Bacteriology — Flashcards

Factors _____ and X (hematin) are added to chocolate agar to grow Haemophilus influenzae

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

_____ produces the exotoxin Streptolysin O (cytolysin)

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

Hint: which bacteria

The _____ unit of cholera toxin attach to the GM1 ganglioside receptors on the surface of jejunal epithelial cells.

_____ medium is made of charcoal, blood and antibiotic and used to grow Bordetella pertussis

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

Klebsiella, Enterobacter, and Serratia commonly cause nosocomial _____ and UTIs

_____ invades the GI mucosal cells, resulting in infectious diarrhea

Hint: Shigella or EHEC

Exotoxin A causes _____ of EF-2 (elongation factor-2), thus inhibiting protein synthesis