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1
Q

obligate/strict aerobe definition

A

NEED oxygen

2
Q

obligate/strict anaerobe definition

A

killed by oxygen

3
Q

pink gram stain

A

Gm neg

4
Q

purple Gram stain

A

Gm pos

5
Q

most common coliform

A

ecoli

6
Q

what type of haemolysis is partial haemolysis

what colour does it turn around the colony

A

alpha haemolysis

green

7
Q

what type of haemolysis is full haemolysis

what colour does it turn

A

beta haemolysis

yellow

8
Q

what type of haemolysis is no haemolysis (no change in colour)

A

gamma haemolysis

9
Q

Gm negative cocci (2)

A

Neisseria gonorrhoea

Neisseria meningitidis

10
Q

grows in chocolate agar

A

haem influenza

11
Q

what does MRSA release

A

panton valentine leurkocidiin (PVC)

12
Q

alpha haemolysis organisms

A

strep pneumonia
strep viridans

(in greek viridans means green :))

13
Q

what is the haemolysis test used to distinguish between

A

different types of strep

14
Q

beta haemolysis organisms

A

group A (strep pyogenes) and group B strep

15
Q

gamma haemolysis organisms

A

enterococcus

16
Q

coagulase positive staph

A

staph aureus

17
Q

common infecting organism in alcoholics (2)

A

strep pneumonia

klebsiella

18
Q

common infecting organism in kids

A

haem influenza

19
Q

common infecting organism in PWID

A

staph aureus

20
Q

staph aureus treatment

A

flucloxacillin

21
Q

strep treatment

A

amoxicillin

gun ammox is released in strips

22
Q

strep viridans treatment

A

benzylpenicillin

DANielle give BEN a STRIPtease

23
Q

salmonella treatment

A

ciprofloxacin

ELLA takes a SIP

24
Q

c diff treatment (normal + severe)

A

metronidazole (normal)
vancomycin (severe)

(c diff = when its DIFFICULT to SEE the road, safer to take the METRO than the VAN (VAN could be SEVERE))

25
Q

haem influenzae treatment

A

ceftriaxone

occurs in Children = Ceftriaxone

26
Q

what is a fast alternative to cultures for identifying microorganisms

A

MALDI-TOF

27
Q

mouth commensals (2)

A

strep viridans

candida

28
Q

gut commensals (2)

A

coliforms (ecoli, klebsiella, proteus)

anaerobes (bacteriodes, clostridium)

29
Q

skin commensals (2)

A

staph epidermis

bacillus

30
Q

4C antibiotics

A

cephalosporins
ciprofloxacin
coamoxiclav
clindamycin

31
Q

coliforms (ecoli) treatment

A

gentamicin

32
Q

anaerobes treatment

A

metronidazole