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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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show The Gram stain  
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Is a basic fluorochrome dye that binds nonspecifically to nucleic acids, proteins, polysaccharides, and glycosaminoglycans. AO is useful in demonstrating bacteria in specimens where concentrations may be low.   show
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show Staphylococcus aureus  
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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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Penicillin   show
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Has a particular predilection for causing urinary tract infections in young, healthy, sexually active females.   show
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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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show Streptococcus agalactiae  
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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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show Strep pnuemo  
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Lobar type pneumonia and bacterial meningitis in adults, infants, and toddlers. Diabetes and alcoholism are common conditions predisposing to serious pneumococcal infections.   show
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show C. jejuni  
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1."campy" agar to inhibit the overgrowth of the normal intestinal flora. 2.42°C, the optimum temperature for growth of this organism. 3.incubation atmosphere, consisting of 5% oxygen, 10% CO2, and 85% nitrogen.   show
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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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Does not hydrolyze indoxyl acetate or sodium hippurate. It is susceptible to cephalothin but resistant to nalidixic acid, profiles opposite to that of C. jejuni. Will not grow on campy selective media containing cephalothin. Does not grow at 42°C   show
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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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show Helicobacter pylori  
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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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Nosocomial infections most commonly involve the respiratory tract, the urinary tract, the genital tract, peritonitis in patients receiving continuous peritoneal dialysis, and postsurgical wounds.   show
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show Acinetobacter baumannii  
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GN nonfermenters that grow on Mac, oxidase +, and motile via peritrichous flagella. Synonymous with A. odorans/ apple odor/ green discoloration. asaccharolytic   show
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show Alcaligenes faecalis  
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show Alcaligenes faecalis  
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Pipericillin and tircarcillin clavulanate   show
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show Bordetella pertussis  
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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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cephalosporin 3rd generation, ciprofloxacin, erythromicin   show
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is the most common cause of human infections and is the most virulent. It is found in the Mediterranean region, Latin America, and Asia.   show
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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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show Brucella  
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show Drug of choice Brucella melitensis  
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show Flavobacterium odoratum  
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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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Is the species causing human infections, including 2 biovars, ss tularensis (North America), and ss palaearctica (Europe). Reservoirs of this bacterium include rabbits, rodents, squirrels, beavers, deer, and domestic animals   show
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show Francisella tularensis  
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Growth on buffered charcoal yeast extract agar (BCYE) and no growth on blood agar is a presumptive clue that an isolate may be   show
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Hydrolysis of NA hippurate is useful in separating __________ (+) from other Legionella species (-). Phenotypic characterization less than satisfactory. ID: serologically using immunofluorescent ab testing.   show
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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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show Moraxella catarrhalis  
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show MTM  
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Gram-negative diplococci with flattened opposing margins. In direct smears, the cells are seen intracellularly in segmented neutrophils. The identification can be confirmed if acid is produced from glucose, but not from maltose, sucrose, or lactose.   show
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show Neisseria meningitidis  
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Glucose(+) Maltose (+) Lactose (+)   show
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show Oligella urethralis  
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The reduction of nitrite (but not nitrate) and + phenylalanine deaminase activity are two characteristics that, when taken together, separate __________ from Moraxella species.   show
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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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Survives in various disinfectants, including povidone-iodine n quaternary ammonium complbs, n in fluids containin cycloheximide. Nosocomial infections pneumonia, septicemia, endocarditis, n septic arthritis, cystic fibrosis.   show
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show B. cepacia  
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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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decarboxylates ornithine and produces acid from adonitol and malonate, both of which are negative reactions for C. freundii. In contrast, C. freundii produces acid from melibiose and sucrose, both of which are negative for most strains of C. koseri.   show
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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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show Enterotoxigenic strains  
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produce an illness characterized by fever, malaise, vomiting and diarrhea, primarily in children.   show
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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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Hemorrhagic colitis results, manifest as abdominal cramps n watery diarrhea, followed by hemorrhagic discharge simulating a lower intestinal bleed.   show
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is the cause of a necrotizing lobar type pneumonia in which there is considerable hemorrhagic necrosis, leading to expectoratn of a "brick red" sputum that, when mixed with mucin, has a "currant jelly" appearance.   show
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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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show Morganella morganii  
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show Morganella morganii  
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show Proteus mirabilis  
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- spot indole test, using a small inoculum from a well-isolated colony. strong urease activity, the production of hydrogen sulfide, a positive reaction for ornithine decarboxylase, and the failure to hydrolyze esculin or ferment salicin   show
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show P. vulgaris  
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show Providencia  
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show Salmonella  
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show S. cholerasius  
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show S. typhi  
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ONPG + (others neg)   show
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show Serratia marcescens  
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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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show Y. pseudotuberculosis  
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Growth room temp and cold enrichment   show
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Motile by polar flagella, most are indole +, growth on mac, cellulitis, wound infections and diarrhea   show
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6.5-7.5 pH   show
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5.0-6.0 pH   show
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Enzyme synthesis and cell elongation   show
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Active reproduction   show
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show Stationary phase  
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show Death phase  
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show Corynebacterium  
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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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show Bacillus anthracis  
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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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Peridontal and jaw abscesses; high number in plague, center of colony has 4-6 pointed star   show
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show eikenella  
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show capnocytophaga  
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similar to actinobacillus, endocarditis   show
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cause endocarditis, can gicve false + gram rxn   show
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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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inverted fried egg, dienes stain not gram stain   show
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causes primary atypical pneumonia, cold agglutinin titer   show
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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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gn ana, highly pleomorphic   show
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show c. dificile  
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show c. perfringens  
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gp ana,terminal spores, racquet shaped, tetanus   show
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show actinomyces israelii  
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gp ana, sensitive to sps   show
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show r. akari  
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q fever, inhaled   show
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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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show m. leprae  
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Prescence of viral ab of ag   show
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show DNA probes  
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show PCR  
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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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poliomyelitis, aseptic meningitis, occurs naturally only in humans   show
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show respiratory syncytial virus (rsv)  
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rabies, negri bodies in brain tissue of infected animals, rod or bullet shaped, wildlife- reservoir   show
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common cold   show
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acute infectious infantile diarrhea, can cause death in infants   show
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rubella, vaccine available, contraindicated in pregnancy, spread by respiratory secretiions, seriuos congenital abnormalties   show
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show adenovirus  
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infection mononucleosis, chronic failure syndrome, assc w. burkett's lymphoma,heterophile ab   show
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ribbon-like aseptate hyphae; sexual and asexual   show
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show ascomycota  
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show basidiomycota  
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show deuteromycota  
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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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show trichophyton mentagrophytes  
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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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bat and bird droppings; oh and ms river valley; infects RES (Bone marrow), yeast(very small), mycelial (tuberculate n macroconidia)   show
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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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show coccidioides immitis  
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show paracoccidioides brasiliensis  
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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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show candida tropicalis  
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hockey stick bud on one corner of arthroconidia   show
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show trichosporon  
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show candida (torulopsis) glabrata  
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show cryptococcus neoformans  
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small extracellular yeast   show
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small intracellular yeast   show
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show candida sp.  
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show blastomyces dermatiditis  
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large yeast with multiple buds   show
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endospherules and endospores   show
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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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conidiophore ends in swelling which carries sterigmata and chains of conidia, farmer's lung   show
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green conidia   show
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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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show ascaris lumbricoides  
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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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pinworm   show
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large intestinal fluke   show
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show fasciola hepatica  
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show hymenolepis diminuta  
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show hymenolepsis nana  
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show loa loa  
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new world hookworm   show
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show onchocerca volvulus  
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oriental lung fluke   show
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show schistosoma haematobium  
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show schistosoma japonicum  
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show schistosoma mansoni  
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show stronglyloides stercoralis  
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beef tapeworm   show
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pork tapeworm   show
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show toxocara canis/cati  
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show trichuris trichiura  
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