NON - FERMENTATIVE GRAM (-) BACILLI

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NON - FERMENTATIVE GRAM (-) BACILLI

Answer 1

OF medium

Question 2

Pseudomonas spp that grow at 35 and 42 degC

Answer 2

P. aeruginosa

Question 3

Grape-like or corn-taco like odor
Swimmer’s ear
#2 cause of burn infection
#1 in ICU isolate
#1 in cystic fibrosis
#3 in nosocomial infection

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P. aeruginosa

Question 4

P. aeruginosa
- ____ encapsulated and ____ spore former
- In BAP-
- Catalase, Arginine dihydrolase Acetamide
Utilization Citrate

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Non; non
ground glass appearance
(+)

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P. aeruginosa
Virulence factors:

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Exo and endotoxin

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P. aeruginosa on Cetrimide medium

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“Jacuzzi or hot tub syndrome” or Shanghai fever

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P. aeruginosa
Pigment:

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Pyocyanin-common, bluish

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Fluorescent Group in Pseudomonas (AFPV)

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P. aeruginosa
P. fluorescens
P. putida
P. veronii

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Wrinkled colony
NLF
Located at stagnant water
They can able to use ammonium Soil-detrifier

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P. stutzeri

Question 10

Motile, associated to septicemia
No growth at 42 degC

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P. putida

Question 11

Motile
cause UTI, wound infection, bacteremia
No growth at 42 degC
Blood bag contaminant

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P. fluorescens

Question 12

Does not produce pyoverdine
Fat colonies and non wrinkled
Can also use ammonium also soil-detrifier

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P. mendocina

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Rarely pathogenic organism

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Shewanella putrefaciens

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Burkholderia
- ___ pathogenic
- ___, ___ spore former, motile EXCEPT
- Catalase and Oxidase

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non
Aerobic, non; B. malei
(+)

Question 15

Only NM, coccobacilli
Cause Glanders disease
MOT: Direct contact
Potential bioterrorism agent

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B. mallei

Question 16

Common Name: Whitmores bacillus
Melioidosis - glanders-like, a severe pneumonia
Vietnamese Time Bomb
Potential bioterrorism agent
Motile
Grow at 42 degC

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B. pseudomallei

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B. pseudomallei
- Incubation period:
- Bipolar stain:
- Ashdown Culture medium (supplemented by polestin) -

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10-20 years
Safety pin appearance
pink to violet colonies

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2 cause of cystic fibrosis

Foot rot in man and onion bulb rot in plants
Drug resistant
Earthy or dirt-like odor

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B. cepacia

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3 most common isolate in NF

Nosocomial-like pneumonia and UTI, NLF
Isolate in medical devices which can cause endocarditis, infection in wounds, bacteremia. Also in frozen foods
Lavender-green pigment
Ammoniacal odor
Growth at 42 degC

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Stenotrophomonas maltophila

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Maybe mistaken for Neisseria
Medical devices
Cause UTI , wound infection and diarrhea

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Acinetobacter calcoaceticus

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Acinetobacter calcoaceticus
- ___ motile
- Oxidized ___
- On BAP:

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Non
(-)
gummy colonies

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High mortality in ventilator ass. pneumoniae
UTIs, pneumonia, septicemia, eye infections
CRAB (Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii)

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A. baumanii

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Can be mistaken for neisseria and moraxella
Between baumanii and Iwoffi, baumanii is more virulent
Also isolates in medical devices
Ammonia-like odor

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A. baumanii

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A. baumanii
- Glucose oxidizer -
- EMB:
- ____ to aminoglycosides
- ____ to Penicillin

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Yellow
Cornflower blue
Sensitive
Resistant

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Non-fermenter Non-hemolytic ammonia like

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A. lwoffi

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Beta hemolytic strains

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A. haemolyticus

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- NLF, coccobacilli - O. urethralis cause UTI - O. ureolytica

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Oligella

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Blepharoconjunctivitis “pitting of agar”

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Moraxella lacunata

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NM, Catalase, Oxidase (+) Gram (-) coccobacilli CTA Medium

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Moraxella osloensis

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2nd most common isolated in moraxella

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M. nonliquefaciens

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- Fruity odor (apples and strawberries) - Cause eye infection - Isolate in medical Devices

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A. faecalis

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A. faecalis - ___ & Oxidase ___

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Motile; (+)

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- Can cause neonatal meningitis - In adult: pneumonia, endocarditis - Survive in chlorinated water

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Elizabethkingia meningoseptica

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Elizabethkingia meningoseptica - Glucose, maltose, mannitol fermenters and Indole - ____ & ___ motile - On BAP & CAP:

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(+) non yellow pigment

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- Resembles vibrios; not a part of normal flora - Violet pigment - Almond like odor - Environmental sources - Lysine and ornithine - Growth at 42 degC

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Chromobacterium violaceum