Bordetella pertussis — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: Which special culture media/agar is used to isolate Neisseria gonorrhoeae or Neisseria meningitidis?_____

Answer: Thayer-Martin (VPN) media (... aka ...)

Flashcard 2: Neisseria spp. contains _____ with strong endotoxin activity

Answer: lipooligosaccharides (LOS)

Flashcard 3: The Weil-Felix test checks for cross reactivity between Rickettsia spp. and _____ OX19 and OX2

Answer: Proteus vulgaris

Flashcard 4: What cause of osteomyelitis is more common in dog and cat bites? _____

Answer: Pasteurella multocida

Flashcard 5: Which part of endotoxin is targeted by the immune system?_____

Answer: O antigen

Flashcard 6: Endotoxin generates a _____ (strength) antibody response

Answer: weak

Flashcard 7: _____ are composed of a lipopolysaccharide complex (LPS)

Answer: Endotoxin (Exo or Endotoxin)

Flashcard 8: Yersinia pestis

Answer:

Extra: rats and prarie dogsfleas

Flashcard 9: Rickettsia typhi

Answer:

Extra: endemic typhusfleas

Flashcard 10: Francisella tularensis

Answer:

Extra: tularemiarabbitticks, deer fly