Non-sporing,Nonbranching,catalase (+) Flashcards
(102 cards)
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Corynebacterium can be divided into 2 species. What are they?
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Nonlipophilic and lipophilic
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Corynebacteria sp. That are considered fastidious and grow slowly on standard culture.
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Lipophylic corynebcateria
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Additional of ____ in culture medium enhance the grow of Lipophylic Corynebacteria.
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Lipid
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Which is/are true in Gram stain of Corynebacterium?
A. Gram postive
B. Catalase positve
C. Slightly curved
D. Club-shape or coryneform
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All answers are correct.
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They are non-spore-forming and catalase (+) bacilli.
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Listeria and Corynebacterium
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Non-spore-forming and Catalase (-)
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Erysipelothrix and Lactobacillus
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Spore forming and gram postive bacilli.
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Bacilli spp. (Aerobe)
Clostridium spp. (Anaerobe)
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Non-spore-forming, nonbranching catalase (+) bacilli.
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Corynebacterium
Rothia
Listeria monocytogenes
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Disease cause by C. diphtheriae.
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Diphtheria
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Most significant pathogen of Corynebacterium.
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C. diptheriae
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Nondiphtheria C. Spp. is dismissed as ____ .
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commensals
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Major virulence factor of C. diptheriae.
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Diptheria toxins
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Diptheria toxin cam from what?
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Lysogenic B-phage
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Lysogenic B-phage carries ___.
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Tox gene
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T or F
Only toxin-producing C. diptheriae cause diphtheria.
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True
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Corynebacterium spp. That can produce toxins.
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C. diptheriae
C. pseudotuberculosis
C. ulcerans
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The two fragments of Diptheria toxins.
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Fragment A and B
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Why can diphtheria toxin be toxic in humans?
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This toxins block the protein synthesis in eukaryotic cells.
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T or F
Diphtheria toxin secreted by bacterial cell in nontoxic until they react with trypsin.
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True
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Fragment A is responsible for?
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Cytotoxicity
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Fragment B is for?
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Allows the Fragment A to enter in cytoplasm
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Two different form of disease cause by C. diptheriae.
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Respiratory diphtheria
Cutaneous diphtheria
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Respiratory diphtheria can be transmitted through___.
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Spread of droplets and hand-to-mouth contact
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T or F
Corynebacterium is gram + and motile bacteria.
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False-nonmotile
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Vaccine for respiratory diphtheria.
DPT vaccine (diphtheriapertasis and tetanus vaccine)
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Most common site of respiratory diphtheria.
Tonsil and pharynx
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Cell necrosis +exudate=
Tough gray to white pseudomembrane
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Respiratory diphtheria can cause problem except:
A. Suffocation
B. Systemic disease
C. Non-healing ulcer
D. Demyelinating peripheral neutritis
C.
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This consists of non-healing ulcers and a dirty gray membrane.
Cutaneous diphtheria
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Treatment for diptheria infections
Anti-toxin
Penicillin
Erythromycin
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Which is not part of the microscopic identity of Corynebacterium?
A. Pleimorphic
B. Palisades
C. Club-shape swelling
D. Beaded form
E. V or L formation
F. In clusters
F.
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In microscopic examination of Corynebacterium, the metachromic area is called?
Babes-Ernst granules
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The babes-ernst granules are accumulation of ___.
Polymerized polyphosphates
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T or F
C. diptheriae is facultative aerobes.
False- facultative anaerobes
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The growth of C. diptheriae in culture media requires ____ .
8 essential amino acids
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Among the 8 AA, what is the most required one by C. diphtheriae for growth?
Cysteine
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Which media is not good for the growth of C. diptheriae?
A. Loeffler medium/ Pai agar
B. CTBA
C. SBA
D. MAC
D.
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Modified medium of Tinsdale medium.
Cystine-tellurite blood agar (CTBA)
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What color of colonies if C. diphtheriae grows in CTBA ?
Black-brown
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CTBA contains what?
Sheep RBCs
Bovine serum
Cystine
Potassium tellurite
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Content of CTBA that inhibits the growth of other non-coryneform bacteria.
Potassium tellurite
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What does the brown halo that surround the colony in CTBA media?
It is due to cystinase activity
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Only Corynebacterium that produce brown halo in CTBA.
C. diphtheriae
C. ulcerans
C. pseudotuberculosis
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Vitro diphtheria toxin detection proceudre is an immunodiffusion test.
Elek test
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In elek test , filter paper strip impregnated with ___.
Diphtheria toxin
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if both concentration of Ag and Ab is equal.(Zone of equivalent )
- they will form precipitin line /band
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Merge precipitin line
identical toxin product
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If cross out precipitiline line
both produce toxin but different strain and bacteria
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Spur formation
-partial identity
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Most frequent Corynebacterium sp. from human clinical material.
-Corynebacterium amycolatum
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C. jeikeium name after
Johnson and Kaye
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Most commonn Corynebacterium associated with prosthetic valve endocarditis .
C. jeikeium
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Stric anaerobe
Non-hemotytic
Urease positve
Reduces nitrate
Drug of choice: vancomycin
C. jeikeium
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C. spp. that is normal flora in nasopharynx.
Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum
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T or F
C. pseudodiphtheriticum a pleomorphic morphology.
True
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They appear palisades, they grow in standard laboratory media, reduce nitrate and produces urease
C. psedodipththeriticum
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They appear palisades, they grow in standard laboratory media, reduce nitrate and produces urease
C. psedodipththeriticum
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Type of C. sp. That is primarily a veterenary pathogen and associated contact with sheep.
- C. pseudotuberculosis
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C. pseudotuberculosis causes ____.
granulomatous lymphadenitis
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It produces demonecrotic toxin and its appearance in SBA is small yellow-white colonies.
- C. pseudotuberculosis
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Nonlipophilic, pleomorphic, small, shiny, convex colonies. Resistant to penicillin.
-C. striatum
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A veterinary pathogen causing mastitis in cattle and other domestic animals
C. ulcerans
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It can be acquired through ingestion of unpasteurized dairy product.
C. ulcerans
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Does not reduce nitrate differentiating from C. diphtheriae, and it is urease positive
C. ulcerans
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Common C. spp. associated with UTI.
C. urealyticum
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C. Bacteria urine isolates with pinpoint, nonhemolytic white colonies and coryneform morphology.
C. urealyticum
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C. spp that is nitrate negative, catalase positve and rapidly urease positive.
C. ureayticum
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C. sp. That is dry, grows well in SBA and yellow to tan colonies.
C. xerosis
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Gram positive cocci that can appear rod like belong to Micrococcaceae
Rothia
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They are normal human oropharyngeal microbes
Rothia
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Two spp. Of Rothia significant to human
Rothia demtocariosa
Rothia mucilaginosa
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Rothia that is found in saliva and supragingival plague
Rothia dentocariosa
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Rothia that resemble as corynefomr basilli and facultative actinomycetes.
Rothia dentocariosa
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Only listeria spp that is significant to human.
Listeria monocytogenes
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Listeria that is an animal pathogen
L. ivanovii
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In which L. monocytogenes can infect?
A. Immunocompromised patient
B. Neonates
C. Pregnant women
D. Healthy individual
All of the above
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Virulence factors of L. monocytogenes
Listeriosin O
Catalase
Superoxide dismutase
Phospholipase C
Surface protein
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Virulence factor of L. monocytogenes that damage phagosome membrane
Listeriolysin O
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Virulence factors od L. monocytogenes that induces phagocytosis through increased adhesion and penetration of the cells
Surface protein (p60)
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Clinical infection in which via ingestion of contaminated food w subsequent spread through intestine .
Listeriosis
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Which among is not true about manifeststion of L. monocytogenes?
A. Tropism for CNS
B. Pregnant women
C. Common in newborn
D. Immunocompromised
E. Healthy person
E.
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The listeriosis in pregnant women is common seen during ____.
Third trimesters
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What is the effect of Listeriosis in pregnant women?
Can lead to spontaneous abortion and stillborn neonates
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Two forms of neonatal listeriosis?
Early onset infection
Late onset infection
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Manifestation in early onset infection of listeriosis in neonates.
Sepsis
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Manifestation of late onset infection of listeriosis in neonates.
Meningitis
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Most common Manifestation in immunosuppresed host.
CNS infection and Endocarditis
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T or F
L. monocytogenes appear as gram-positive and gram variable in older culture
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L. monocytogenes resembles ____ in coccoid form and _____ in bacillus form
Streptococcus
Corynebacterium
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What mediums does the L. monocytogenes grows well?
CHOC
SBA
NA
Brain-Heart infusion
Thioglycolate
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T or F
L. monocytogenes is slightly microphilic.
F- slightly capnophilic
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Characteristics of L. monocytogenes colonies.
Small
Round
Translucent
Smooth
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The colonies and hemolysis of L. monocytogenes resembles ____.
S. agalactiae
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Optimal growth temp. Of L. monocytogenes.
30-35°C
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Wide range growth of L. monocytogenes.
0.5-45°C
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What is the temp. Of cold enrichment techniques in L. monocytogenes?
4°C
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In wet mount preparation, the L. monocytogenes excibit
tumbling motility
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In motility medium, the characteristics of L. monocytogenes is ___.
Umbrella pattern
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What is the rxn. Of L. monocytogenes in hippurate hydrolysis, bile esculin hydrolysis , and in CAMP factor?
Positive
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In CAMP reaction, what is used to produce block type hemolysis in L. monocytogenes?
Rhodococcus equi
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In CAMP test, what spp. Of bacteria want to differentiate from L. monocytogenes?
Listeria spp.
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L. monocytogenes is differentiated from S. agalactiae and enterococci by ___.
Positive catalase test and motility
