Bacteriology — Flashcards

_____ is a bacterium grown on buffered charcoal yeast extract with iron and cysteine

Ureaplasma urealyticum is a _____-positive bacteria related to Mycoplasma that commonly causes urocystitis (and prostatitis)

_____ is a virulence factor released from Group A Strep that converts plasminogen to plasmin (a fibrinolytic)

Gram Positive Algorithm:Streptococcus beta-hemolysis Bacitracin _____ - Streptococcus agalactiae (group B strep)

_____ Agar is used to detect the O157 strains of E. coli

Rickettsia organisms are unable to produce _____ and NAD+

Rickettsia is technically a gram _____, however it doesn't gram stain well at all

What gram positive organisms (3) commonly colonize previously damaged heart valves?_____

_____ cell walls contain mycolic acid, therefore a special Ziehl-Neelsen (acid-fast) stain is used to visualize them

Hint: which bacteria

_____, Moraxella catarrhalis, and Legionella are common causes of pneumonia superimposed on COPD