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Organisms that don't require oxygen but can grow throughout a test tube, with concentration near the top.
What are facultative anaerobes?
A Gram-positive cocci that is positive for this enzyme, which differentiates it from Streptococcus.
What is catalase?
Hints that it is anaerobic infection
what is smell, o2 devoid location, necrosis, gas
A genus of aerobic Gram-positive rods that form spores, which allow them to survive in soil for years.
What is E. coli?
The key structural reason "atypical" bacteria are neither Gram-positive nor Gram-negative.
What is having little to no cell wall?
the bacteria from cat and dog bites
what is pasturella and capnocytophaga
Classified as a fighter and causes toxic shock syndrome
What is S. aureus
This lab test, or serology, is required for the diagnosis of atypical bacteria.
What is PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction)?
This enzyme test differentiates S. aureus (positive) from CoNS (negative).
What is coagulase?
The type of clinical sample that "will not work" for detecting anaerobes in the lab.
What is a swab?
Makes the acronym PECK
What is Pseudomonas aeroginosa, Enterobacter spp, Citrobacter freundii, Klebuella aerogenes
The organism that causes "walking pneumonia," a common form of atypical pneumonia in young adults.
What is Mycoplasma pneumoniae and chlamydophila pneumoniae?
What is viridans group strep -> S pneumo, S angiosus
The element, used as a terminal electron acceptor in anaerobic metabolism, that causes the foul, smelly odor of anaerobic infections.
What is sulfur (or sulfate)?
This class of cell wall-targeting antibiotics, such as penicillin, is ineffective against atypicals.
What are beta-lactams?
These are the four Gram negative aerobic cocci
What is Neisseria meningitidis, Haemophilus influenza, moraxella catarrhalis, neisseria gonorrhea
Corynebacterium looks like what under gram stain
what is palisading
The type of hemolysis seen in Group A Strep (S. pyogenes) on a blood agar plate.
What is beta-hemolysis (complete hemolysis)?
A common skin commensal and aerotolerant anaerobe that causes acne and shoulder-related hardware infections.
What is C.acnes
This soil-dwelling organism is acquired by eating contaminated foods and can grow at refrigerator temperatures.
What is listeria
Makes the acronym SEEK Cheese
What is Serratia, E coli, Enterobacter spp, Klebsiella spp, Citrobacter spp
these are classified as commensal gram positive bacteria (5)
what is E. faecalis, E faecium, S anginosus, viridans group strep, group C/G strep
The most common cause of community-acquired pneumonia?
What is Streptococcus pneumoniae?
most important clostridium species to know
what is c perfringens, C difficle, C tetani, C botulinum
A GPB that is commonly mistaken for mouth cancer
What is actinomyces