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Unit 3 Staph/Strep Flashcards

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S. aureus: Clinical significance

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  • Surgical wound infections
  • Skin infections and injuries
  • Nosocomial
  • TSS
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S. aureus: Colony morphology

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-less whitecream; yellow more pronounced on CHOC

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S. aureus: Key tests

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Coagulase positive
DNase positive
MSA positive (yellow)

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S. epidermitis: Clinical significance

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  • Most common CNS isolated from clinical specimens
  • UTIs
  • Surgical wound infections
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S. epidermitis: Colony morphology

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-smooth, white, opaque, can be small

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S. saprophyticus:Clinical significance

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Community acquired

  • UTIs in young, healthy sexually active women and elderly men
  • ANAEROBIC
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S. saprophyticus: Colony morphology

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-BRIGHT white

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S. saprophyticus: Key tests

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  • Novobiocin resistant

- Variable MSA

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S. lugdunensis: key tests

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  • PYR positive

- Ornithine Decarboxylate +

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Micrococcus: Clinical significance

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  • oral and skin flora

- Typically nonpathogenic

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Micrococcus: Colony morphology

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-lemon yellow

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Micrococcus: Gram stain

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  • loses a little of the crystal violet

- tetrads

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Micrococcus: Key tests

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  • Furazolidone Resistant
  • Cannot ferment glucose
  • Microdase Positive
  • Bacitracin sensitive
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Rothia: Clinical significance

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  • oral flora

- opportunistic infection

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Rothia: Colony morphology

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-gray/white, nonhemolytic and STICKY

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Rothia: Gram stain

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-large gpc in pairs/clusters

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Rothia: Key tests

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-variable catalase

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S. pyogenes: Clinical significance

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  • acute pharyngitis/strep throat
  • TSS
  • Necrotizing fasciitis
  • Some people are “carriers”
  • NEVER normal flora
  • Sequelae: Rheumatic fever acute glomerulonephritis
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S. pyogenes: Colony morphology

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  • typically small, beta

- throat culture

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S. pyogenes: Key tests

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  • Bacitracin sensitive

- PYR positive

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S. agalactiae: Clinical significance

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  • Normal flora of GI tract
  • GBS infection in young women, esp pregnant/post birth and neonates
  • UTI
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S. agalactiae: Colony morphology

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  • typically larger grey soft beta

- can be nonhemolytic

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S. agalactiae: Key tests

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  • CAMP test positive
  • PYR negative (looks like PYR pos Enterococcus)
  • Sodium Hippurate hydrolysis positive
  • Catalase (looks like Listeria)
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S. pneumoniae: Clinical significance

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  • Colonization/carriage common in children
  • Community acquired pneumonia
  • Bacterial meningitis
  • Pili help attach to epithelial cells
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S. pneumoniae: Colony morphology

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-True alpha, dimpled or mucoid

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S. pneumoniae: Gram stain

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-GPC in pairs/chains, lancet chained

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S. pneumoniae: Key tests

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  • Optochin sensitive

- Bile solubility positive

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Viridans Streptococci: 4 subgroups

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S. mitis group
S.mutans group
S.bovis group –
S.anginosus group –

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Viridans Streptococci: Clinical significance

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  • Normal flora of the oral cavity, oropharynx, GI tract & vagina
  • Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis (SBE)
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Viridans Streptococci: Colony morphology

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-Usually alpha, can be gamma, can be dry-ish pinpoint

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Nutritionally variant strep: 2 species

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Abiotrophia & Granulicatella

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Nutritionally variant strep: Clinical significance

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  • Normal oral flora
  • CNS infections
  • Ocular infections
  • Growth requirements: thiol compounds and active form of vitamin B6
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Nutritionally variant strep: Colony morphology and gram stain

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-Does not grow on Blood agar
-spindly, loses crystal violet
bizarre

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Nutritionally variant strep: Key tests

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Staph streak pos

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S.anginosus group: 3 species

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Constellatus
Intermedius
Anginosus

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S.anginosus group: Clinical significance

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  • can cause abscesses

- Oral, brain and “shooters abscesses”

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S.anginosus group: Colony morphology

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  • Alpha but can be beta
  • Butterscotchy smell
  • Grows better anaerobically
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S.anginosus group: Gram stain

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-Tiny GPCs in pairs/chains

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S.anginosus group: Key tests

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-grows better anaerobically

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Enterococcus: Clinical significance

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  • Normal flora of GI tract and female GU tract
  • HAI, UTI sepsis etc
  • Acquired resistance to vancomycin concern for Infection Control
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Enterococcus:Colony morphology

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-Gray gamma or grey/white alpha

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Enterococcus: Key tests

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  • PYR positive
  • CATALASE negative weak/slow
  • BE and NaCl positive
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Enterococcus: 1st and 2nd most common

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  • E. faecalis most common

- E. faecium 2nd most common

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Enterococcus: Which two species can acquire vancomycin resistance?

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  • E. faecalis

- E. faecium

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Enterococcus: Which two species have intrinsic resistance to vancomycin?

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-E. casseliflavus and E. gallinarum

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S.bovis group: Clinical significance

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-Sepsis associated with GI carcinoma

47
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S.bovis group: Colony morphology

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-gamma or weakly alpha

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S.bovis group: Key tests

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-BE + and NaCl -

49
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Aerococcus: 2 species

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U. urinae

U. viridans

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Aerococcus: Clinical significance

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  • Normal flora GU and URT

- UTIs especially in elderly

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Aerococcus: Colony morphology

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-alpha hemolytic tiny

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Aerococcus: Gram stain

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-GPC in CLUSTERS

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Aerococcus: Key test

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  • BE- and NaCl +

- PYR/LAP, one is positive other is negative

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Pediococcus: Clinical significance

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Opportunistic pathogen; bacteremia/abdominal infection

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Pediococcus: Colony morphology

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-small grey alpha

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Pediococcus: Key tests

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No ways to definitively determine

57
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Leuconostoc: Clinical significance

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Opportunistic pathogen

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Leuconostoc: Colony morphology

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-small grey alphish or gamma

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Leuconostoc: Gram stain

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-ovoid cocci, often in chains

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Leuconostoc: Key tests

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No ways to definitively determine

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Gemella: Colony morphology

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  • grows better anaerobically
  • slow grower on blood
  • tiny/small grey
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Gemella: Gram stain

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-GPC in clusters, tetrads and chains

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Gemella: Key tests

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Difficult to ID biochemically

64
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Which staph and friends species has a variable/weak catalase result?

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Rothia

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Which staph and friends species is coag positive?

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S. aureus

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Which staph and friends species can have variable coag results?

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S. saprophyticus

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Which staph and friends species is resistant to novobiocin?

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S. saprophyticus

68
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Which staph and friends species is microdase positive?

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Micrococcus

69
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Which staph and friends species is negative for glucose fermentation?

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Micrococcus

70
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Which staph and friends species is susceptible to Bacitracin?

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Micrococcus

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Which staph and friends species is resistant to Furalozidone?

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Micrococcus

72
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Which staph and friends species is DNase positive?

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S. aureus

73
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Which staph and friends species grows on mannitol salt agar?

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S. aureus

S. saprophyticus is variable

74
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Which staph and friends species is PYR positive?

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S. lugdunensis

75
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What does the latex agglutination coagulation test detect?

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Protein A in cell wall and clumping factor

76
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Which staph and friends species are generally normal flora?

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Micrococcus (oral and skin) and Rothia (oral)

77
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Which strep and friends species is actually in clusters on a gram stain?

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Aerococcus

78
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Which strep and friends species is catalase negative but has a slow/weak reaction?

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Enterococcus

79
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Which strep and friends species is susceptible to Bacitracin?

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Group A Strep/ S. pyogenes

80
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Which strep and friends species is susceptible to Optochin?

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S. pneumoniae

81
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Which strep and friends species is bile soluble?

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S. pnuemoniae

82
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Which strep and friends species are PYR positive?

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Group A Strep/ S. pyogenes and Enterococcus

Nutritionally Variant Strep

83
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Which strep and friends species is positive for both Bile Esculin and 6.5% NaCl?

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Enterococcus

84
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Which strep and friends species is negative for both Bile Esculin and 6.5% NaCl?

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Viridans Group

85
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Which strep and friends species is negative for Bile Esculin and positive for 6.5% NaCl?

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Aerococcus and group B

86
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Which strep and friends species is positive for Bile Esculin and negative for 6.5% NaCl?

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S. bovis/S. gallolyticus

87
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Which strep and friends species is CAMP test positive?

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Group B strep/ S. agalactiae

88
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Which strep and friends species is confirmed with a positive Staph streak?

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Nutritionally variant Strep

89
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Which staph and friends species is a known biofilm former?

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S. epidermidis

90
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Which staph and friends species is the most common CNS isolated from clinical specimens?

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S. epidermidis

91
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Which staph and friends species causes UTIs in young, healthy, sexually active women?

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S. saprophyticus

92
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In what type of specimen would you need to rule out S. saprophyticus?

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Urine

93
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Which staph and friends species prefers anaerobic conditions?

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S. saprophyticus

94
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Which staph and friends species can make clumping and cause confusion on a coagulase test?

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S. saprophyticus

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MSA agar: positive vs negative?

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P: yellow
N: pink

96
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What is chromagar used for? Organism and source

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MRSA

Nasal swabs

97
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Which staph and friends species can get stringy and cause confusion on a coagulase test?

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Rothia

98
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Which strep and friends species is normal flora of the GI tract?

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Group B/ S. agalactiae

99
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In which strep and friends species is asymptomatic carriage normal in children?

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S. pneumoniae

100
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Which strep and friends species is normal flora of the oral cavity, oropharynx, GI tract and vagina?

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Viridans Strep

101
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Which strep and friends species is normal flora of the GI tract and female GU tract?

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Enterococcus

102
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Which strep and friends species is normal flora of the GU and URT?

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Aerococcus

103
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Which strep and friends species is normal flora of the oral flora only?

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Nutritionally variant strep

104
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What two tests and results confirm group A strep?

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PYR positive

A disc susceptible

105
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What is a useful test to rule out Group B strep?

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PYR negative due to the fact that it looks like Enterococcus

106
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Which strep and friends species is confused with Listeria and how to differentiate?

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Nearly identical colony morphology: Group B

Listeria is catalase positive
GPB
Reverse CAMP pos
Hippurate pos

107
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Which strep and friends species is lancet shaped?

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S. pneumoniae

108
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What test is useful for speciating Aerococcus?

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LAP

109
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Which strep and friends species grow better anaerobically?

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S. anginosus and Gemella

110
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When would you suspect NVS?

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Does not grow on Blood, but does grow on chocolate

Bizarre gram stain

111
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Which strep and friends species are vancomycin resistant other than the VRE?

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Pediococcus and Leuconostoc

112
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What type of specimen require us to rule out Group A strep?

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Throat swab/respiratory

113
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When would a gram stain not be needed for S. pneumoniae?

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Respiratory alphas

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