MLT 105 Final Review

small, straight gram negative rods which are pleiomorphic and sometimes curved

Vibrio

Lysine decarboxylates this substance

Cadaverine

staphylococcus epidermidis reactions

gamma hemolysis, catalase positive, coagulase negative, novobiocin negative/resistant

gram stain of staphylococcus and streptococcus

gram positive cocci

gram positive cocci in tetrads

micrococcus

gram positive cocci in chains

streptococci

gram positive cocci in clusters

Staphylococcus

gram positive lancet-shaped diplococci

Streptococcus pneumoniae

gram negative diplococci

Neisseria

gram negative rods

Enterobacteriaceae

gram stain of pseudomonas aeruginosa

gram negative rod

gram stain for vibrio

gram negative pleiomorphic rods

gram stain of aeromonas, plesiomonas, franscisella, brucella, bordatella, helicobacter pylori

gram negative rods

gram negative rods that resemble schools of fish

haemophilus ducreyi

gram negative rods resembling seagulls

campylobacter

gram stain of corynebacterium, listeria monocytogenes, erysitheloprix rhusiopathia, bacillus

gram positive rods

club shaped gram positive rods resembling stacking letters

dipthroids/corynebacterium

gram positive rods resembling bamboo

bacillus anthracis

gram stain of treponemes and borellia

gram negative

clue cell gram stain

haemophilus vaginalis

causes traveller's diarrhea

enterotoxogenic e. coli

resistant to decolorization

kingella

type of e.coli responsible for diarrhea in infants

enteropathogenic

gram negative bacilli, thin fusiform colonies

capnocytophaga

bipolar staining

pasteurella, francisella, bordatella

resistant to counterstain

brucella

produces chronic diarrhea due to adherence to intestinal wall

enteroadherant e.coli

causes bloody diarrhea

enterohemoraghic e. coli

causes shigella-like diarrhea

enteroinvasive e. coli

causes "the plague"

Yersinia pestis

causes diptheria

Corynebacterium diptheriae

causes erysipeloid cutaneous infection

erysipelothrix rhusiopathia

causes anthrax

bacillus anthracis

tiny, pleiomorphic gram negative bacteria

haemophilus species

causes epiglottitis and meningitis in infants

haemophilus influenzae

2nd most common cause of ear infection

haemophilus influenzae

causes pink eye

haemophilus aegyptus or type III haemophilus

causes chancroid STD (haemophilus)

haemophilus ducreyi

causes periodontitis

A. actinomyecetemcomitans

capnocytophaga species from dog bites

c. canimorsus

zoonotic bacteria with bipolar staining

pasteurella

zoonotic bacteria used in bioterrorism that resists counterstain

brucella

causes undulant fever

brucella

cattle brucella species

brucella abortus

sheep brucella species

brucella melantensis

pig brucella species

brucella suis

dog brucella

brucella canis

zoonotic bacteria that causes tularemia (rabbit fever)

francisella tularensis

whooping cough

bordatella pertussis

causes cholera, gastroenteritis, septicemia, wound infections and ear infections

vibrio

plesiomonas species with shigella-like diarrhea

plesiomonas shigelloides

most common diarrheal illness worldwide; blood diarrhea

campylobacter jejuni

campylobacter that can cause sepsis and meningitis in immunocompromised patients

campylobacter fetus

causes type b gastritis

helicobacter pylori

cause of meningitis in infants to children 2 years old

haemophilus influenzae type b

most common cause of nosocomial respiratory tract infection

pseudomonas aeruginosa

causes leptospirosis

leptospira interrogans

causes lyme disease

Borrelia burgdorferi

causes syphilis

treponema pallidum

causes yaws

treponema pallidum pertenue

causes pinta

Treponema pallidum carateum

causes endemic syphilis (non-venereal)

treponema pallidum endemicum

uses thayer martin and thiobroth

neisseria

media for lyme disease

kelly media

media for bordatella

bordet-gengou and regan-lowe

important substances in bordet-gengou

potato, glycerol and blood

agar for francisella

francis agar

important substance in francis agar

cysteine

Causes rat bite fever

Streptobacillus moniliformis or spirillium

grows on horse and rabbit BAP with hemolysis

haemophilus

exhibits satellitism on sheep BAP

haemophilus

grows on chocolate, but not MacConkey or SBA

Haemophilus species

meaning of a positive porphyrin test

factor X NOT required for this organism

uses TCBS agar

vibrio

4 types of media for campylobacter

campy BAP, Skirrow, Butzler or V, thioglycate-based

important substances in chocolate for haemophilus species

factor x and v

selective and differential media often used for pseudomonas aeruginosa

cetrimide agar

acute, contagious and febrile disease with grey pseudomembrane forming in oral pharynx

diptheria

selective and differential media for corynebacterium diptheriae

cystine-tellurite blood agar (CTBA) and modified tinsdale

media used to demonstrate pleiomorphism and metachromatic granules of corynebacterium diptheriae

Loeffler's serum agar

agar with potassium tellurite to inhibit normal flora

cytine-tellurite blood agar (CTBA)

MTM may enhance recovery of this organism

nocardia

what selectively enriched media is used to identify yersinia entercolitica

CIN with bullseye at 48 hours

gram positive anaerobic bacilli

ClostridiumPropionibacterium

thin, gram negative anaerobic bacilli

fusobacterium

gram negative anaerobic coccobacilli

bacteroides, porphyromonas, prevotella

tiny gram negative or variable anaerobic cocci

viellonella

normal intestinal flora that causes abscesses, ulcers and bacteremia

bacteroides fragilis

cause abscesses and vincent's angina

prevotella and porphyromonas

long, thin spear shaped, gram negative rods

fusobacterium nucleotum

also causes vincent's angina

fusobacterium nucleotum

cause respiratory infections; brain abscesses, meningitis and gingivitis, etc.

Anaerobic gram positive cocci

anaerobic gram positive cocci in clusters

peptococcus

anaerobic gram positive cocci in chains

peptostreptococcus

anaerobic gram negative cocci in pairs, chains and clumps

veillonella

anaerobic, gram positive curved rods with beaded or branched look

cutibacterium acnes

anaerobic gram positive rods that are dipthroid like

bifidobacterium

anaerobic gram positive rod associated with fecal flora

eubacterium

Causes Myonecrosis (Gas Gangrene)

Clostridium perfringens

box-car shaped gram stain with capsule

clostridium perfringens