Bacteria — Flashcards

Serum Ig_____ may be elevated in a Helicobacter pylori infection

Which bacteria has gram-variable staining?_____

Some bacteria secrete a _____, allowing the bacteria to stick to a surface

Scalded skin syndrome is caused by what organism? _____

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

What is the urease expression of Nocardia spp?_____

The process of eliminating most pathogenic microorganisms (excluding spores) on inanimate objects is known as _____

Listeria monocytogenes is _____-hemolytic

Which type of immunity (innate or adaptive) occurs rapidly, over minutes to hours?_____

All Clostridium spp. are _____-forming