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H. ducreyi, N. gonor
Question | Answer |
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What is the alternate name of Haemophilus ducreyi and what does it cause? | Ducreyi's bacillus, causes soft chancres/chancroids |
What should be done to the patients blood if it is used to culture Haemophilus ducreyi? | The complement should be inactivated by heating for 30 minutes at 56C |
What are alternate medias Neisseria gonorrhea can be plated on? | New York City medium, Martin Lewis, JEMBEC |
What requires Nairobi agar, and what does Nairobi agar consist of? | Haemophilus ducreyi; chocolate agar with 1% hemoglobin, 5% fetal calf serum, vancomycin, IsoVitaleX |
What antibiotics are used to treat Neisseria gonorrhea? | Third generation cephalosporin or a fluoroquinolone plus erythromycin; partners are treated with ceftriaxone |