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Microbiology
Gram Negative Bacilli
Question | Answer |
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H. influenza | Hemophilus Influenzae |
Immunization for H. influenzae | HIB - Hemophilus influenza type B |
H. ducreyi | STD |
H. aegyptius | Pinkeye or Conjuctivitis |
Gardnerella vaginalis | BV - bacterial vaginalis |
"clue cells" | Squamous cells - covered with tiny gram neg rods bacilli. |
Bordetella pertussis | Whooping Cough |
"P" in DTaP | Pertussis |
enteric bacilli | inhabit or cause disease in the intestines |
Enterobacteriaceae Characteristics | All Gram Negative Bacille, Aerobic, Motile or non-motile, Oxydate Negative, Ferment Glucose. |
What grows on an EMB plate? | Only Gram Negative, Rods/Bacilli |
What is EMB | eosin methylene blue |
What is inhibited from growing on EMB | Gram Positive (only grows gram negative) |
What does Escherichia coli look like on EMB? | Metalaic Sheen |
E. Coli | UTI and infant diarrhea |
coliform count | indicates the fecal contamination of water |
Shigella dysenteriae | Bacilli dysentery/Interic pathogen |
Where does Shigella primarily cause disease? | In the intestines - not the blood |
Shigella transmitted? | Oral/fecal route |
Salmonella typhosa | Typhoid Fever Intestine - Lymph - Blood |
S. typhosa transmitted? | Oral/fecal route |
food associated with Salmonella | Poultry & eggs |