Bacteria — Flashcards

Serum Ig_____ may be elevated in a Helicobacter pylori infection

Which bacteria is a common cause of STI and is facultative intracellular in PMNs?_____

Which bacteria has gram-variable staining?_____

Which bacteria produces an alpha toxin that functions as a phospholipase (lecithinase)?_____

Yersinia pestis is _____, protecting the bacteria from phagocytosis

_____ culture media have special nutrients added so that many bugs will grow

Enterococci spp. are _____ anaerobes

All Clostridium spp. are _____-forming

Which species of *Streptococcus viridans* is a common cause of subacute bacterial endocarditis?

The Quellung Reaction is used to test for bacteria who have a _____