Gram-positive US Medical PG Flashcards - Medical Study Cards
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Gram-positive Flashcard Deck - 10 Cards
Flashcard 81: Elevated titers of _____ or anti-DNase B antibodies are indicative of recent Group A strep (S. pyogenes) infection
Answer: Anti-streptolysin O (ASO)
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Flashcard 82: Group B Strep (S. agalactiae) has a positive _____ test, meaning it enhances the zone of hemolysis when plated with S. aureus
Answer: CAMP
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Flashcard 83: Strep pneumoniae is _____ and thus will present a problem in sickle cell/asplenic patients
Answer: encapsulated
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Flashcard 84: Cellulitis characterized by an infection of the deeper dermis and subcutaneous tissues is caused _____
Answer: Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pyogenes
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Flashcard 85: What GAS virulence factor causes antibody production that cross-reacts with myosin in the heart, causing rheumatic fever?
_____
Answer: M-protein
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Flashcard 86: What is the urease expression of Staphylococcus epidermidis?
_____
Answer: Positive
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Flashcard 87: Patients who go undergo cystoscopy are especially at risk for infections caused by _____ species
Answer: enterococcus
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Flashcard 88: Gram Positive Algorithm:
Streptococcus β-hemolysis Bacitracin _____ - Streptococcus pyogenes (group A strep)
Answer: Sensitive
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Flashcard 89: Bacillus cereus, like anthracis, is _____erobic and _____-forming
Answer: a
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Flashcard 90: Gram Positive Algorithm:
Streptococcus gamma-hemolysis are separated via _____ and _____ growth
Answer: bile
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