Whats My Name Again?
Don't Test Me (but pls do)
Medicine Pls
I Need a Doctor
A Person of Culture
100

I am a curved GNCB and the string test +

Vibrio cholerae

100

I sporolate, how do you isolate my spores?

Heat shock 70 C for 10 mins or equal volume ethanol for 1 hr

100

What class of antibiotics are always reported?

A

100

I am the cause of Diptheria

Corynebacterium

100

Type of media used to transport fecal samples

Cary Blair

200

Large, boxy, GPR, causes food poisoning, lecithinase + 

Bacillus cereus

200

I'm positive when I don't change colour AFTER zinc dust

Nitrate

200

I am not given to patients with developing teeth

Tetracycline

200

I cause gastroenteritis and occasionally GBS

Campylobacter 

200

MTM, ML, & NYC arent just random letters, they are acronyms for media for what specimen?

Neisseria

300

Cold enrichment is recommended to isolate me and I am very resistant to the environment (grows 0.5 - 45 C)

Listeria monocytogenes

300

I need oil but not because I'm tanning

Decarbs + glucose utilization (OF)

300

What are the 4 ways susceptibility is reported?

Susceptible (S), Intermediate (I), Resistant (R), not susceptible (NonS)

300

I am the cause of pinkeye

H.aegyptius 

300

I am not actually cultured but a wet mount is prepared for me

Gardnerella vaginalis

400

I grow on CIN with a pink target

Aeromonas

400

This test detects the enzymes that convert ALA to hemin? What organism is ALA +

Porphyrin test, Hemophilus parainfluenzae

400

What are the 4 types of intrinsic resistance?

Biofilms, impermeability, efflux pump, enzyme inactivation

400

I am the cause of zoonotic diseases - especially in animal handlers

Brucella

400

Media used for Bordetella pertussis

Bordet Gengou or Regan Lowe charcoal

500

I can be identified through a Urease breath test

Helicobacter pylori

500

These 2 tests are used to detect the MIC required to inhibit growth of an organism

Broth Dilution & E test

500

What are 3 reasons why a group B antibiotic would be reported/used (there are 5)

•Isolate is resistant to Gr. A agent 

•patient cannot tolerate Group A agent

•infection has not responded to Group A agents 

•secondary agent may be the better choice for the infection (ie. Meningitis) •patient has a secondary infection requiring treatment for both agents

500

Rapidly fatal, Petechial rash, purpura, pneumonia,  are part of the long list of signs that I have infected you

Neisseria meningitidis 

500

I only grow on medica containing I-cystein & Iron salts

Legionella