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11/21 micro PBL exam

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Group B Streptococci   Gram-positive cocci, catalase-negative, facultative anaerobe, Beta-hemolytic identified by CSF or urine gram stain and CSF, urine or blood culture  
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Streptococcus pneumoniae   Gram-positive cocci, catalase-negative, facultative anaerobe, alpha-hemolytic, does not grow in culture in presence of optochin or bile, positive Quellung test  
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Bacillus anthracis   Gram-positive spore-forming rod, aerobe, PCR of nasal swab  
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Clostridium botulinum   Gram-positive, spore-forming rod, anaerobe, culture in anaerobic conditions  
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Clostridium tetani   Gram-positive, spore-forming rod, anaerobe, drumstick on gram stain with endospore at on end of rod  
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Listeria monocytogens   Gram-positive, non-spore forming rod, facultative anaerobe, can grow at temperatures as low as 0 degrees Celsius  
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Neisseria meningitidis   Gram-negative diplococci, facultative anaerobe, maltose and glucose fermenter, grown on chocolate agar, growth on Thayer Martin VCN  
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Escherichia coli   Gram-Negative rod, Beta-hemolytic, Indole-positive, lactose fermenter, culture CSF can grow at 45.5 degrees Celsius, deep purple on EMB and pink-purple on MacConkey  
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Haemophilus Influenzae Type B   Gram-negative rod, chocolate agar, ELISA studies, positive Quellung test  
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Yersinia Pestis   Gram-negative rod, facultative anaerobe, gram stain will show bipolar staining  
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Francisella tularensis   Gram-negative rod, obligate aerobe, requires cysteine, measure IgG antibody titer  
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Brucella   Gram-negative rod, obligate aerobe, culture bone marrow (best), blood, liver or lymph nodes  
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Pasteurella multocida   Gram-negative rod, facultative anaerobe  
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Coxiella burnetii   Gram-negative obligate intracellular parasite, can grow at pH of 4.5 within phagolysosomes, has endospore form, compliment fixation test for rise in antibody  
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Leptospira interrogans   Gram-negative spirochete, aerobic, periplasmic flagella, culture blood or CSF, ELISA of urine, PCR of serum, CSF and urine  
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Coccidioides immitis   dimorphic fungi, systemic, spores at 25 degrees C, yeast at 37 degrees C, biopsy affected tissue, silver stain or KOH prep, Sabouraud's agar  
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Cryptococcus neoformans   yeast only fungi, polysaccharide capsule, India Ink stain or CSF shows encapsulated yeast, antigen test of CSF  
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Herpes simplex virus   Double-standed linear DNA virus, enveloped, Icosahedral symmetry, Tzanck prep reveals multinucleated giant cells and intranuclear inclusion bodies, direct fluorescent antibodies  
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Bunyaviridae   Negative single-stranded RNA, 3 segments, helical symmetry, arthropod vector  
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Enteroviridae   Positive single-stranded RNA, naked icosahedral symmetry, replication in cytoplasm  
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Rhabdoviridae   Negative single-stranded RNA, nonsegmented, Helical nucleocapsid, replication in cytoplasm, negri bodies in CNS  
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Arenaviridae   Negative single-stranded RNA, 2 segments, Helical symmetry, enveloped, replication in cytoplasm, examine blood for virus-specific antibody titer  
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Naegleria fowleri   Amoeba, motile amoeba in CSF with white blood cells  
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Acanthamoeba   Ameoba stage, cyst in brain, CSF reveals cysts and trophozoites  
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Toxoplasma gondii   infectious oocyst, trophozoites, obligate intracellular parasite, high IgM and IgG titers, CT scan shows contrast-enhancing mass in brain  
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Plasmodium falciparum   Blood smear reveals trophozoites, schizonts, gametocytes  
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Trichinella spiralis   cysts in skeletal muscle, increased muscle enzymes in circulating blood, eosinophilia  
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Strongyloides stercoralis   2 mm long, fecal exam for larvae, eosinophilia  
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Taenia solium   scolex: head with hooks, proglottids, cysticercus, adult can grow 2-8 meters, fecal exam for eggs and proglottids, CT scan can reveal calcified cysticerci, eosinophilia  
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Echinococcus granulosus   hydatid cysts, CT scan shows cysts in liver or lung  
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