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For clinicals in Microbiology dept: Genus B through C

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show Bordetella pertusis  
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Microbes in the genus Bordetella are gram negative or positive?   show
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Microbes in the genus Bordetella have what shape?   show
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show Bordetella are encapsulated  
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How would you describe the motility of Bordetella species?   show
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What class of respiration is exhibited by Bordetella microbes?   show
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show Bordetella grow on Regan-Lowe agar  
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show Bordetella are extracellular  
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Under the genus "Borrelia," what important species should you know?   show
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show Borrelia are gram negative, but stain poorly. So they will stain red or pink.  
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show Borrelia are spirochetes (spiral or corkscrew shaped)  
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Borrelia microbes are encapsulated or unencapsulated?   show
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How would you describe the motility of Borrelia microbes?   show
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What class of respiration is exhibited by Borrelia microbes?   show
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show difficult  
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Borrelia microbes are intracellular or extracellular?   show
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show Bordetella stain red or pink because they are gram negative.  
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Bordetella pertusis look like what under a microscope?   show
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show Bordetella are non-motile.  
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Do Bordetella pertusis microbes live inside or outside of the host's cells?   show
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How is Bordetella pertusis transmitted?   show
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What diseases are caused by Bordetella pertusis?   show
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How do you treat Bordetella pertusis? There are 3.   show
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How do you prevent Bordetella pertusis aside from avoiding respiratory droplets? 2 answers.   show
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show 1) Direct immunoflorescence 2) PCR amplification  
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show 1) Brucella abortus 2) Brucella canis 3) Brucella melitensis 4) Brucells suis  
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show Brucella are gram negative. They stain red or pink.  
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Brucella microbes have what shape?   show
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show Brucella are unencapsulated.  
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show Brucella are non motile.  
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What class of respiration is exhibited by Brucella microbes?   show
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What kind of growth medium should be used with Brucella microbes?   show
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show Brucella are intracellular microbes.  
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show True. Borrelia are gram negative and therefore stain red. (They stain poorly, however.)  
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show highly  
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What do Borrelia burgdorgeri require to breath?   show
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show Borrelia are hard to culture.  
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How are Borrelia burgdorferi microbes transmitted?   show
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show Lyme disease.  
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How do you treat Borrelia burgorferi (or Lyme disease) in the early, prearthritic stages? There are 3.   show
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show longer  
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How do you diagnose Borrelia burgdorferi in the lab? 3 answers.   show
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show 1) Direct contact with infected animal 2) Orally, ingestion of unpasteurized milk products.  
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What disease is caused by Brucella?   show
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show Combination of 1) Doxycycline 2) Streptomycin OR Gentamycin  
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show 1) culture, which is difficult 2) agglutination serology.  
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show Campylobacter jejuni  
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Campylobacter microbes are gram negative or gram positive?   show
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show Campylobacter are spirilla shaped - helical/spiral bacilli with a single polar flagellum.  
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How would you describe the motility of Campylobacter?   show
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How would you classify the respiration of Campylobacter?   show
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What sort of growth medium should be used with Campylobacter?   show
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Campylobacter is intracellular or extracellular?   show
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show fecal/oral  
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Campylobacter jejuni can be transferred from contaminated __, especially __.   show
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Besides the fecal/oral route, Campylobacter can also be transferred by ?   show
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What disease can be caused by Campylobacter jejuni?   show
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Is there a vaccine available for Campylobacter jejuni?   show
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How do you diagnose Campylobacter jejuni in the lab?   show
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show 1) Chlamydia pneumoniae 2) Chlamydia trachomatis 3) Chlamydophila psittaci  
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Chlamydia microbes are gram negative or positive?   show
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What shape are Chlamydia microbes?   show
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show Chlamydia are unencapsulated.  
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show Motile.  
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show Chlamydia are facultative aerobes or strictly aerobic.  
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Are Chlamydia microbes intracellular or extracellular bacteria?   show
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show None. Chlamydia is detected by other means.  
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show No methods for routine use.  
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How is Chlamydia pneumoniae transmitted?   show
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What diseases are caused by Chlamydia pneumonia?   show
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How is Chlamydia pneumoniae treated? There are 2.   show
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How is Chlamydia trachomatis transmitted? 4 answers.   show
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What disease can be caused by Chlamydia trachomatis? 4 answers.   show
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How is Chlamydia trachomatis treated? 3 answers.   show
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show 1) Safe sex 2) Erythromyci of silver nitrate in newborn's eyes.  
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How many vaccines are available for Chlamydia trachomatis?   show
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show 1) Cellular cytoplasmic inclusions by immunoflorescence 2) DNA hybridization 3) ELISA for lipopolysccharides  
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show Inhalation of dust with secretions or feces from birds, esp. parrots.  
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What disease is caused by Chlamydia psittaci?   show
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show 1) Tetracycline 2) Doxycycline 3) Erythromycin, though it's less efficient than the others.  
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How can Chlamydia psittaci be diagnosed in the lab? 3 answers.   show
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show 1) Clostridium botulinum 2) Clostridium difficile 3) Clostridium perfringens 4) Clostridium tetani  
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What color will a Clostridium microbe gram stain?   show
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How do Clostridum microbes look under the microscope?   show
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Are Clostridium microbes encapsulated or unencapsulated?   show
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show Clostridium are mostly motile.  
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show Clostridium are obligate anaerobes.  
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show Clostridium grow best on anearobic blood agar.  
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show Clostridium are extracellular.  
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How are Clostridium botulinum microbes spread?   show
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show Botulism.  
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show Antitoxin from horse antiserum.  
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How can you prevent infection by Clostridium botulinum?   show
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show 1) Mouse inoculation 2) Culture in standard aerobic culture.  
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show 1) Spores 2) Human flora - they overgrow other flora when other flora depleted.  
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What disease is caused by Clostridium difficile?   show
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How can we treat Clostridium difficile? 4 answers.   show
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show 1) ELISA for toxin A and B 2) Endoscopy for pseudomembrane.  
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How is Clostridium perfringens transmitted? 2 ways.   show
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What diseases are caused by Clostridium perfringens? 3 answers.   show
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show 1) Debridement or amputation 2)Hyperbaric meds 3) High dose penicillin G or doxycycline  
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How do you treat food poisoning caused by Clostridium perfringens?   show
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What 4 ways are there to diagnose Clostridium perfringens in the lab?   show
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How is Clostridium tetani transmitted?   show
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show Tetanus. (Duh)  
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What 5 treatments can be used to fight Clostridium tetani, or tetanus?   show
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How can you prevent tetanus which is caused by Clostridium tetani?   show
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Diagnosis of Clostridium in the lab is __.   show
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What important species of microbe fall under the genus "Corynebacterium?"   show
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show Corynebacterium are gram pos, so they are blue or purple. They stain unevenly.  
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show Corynebacterium are small, pleomorphic rods. (They vary in size and shape depending on conditions.)  
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show Corynebacterium are unencapsulated.  
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show Corynebacterium look like palisades, Chinese characters or a picket fence.  
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show Corynebacterium are nonmotile.  
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show Corynebacterium are mostly facultative anaerobes.  
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show Tinsdale agar. Aerobically?  
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Is Corynebacterium are intracellular or extracellular microbe?   show
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show Corynebacterium diphtheriae are spread by respiratory droplets and are part of human flora.  
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What diseases are caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae?   show
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What 3 treatments are available for diphtheriae, which is caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae?   show
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How can you prevent diphtheriae, which is caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae?   show
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How can you diagnose Corynebacterium diphtheriae in the lab?   show
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