalis

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Container used for Neisseria spp. with increased Co2

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JEMBEC system

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Glucose, Maltose, Lactose (-)

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Moraxella catarrhalis

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Glucose, Maltose, Lactose (+)

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N. lactamica

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Shiga-like toxin

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EHEC

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Shigella-like infection

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EIEC

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Cholera-like toxin

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ETEC

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Traveller’s, Childhood diarrhea

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ETEC

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Seen in debilitated patients (burn or ICU)

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Acinetobacter

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Biochemically inert; grows well on MacConkey

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Shigella

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Catalase negative Shigella

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S. dysenteriae

others are Catalase (+)

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ONPG (+) Shigella

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Shigella sonnei (LLF)

other are ONPG (-)

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Gm (-) rods with unusual bipolar staining with Weison stain

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Yersinia

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Name of the infected rat flea that causes Yersinia pestis infection

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Xenopsylla cheopsis

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Bull’s eye colony on CIN agar

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Yersinia enterocolitica

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Causes acute mesenteric lymphadenitis, appendicitis

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Yersinia enterocolitica

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Isolated from cold and warm-blooded animals (reptiles, fishes, frogs, turtles)

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Edwardsiella tarda

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Similarity of E. coli and Edwardsiella tarda

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IMVIC: ++–

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How to diff. E. coli and Edwardsiella tarda

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Lactose Fermentation + H2S prod

E. coli = RLF; H2S (-)
Edwardsiella tarda = NLF; H2s (+)

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Plump coccobacilli that resist Decolorization; resembles Neisseria
Acinetobacter
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Found in tap water and salads
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
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Key pathogen in CYSTIC FIBROSIS
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
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Causes Ecthyema gangrenosum, Swimmer's ear, Jacuzzi syndrome
P. aeruginosa
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Survive in medical devices, disinfectants
Burkholderia cepacia
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Non-motile Burkholderia
Burkholderia mallei
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Cause severe infections in HORSES (glanders or farcy disease)
Burkholderia mallei
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Vietnamese time bomb
Burkholderia pseudomallei
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Medium for Burkholderia pseudomallei
Ashdown medium appear as dry, wrinkled, deep pink color
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All Vibrio are HALOPHILIC (loves salt) except:
Vibrio cholerae Vibrio mimicus
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Oxidase (+) Vibrio except:
Vibrio metschnikovii
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Causes epidemics, pandemics of diarrheal disease cholera
Vibrio cholerae
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Rice watery stool
Vibrio cholerae
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Motility of Vibrio cholerae
Rapid darting Shooting star
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3 Serogroups of Vibrio cholerae
1. Inaba - Philippines 2. Ogawa - India 3. Hikojima - Japan
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Recent pandemics
El Tor
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Polymyxin B result for Classical and El Tor
Classical - Polymyxin B (S) El Tor - Polymyxin B (R)
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Summer diarrhea
Vibrio parahaemolyticus
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Medium for Vibrio parahaemolyticus
Wagatsuma agar
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Lactose (+) Vibrio
Vibrio vulnificus
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Reagent in String test used to diff. Vibrio (+) vs Aeromonas (-)
0.5% Sodium Desoxycholate
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Red leg disease in amphibians
Aeromonas
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Bull's eye appearance on CIN
Aeromonas Yersinia enterocolitica
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Seagull winged appearance
Campylobacter
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Motility of Campylobacter
Darting motility
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MCC of Bacterial gastroenteritis Postinfection: - Reactive arthritis - Guillian-Barre Syndrome
Campylobacter jejuni
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Capable of causing abortion
Campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus
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MCC of Peptic ulcer and Gastric carcinoma
Helicobacter pylori
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Strong Urease producer Uses Urea Breath Test
Helicobacter pylori
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Associated with sexual transmission with homosexual men
Helicobacter cinaedi Helicobacter fennelliae
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Tests to differentiate Campylobacter jejuni vs Helicobacter pylori
Nitrate reduction (+) C jejuni Urease (+) H pylori Hippurate hydrolysis (+) C. jejuni
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Requires X and V factor
Haemophilus
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Pfeiffer's bacillus
H. influenzae
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Brazillian purpuric fever
H. influenzae biogroup aegypticus
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Koch-Weeks bacillus Pink eye (conjunctivitis)
H. aegypticus
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Chancroid
Haemophilus ducreyi
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HACEK
H - Aggregatibacter (Haemophilus) aphrophilus A - Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans C - Cardiobacterium hominis E - Eikenella corrodens K - Kingella spp.
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HACEK group causes:
Slow/progressive bacterial endocarditis
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Star shaped colonies
Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans
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Only Catalase (+) HACEK
Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans
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Only Indole (+) HACEK
Cardiobacterium hominis
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Rosette formation appearance
Cardiobacterium hominis
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Causes infections from human bites; clenched fist injuries
Eikenella corrodens
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Yellow, pitting, corroding the medium, bleach odor on agar
Eikenella corrodens
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Isolated from degenerative joint/bone infections
Kingella spp.
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Whooping cough
Bordetella pertussis
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Mercury drop colonies
Bordetella pertussis
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Kennel's cough (dogs) Chronic respiratory tract infection (humans)
Bordetella bronchiseptica
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Only Motile and Nitrate (+) Bordetella
B. bronchiseptica
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Only Urease (-) Bordetella
B. pertussis
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Only Oxidase (-) Bordetella
B. parapertussis
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Small coccobacilli with SANDY appearance
Brucella
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Undulant fever
Brucella
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Medium for Brucella
Castaneda bottle (biphasic medium)
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Convex, smooth, gray, nonhemolytic Musty/mushroom odor
Pasteurella multocida
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Bite/scratch from dogs and cats
Pasteurella multocida
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Francisella requires what growth factors (4)
Cysteine Cystine Iron Sulfhydryl
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Tularemia, Rabbit fever, Deer fly fever, market men's disease
Francisella tularensis
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Virulent in near drowning victims
Francisella philomiragia
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Mesophilic (20-45C), obligate aerobes, faintly staining, thin, gram (-) bacteria
Legionella
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Required growth factors for Legionella (3)
Iron L-cysteine pH 6.9
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Substituted for Safranin when gram staining Legionella
0.1% fuschin
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Legionnaire's disease Pontiac fever
Legionella pneumophila
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Medium for Legionella pneumophila
BCYE: Buffered-Charcoal-Yeast-Extract L. pneumophila = Blue-green, glistening
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Pittsburgh pneumonia
Legionella micdadei
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Wiga's agent of pneumonia
Legionella bozemanni

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