Gram-positive — Flashcards

_____ is the only Staph organism that is coagulase +

_____ is found on the surface of group A strep (streptococcus pyogenes)

Hint: what virulence factor

Protein A inhibits the phagocytosis of _____ by binding to the Fc portion of IgG antibodies

What class of gram positive rods are spore-forming and anaerobic? _____

Which bug commonly causes endocarditis of prosthetic heart valves? _____

_____ is an anti-phagocytic virulence factor contained on Streptococcus pyogenes (GAS) cell walls

All Clostridium spp. are _____-forming

Gram Positive Algorithm: Which Branching/Filamentous is weakly acid-fast _____

Hint: Actinomyces/Nocardia

Staphylococcus aureus shows what kind of hemolysis pattern? _____

Gram Positive Algorithm: First split into _____, _____ and _____