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M (ASCP) EXAM

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Is widely distributed in the external environment. It may be found in 20 to 40% of the anterior nares of human adults. It also colonizes the skin, particularly in intertriginous areas such as the groin and axilla, and may be found in the vaginal canal   show
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Was discovered more than 100 years ago by Hans Christian Gram. Crystal violet-primary stain. Gram's iodine-mordant to fix the dye. GP Bacteria retain the dye in cell wall. Acid alcohol-decolorizer. GN bacteria stain red Safranin-counterstain.   show
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show Acridine orange  
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Catalase, Coagulase, Dnase, PYR, Nonmotile, Salt tolerance all +   show
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Penicillin and cephalosporin (1st generation)   show
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Is the most frequently isolated coagulase-negative staphylococci from human sources.   show
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Does not ferment mannitol, produces alkaline phosphatase, produces positive reactions for acetoin (Voges Proskauer), reduces nitrates to nitrites, and hydrolyzes urea. Acid is produced from maltose, fructose, sucrose, and mannose.   show
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show Drug of choice for Staphylococcus epidermidis  
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show Staphylococcus saprophyticus  
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Has its natural habitat as part of the normal nasal and skin flora of various domestic animals, including dogs, cats, and horses. It is the most common coagulase-positive Staphylococcus species recovered from the skin of dogs.   show
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Resistance to novobiocin is a key feature used in the presumptive identification of   show
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show Streptococcus pyogenes  
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show Poststreptococcal  
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show Group A streptococci  
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Group B-specific antigen. Metabolism is fermentative with lactic acid produced as the chief end product. Narrow zone of beta hemolysis. + cAMP reaction/ hydrolyzes NA hippurate   show
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Infections include meningitis, pneumonia, polynephritis, sepsis including endocarditis/in women, puerperal infection assctd w/ abortion and premature labor. Neonatal sepsis and meningitis   show
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show S. pyo  
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show S. agalactiae  
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show Group D streptococci  
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show Strep pnuemo  
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Alpha hemolytic and smooth, moist, or mucoid/"checker piece" appearance/ susceptibile to either bile or ethylhydrocupreine hydrochloride (Optochin)   show
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show Strep pnuemo  
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Is the most important agent of diarrheal disease in humans.   show
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show C. jejuni  
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Is infrequently recovered from human sources but is an important cause of infective abortion in cattle and sheep. It can be recovered from the placentas and stomach contents of the fetuses of aborted sheep and cattle.   show
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Human infections that have been reported virtually always affect an individual who is debilitated, has compromised immune function, has a neoplastic disease, or has a chronic underlying disorder such as renal or hepatic failure.   show
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show C. fetus  
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show Drug of choice for C. fetus and C. jejuni  
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Is one of several spiral-shaped bacteria that have been observed in gastric secretions. Can be recovered from the GI tract of humans and a variety of domestic and wild animals, including several species of birds.   show
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show Helicobacter pylori  
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+ rxns may be observed in as little as 1 hour. Cultures are not frequently attempted to establish a diagnosis.   show
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Incubation environments with reduced O (5-10%), increased CO2 (5-10%), and increased H (5-10%) at 37°C are the optimum conditions. Although selective "campy" agar may be used, a formulation devoid of cephalothin is necessary.   show
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Can be suspected when GNDC or D-CB are observed in Gram stains. MacConkey growth (pinkish tinge). Lack of motility, absence of cytochrome oxidase activity, inability to reduce nitrates to nitrites, and resistance to penicillin.   show
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show Acinetobacter baumannii  
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Carbenicillin, Cephalosporin 2nd or 3rd, Gentamicin, Tetracycline, SXT   show
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show Alcaligenes faecalis  
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Exist in soil and water/ Blood, sputum, and urine are the most common sources and are often associated with nosocomial infections, nebulizers, respirators, and lavage fluids.   show
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Exist in soil and water/ Blood, sputum, and urine are the most common sources and are often associated with nosocomial infections, nebulizers, respirators, and lavage fluids.   show
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show Drug of choice for Alcaligenes faecalis  
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Inhabiting the epithelial cells in the upper respiratory tract only of man, to which the bacterial cells attach, invade, and survive. Highly contagious, transmitted from human to human via contaminated airborne respiratory droplets.   show
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Apple-green fluorescing using the direct Ab fluorescent test. Potato-based Bordet Gengou (BG) agar; or, charcoal horse blood agar of Regan Lowe.   show
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Each neutralize the effects of the fatty acids, metalic ions, and peroxidases also contained in the media. Growth require 2 - 4 days/ 35o C. 1-2 mm in diameter, entire, dome-shaped, gray and shiny, resembling drops of mercury. GNCB/ pleomorphic in older c   show
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Produces cytochrome oxidase and catalase (weakly), is non-motile (possesses no flagella)   show
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show Drug of choice Bordetella pertussis  
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show Brucella melitensis (sheep, goats)  
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Is worldwide in distribution, and its virulence is mild to moderate.   show
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show B. suis (swine)  
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Cause undulant fever (Bang's disease)/grow slowly in culture/brucella agar or chocolate agar. Recovery in blood cultures is slow. Very small GNCB/ rapid urease reaction (1 hour on Christensen's urea agar).   show
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Ciprofloxacin, tetracycline, streptomycin   show
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Produces yellow-green colonies/ fruity odor,Mac agar, is oxidase +, and asaccharolytic, hydrolysis of DNA, gelatin, and urea, and (-) reactions for indole, nitrate reduction, and hydrolysis of esculin and ONPG/ resistant to polymyxin B.   show
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Isolates have been reported from wounds, sputum, blood, and commonly from urine. necrotizing fasciitis and septicemia   show
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show Francisella tularensis  
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show Francisella tularensis  
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show Legionella species  
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show L. pneumophila  
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Is the species most commonly associated with classic legionellosis.The most common manifestation is pneumonia. A milder form of the disease, Pontiac fever, presents as an influenza-like syndrome w/out sequelae and with few complications.   show
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Gray-white, smooth, opaque on BAP and choc, appear as small GNCBPR/ catalase and oxidase +. Asaccharolytic, strong DNase actvty, and the prodtn of beta lactamase/ separated from Neisseria species by hydrolysis of ester-linked butyrate groups (tributyrin)   show
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Contains supplements rich in cysteine, other aa, vit, hematin, and purines that are required for growth. It also contains antibiotics such as vancomycin, trimethoprim, and nystatin among others to enable recovery of N. gonorrhoeae from mixed cultures.   show
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show N. gonorrhoeae  
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Glucose (+) Maltose (+)(Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome   show
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show N. lactamica  
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Is most commonly isolated from urethral specimens, where it exists as a commensal/ similar to Moraxella species in being oxidase (+), nonmotile, and coccobacillary. Most strains grow on Mac, and(asaccharolytic).   show
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show Oligella urethralis  
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show O. ureolytica  
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show O. ureolytica  
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show O. ureolytica  
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Is a plant pathogen primarily causing onion bulb rot. It can be recovered from a wide variety of water sources, and in the hospital environment may be found on wet surfaces or where water accumulates, such as in nebulizer and bronchoscopy tubing, in irrig   show
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show B. cepacia  
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Trimethoprim sulfamethoxazole is the drug of choice for the treatment of infections with this organism.   show
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Can be recovered from H2O n soil sources n often is found in various moist hospital environments, tracheostomies, in-dwelling catheters, burns, and weeping cutaneous wounds. The exudation of blue pus with a grape-like odor is characteristic.   show
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Straight or slightly curved, slender, GNR. They are motile via polar flagella, r strict aerobes, n utilize carbs oxidatvly n never fermentatively. The temp range of growth for various strains extends from 4-43 deg Celsius. The cytochrome oxidase rxn is +.   show
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Produce H@S, a characteristic helpful in diffn it from C. koseri, which is H2S (-). differentiated from certain closely related Salmonella species by failure to decarboxylate lysine decarboxylase, hydrolyzing ONPG, and the ability to grow in KCN.   show
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show C. koseri  
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Growth observed on HE after 36 hrs incubation at 35°C. The colonies r entire, convex, smooth to shiny, and distinctly green, showing no evidence of the yellow pigmentn indicatin lactose fermentation. Some have black central pigmentn indicatn H2S prodctn.   show
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show Escherichia coli  
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"dirty" gray on bap/produce a + spot indole test and dry pink-red colonies on Mac. The id confirmed by demonstrtin an acid slant/acid butt rxn on Kligler iron agar (fermenter), a + methyl red rxn, - Voges Proskauer, and - citrate utilizatn test results.   show
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heat-labile or heat-stable enterotoxins are produced, resulting in a watery diarrhea similar to that produced by Vibrios cholerae.   show
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show Enteropathogenic strains  
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penetration of the intestinal mucosa by the bacterial cells results in an inflammatory diarrhea similar to that produced by Shigella species. Blood, mucous, and segmented neutrophils are observed in fecal smears.   show
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show Enterohemorrhagic strains:  
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show Enterohemorrhagic strains:  
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show K. pneumoniae  
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Infectns r most severe in persons with underlying diseases such as alcoholism, diabetes mellitus, n chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Pleuritis, Urinary tract infections, meningitis(in infants), n septicemia   show
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Can be suspected in culture when large, mucoid colonies are recovered on 1. isolatn media. On Mac colonies are large, distinctly mucoid, n have a red pigmentatn that diffuses into the surroundin med. This pigment productn is abundant acid from lactose.   show
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show Klebsiella  
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An indole-positive variant of K. pneumoniae, is found primarily in the gastrointestinal tract of humans and animals but also may be recovered from vegetative matter and aquatic environments   show
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Morganella morganii can be found in the feces of humans, dogs, other mammals, and reptiles. It serves as a secondary pathogen in cases of urinary tract, respiratory tract, and wound infections.   show
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The combination characteristics of citrate negative, failure to produce hydrogen sulfide, and decarboxylation of ornithine   show
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show Proteus mirabilis  
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show Proteus mirabilis  
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show P. vulgaris  
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primarily recovered from the feces of humans, both with and without a diarrheal syndrome, with secondary spread to the urinary tract, wounds, and burns, where they cause infrequent infections.   show
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Needs >100,000 for infection, H2S +, Lysine +, Indole -, Urea -   show
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show S. cholerasius  
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show S. typhi  
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show S. arizona  
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Red pigment/ DNase, gelatinase +   show
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(D) Most common/ has its natural habitat in the fecal content of humans. Infections occur following ingestion of contaminated food or water/ Lactose -, nonmotile, anaerogenic   show
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Group A most severe   show
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Group B   show
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show S. boydii  
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show Yersinia pestis  
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acute mesenteric lymphadenitis and "pseudotubercules   show
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Growth room temp and cold enrichment   show
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show Aeromonas  
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6.5-7.5 pH   show
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5.0-6.0 pH   show
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show Lag phase  
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Active reproduction   show
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show Stationary phase  
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Dead cells exced new cells   show
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"Chinese Letters"; Metachromatic granules (Loeffler's Slants); tellurite hydrolysis (tinsdale agar); elek test determines toxin prod   show
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Tumbling motility at 25C, but not 37C; cold enrichment, neonatal menigitis and sepsis, sepsis in immunocomp hosts   show
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show Erysipelothrix  
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Ground glass hemolytic colonies; non hemolytic, nonmotile, medusa head colonies, long bamboo shoots   show
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Ground glass hemolytic colonies; food poisioning, enterotoxin, beta hemolytic   show
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Long filamentous GNR w/ pleomorphic/ puffball or string of pearl colonies in thio broth/ rate bite fever haverhill fever/ acitic sample needed/ sps inhibits   show
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show actinobacillus  
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bleachy odor, pits agar, 3 zones of growth, peridontal and jaw abscesses   show
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needs 5-10% co2 or anaerobic conditions, gliding motility, fusiform shape; bacteremia   show
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show haemophilus aprophilus  
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show cardiobacterium  
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clue cells; 10% koh added to discharge= fishy odor   show
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show haemophilus  
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schoolof fish, genital ulcers   show
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growth on BCYE, legionaires disease   show
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show mycoplasma/ureaplasma  
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show m. pneumoniae  
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show bacteroides fragilis  
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gn ana pits agar, urease +   show
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gn ana, thin, fusiform rod, speckled col   show
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show fusobacterium necrophorum  
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show fusobacterium mortiferum  
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gp ana, pseudomembranous colitis, CCFA agar, horse stable odor, spore former   show
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gp ana, double zone of hemolysis, lecthinase +, gas gangrene, spores seldom observed   show
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gp ana,terminal spores, racquet shaped, tetanus   show
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show actinomyces israelii  
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show p. anaaerobius  
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show r. akari  
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show coxiella burnetti  
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typhus fever, louse   show
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show r. rickettsiae  
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show r. typhi  
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show mycobacterium tuberculosis  
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environmental org, cause pulmonary disease, disseminated disease, infect immunocomp patients, nonpigmented on LJ, id by nucleic acid probes   show
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causes leprosy (hansen disease), infects skin, mucous membranes, nerves, causes a progressive disease that is treatable, grows best in armadillo footpads   show
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Prescence of viral ab of ag   show
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Molecular cloning of a specific DNA sequence/ if viral ab unknown matches clone, the viral id is confirmed   show
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Method in which nucleic acid seq can be amplified in vitro/ carried out in cycles, each doubling the amount of desired nucleic acid product   show
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show flavivirus  
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pulmonary syndrome, hemorrhagic fever, rodent-borne   show
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show Hepatitis A virus (HAV)  
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show Hepatitis c Virus (HAC)  
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measles, more serious in adults than in children   show
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show poliovirus  
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show respiratory syncytial virus (rsv)  
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show rhabdovirus  
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show rhinovirus  
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acute infectious infantile diarrhea, can cause death in infants   show
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show rubivirus  
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respiratory infections   show
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show epstein-barr virus  
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ribbon-like aseptate hyphae; sexual and asexual   show
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septate, sexual and asexual, produce asci   show
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septate; sexual, mushrooms,club fungi   show
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fungi imperfecti, no sexual stage, many common pathogens   show
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simialar to SAB, inhibits some candida and crytococcus, aspergilluis fumigatus and pseudallescheria   show
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show bird seed agar  
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candida albicans (chlamydoconidia)   show
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tinea (mostly in children), hair and skin, hair fluoresces, microconidia (small club-shaped), macroconidia (many, rough, spindle-shaped (except m.audouinii)   show
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rare distorted macroconidia, terminal chlamydoconidia   show
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show microsporum canis  
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thin walled macroconidia   show
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mostly in adults; hair skin and nails; no fluorescing hairs   show
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urease +. rose-brown reverse   show
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show trichophyton rubrum  
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black dot ringworm, balloon forms, yellow red reverse   show
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feet, hands, and groin; macroconidia (large, smooth, club-shaped, found in singles or clusters at end of hyphae, 2-4 septa), olive green or khaki color   show
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show histoplasma capsulatum  
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along oh, ms valley n appalachia, may cause skin lesions, yeast (broad based bud, double-contoured wall), mycelial (lollipop forms)   show
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desert southwest and semiarid regions, yeast (spherules containing endospores), mycelial (alternatively staining arthroconidia)   show
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south american blastomycosis, simulates tb, cutaneous lesions, yeast (multiple buds "mariner wheel"), mold (similar to lollipop forms)   show
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found in dirt and on plants (rose gardener's mycosis), yeast (cigar bodies), mold (delicate hyphae with ovoid conidia along side or in rosettte heads)   show
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show candida albicans  
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germ tube -, forms structure between tube and spore   show
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show geotrichum  
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budding from both corners of arthroconidia urease +   show
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show candida (torulopsis) glabrata  
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urease +, brown colonies on birdseed agar, india ink   show
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small extracellular yeast   show
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show histoplasma capsulatum  
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yeast with pseudoyphae   show
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show blastomyces dermatiditis  
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large yeast with multiple buds   show
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show coccidioides immitis  
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green or blue-green colonies; branching or penicillus head, sterigmata blunt   show
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delicate hyphae, elippticak conidia with appearance of brain surface   show
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show fusarium  
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show aspergillus  
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show aspergillus fumigatus  
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show aspergillus flavus  
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show aspergillus niger  
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Dog hookworm   show
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show ancylostoma duodenale  
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large intestinal roundworm   show
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show clonorchis sinensis  
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show diphyllobothrium latum  
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show echinococcus granulosus  
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show enterobius vermicularis  
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show fasciolopsis buski  
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show fasciola hepatica  
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rate tapeworm   show
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show hymenolepsis nana  
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show loa loa  
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show necator americanus  
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blinding worm   show
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show paragonimus westermani  
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show schistosoma haematobium  
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oriental blood fluke   show
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show schistosoma mansoni  
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threadworm   show
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beef tapeworm   show
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show taenia solium  
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dog/cat ascarid   show
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whipworm   show
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