MICROCOCCACEAE, STAPHYLOCOCCI, STREPTOCOCCI

Question 1

GRAM+, CATALASE POSITIVE (VIGOROUS BUBBLING), NON-MOTILE, FACULTATIVE, MODIFIED OXIDASE Positive, FURAZOLIDONE RESISTANT, LYSOSTAPHIN Resistant, BACITRACIN Susceptible, GROWS IN 6.5% NACL

Answer 1

MICROCOCCUS

Question 2

CATALASE-POSITIVE, NONMOTILE, FACULTATIVE ANAEROBES, GROWS IN 6.5% NACL, BACITRACIN RESISTAN FURAZOLIDONE AND LYSOSTAPHIN SENSITIVE

Answer 2

STAPHYLOCOCCI

Question 3

THIS GENUS IS PART OF THE NORMAL ORAL FLORA AND IS RARELY ISOLATED FROM INFECTION. THE COLONIES ADHERE STRONGLY TO THE AGAR SURFACE CATALASE NEGATIVE, BACITRACIN, FURAZOLIDONE RESISTANT DOES NOT GROW IN 6.5% NACL:

Answer 3

Stomatococus

Question 4

GRAM-POSITIVE, CATALASE(-), LAP POSITIVE, NON MOTILE, FACULTATIVE ANAEROBE:

Answer 4

Streptococci

(All are LAP +)

Question 5

OPPORTUNISTIC PATHOGENS FOUND ONLY IN IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PERSONS

Answer 5

MICROCOCCI

Question 6

ENTEROTOXINS A AND D

Occurs 2-6 hours of consumption of contaminated food

Answer 6

FOOD POISONING

Question 7

BOILS, CARBUNCLES FURUNCLES AND FOLLICULTIS LUNCH BOX FOOD

Answer 7

S AUREUS

Question 8

multisystem disease characterized by high fever, rash, hypotension, shock, desquamation of the hands and feet, and possible death

Answer 8

TSS TAMPON ASSOCIATED

Question 9

EXTENSIVE EXFOLIATIVE DERMATITIS ____________________ CAUSED BY EPIDERMOLYTIC OR EXFOLIATIVE TOXIN

Answer 9

SCALDED SKIN SYNDROME (RITTER’S DISEASE)

Question 10

MORTALITY RATE FOR RITTER’S IS HIGHER IN ADULTS (CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE/IMMUNOCOMPROMISED THAN CHILDREN

Answer 10

TOXIN A AND B

Question 11

ENTEROTOXIN F

Answer 11

TSST-1

Question 12

SECONDARY TO BACTEREMIA

Answer 12

OSTEOMYELITIS

Question 13

SECONDARY TO INFLUENZA

Answer 13

STAPH PNEUMONIA

Question 14

SECONDARY TO INFLUENZA

Answer 14

STAPH PNEUMONIA

Question 15

MAJOR S. AUREUS VIRULENCE MARKER

Answer 15

COAGULASE

Question 16

*HELPS THE BACTERIUM (SAU) AVOID PHAGOCYTOSIS:

Answer 16

PROTEIN A

Question 17

ESSENTIAL FOR SPREADING OF INFECTION

Answer 17

HYALURONIDASE /DURAN REYNAl

Question 18

CAUSES RBC HEMOLYSIS (SAU)

Answer 18

alpha and beta Hemolysin

Question 19

IN SBA ROUND, SMOOTH AND WHITE OR PIGMENTED (YELLOW ORANGE, BETA HEMOLYTIC

Answer 19

S. AUREUS

Question 20

FACILITATES SKIN COLONIZATION :

Answer 20

LIPASE

Question 21

SAU grows in

Answer 21

GROWS IN MSA CNA. PEA

Question 22

IS A PRESUMPTIVE TEST, SINCE S. EPIDERMIDIS AN ALSO FERMENT MANNITOL

Answer 22

MSA

Question 23

RAPID TEST TO DETECT PROTEIN A IN S. AUREUS

Answer 23

Passive Hemaggulutination

Question 24

NORMAL FLORA IN HUMANS AND ANIMALS, HOSPITAL ACQUIRED (NOSOCOMIAL), ASSOCIATED WITH CATHETERIZATION PROSTHETIC DEVICE IMPLANTS, AND IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE THERAPY

Answer 24

CONS

Question 25

LESS COMMON SPECIES of CoNS,

Answer 25

S. haemolyticus S. lugdunensis S. Schleiferi (non coagulans)

Question 26

SAPROPHYTICUS AND S. EPIDERMIDIS ON SHEEP BLOOD AGAR, COLONIES ARE USUALLY

Answer 26

ROUND, SMOOTH, AND WHITE WITHOUT HEMOLYSIS

Question 27

NOVOBIOCIN RESISTANT 5uG CONCENTRATION

Answer 27

S. SAPROPHYTICUS, S. KLOOSII S. XYLOSUS, S COHNI,

Question 28

BIOFILM-DELTA TOXIN (SLIME) SIMILAR VIRULENCE FACTORS WITH S LUGDUNENSIS AND S. HAEMOLYTICUS

Answer 28

S. Epidermidis

Question 29

ENDOGENOUS STRAIN: STERILE SITE, BY IMPLANTATION OF MEDICAL DEVICES (EG, SHUNTS, PROSTHETIC DEVICES

Answer 29

S. Epidermidis

Question 30

ENDOGENOUS STRAIN STERILE URINARY TRACT, NOTABLY IN YOUNG, SEXUALLY ACTIVE FEMALES

Answer 30

S SAPROPHYTICUS

Question 31

ENDOGENOUS STRAIN: UNCERTAIN, RARELY IMPLICATED IN INFECTIONS IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOSTS

Answer 31

MICROCOCCUS

Question 32

IMPETIGO

Answer 32

SAU, S. pyo, MRSA

Question 33

PCR FROM CLINICAL SWABS (MEC A)

Answer 33

MRSA

Question 34

MRSA, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT POSITIVE NUCLEIC ACID-BASED TESTING BE UTILIZED AS A _________________ AND ____________CULTURE AND ANTIMICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTING IS RECOMMENDED

Answer 34

PRELIMINARY RESULT; CONFIRMATORY

Question 35

Medium To Large (0.5-1.5 µm): Smooth. Entire, Slightly Raised, Low Convex, Opaque: Most Colonies Pigmented Creamy Yellow, Most Colonies Beta Hemolytic

Answer 35

S. ureus

Question 36

SMALL TO MEDIUM: OPAQUE, GRAY WHITE COLONIES, MOST COLONIES NONHEMOLYTIC SLIME PRODUCING STRAINS ARE EXTREMELY STICKY AND ADHERE TO THE AGAR SURFACE

Answer 36

S EPIDERMIDIS

Question 37

Small to medium (1-2 µm), opaque, convex, non-hemolytic wide variety of pigments (white, tan, yellow, orange, pink)

Answer 37

MICROCOCCUS

Question 38

LARGE ENTIRE VERY GLOSSY, SMOOTH, OPAQUE, BUTYROUS, CONVEX USUALLY WHITE BUT COLONIES CAN BE YELLOW OR ORANGE

Answer 38

S. SAPROPHYTICUS

Question 39

TUBE COAG POSITIVE:_______________ EVENTHOUGH VARiaBLE RESULTS FOR ______________ STILL CONVIDERED POSitive

Answer 39

Sau, S. hyicus, S. INTERMEDIUS ANDS SCHLEIFERI S.. HYICUS AND INTERMEDIUS

Question 40

COMMON RESISTANCE MECHANISM FOR STAPHYLOCOCi

Answer 40

B. Lactamase