Subspecialties
These are the four subspecialties of clinical microbiology
What is bacteriology, virology, parasitology, and mycology?
What are rods?
This indicates a positive catalase test
What are bubbles?
The three results of the hemolysis test
Streptococcus is typically arranged in these
What are pairs and chains?
Tapeworms are an example of this
What is internal parasites (+50 if helminths)
This is the job of the iodine in the gram stain
What is fixative?
This is the substance in the tube for the coagulase test
What is (rabbit) plasma?
A beta test then proceeds with this disk
What is bacitracin?
In gram negative bacilli, these are the two atmospheres for growth
What are aerobic and anaerobic?
Athlete's foot and ringworm fall into this category
What is mycology
These are the three things identified by the gram stain
What is reaction, shape, and arrangement?
Streptococcus is indicated by this result of a catalase test
Partial lysis indicates this result of hemolysis
What is partial?
This is an example of microbes that made the news
What is super bugs, food poisoning, flesh eating bacteria, brain eating amoeba, anthrax terrorism, etc.?
HIV and ZIKA fall into this category
What is virology?
True or False: All gram stains show the arrangement
What is false?
True or False: minimally infectious staphylococcus is indicated by a positive result of the coagulase test
What is false?
In order for the optochin test to be positive, it needs at least this radius of inhibition
What is 14mm?
This diagnosis is made after a beta hemolysis result is positive
What is streptococci pyogenes (Group A)?
This is the scientific name for strep throat
What is streptococcus pyogenes?
If the gram stain is positive, this is the next test to be performed
What is catalase test?
A positive catalase test should accompany this shape of bacteria
What are clusters?
If the optochin disk is positive, it indicates this diagnosis
What is streptococcus pneumoniae?
In bacitracin, this indicates a positive result
What is any zone of inhibition?