UA chapter 29

a greenish halo around a colony of bacteria on an SBA plate would indicate which type of hemolysis?

Alpha hemolysis

type of bacteria, which is considered normal flora in the intestinal tract, could cause an infection if it enters the urinary tract

E. Coli

Name of a bacteria that is a species of bacilli

E. coli

_____ is used to identify particular types of funji

KOH prep test

refers to the classification of living organisms into the proper category using a specific set of laws and principles

Taxonomy

The provider directs you to set up the supplies for a culture on a patient who is suspected of having the bacteria Neisseria, which causes gonorrhea. The type of media plate that should be used is

Thayer-Martin

The organism that causes tuberculosis would require the ___

acid-fast staining process

calicivirus

adult gastroenteritis

describes bacteria that grow only in the absence of oxygen and are usually responsible for wound infections

anaerobic

the "A" disc test used to identify the species of Strepococcus is impregnated with

bacitracin

The most common way to identify a yeast is through microscopic observation and

biochemical reactions

a ___ specimen would usually not contain normal flora

blood

The fungal species responsible for vaginal infections and thrush is

candida

____ is a common direct test for bacterial infection

catalase

varicella-zoster

chicken pox, shingles

coronavirus

common cold

respiratory syncytial virus

croup,bronchitis

shigella species

dysentery

Chocolate agar is an ____ type of media

enriched

which parasite causes amoebic dysentery?

entamoeba histolytica

herpes simplex type 1

fever blisters

a common method of streaking the plate for colony growth and isolation is called

four quadrant streaking method

a patient on antibiotic therapy may be prone to developing what type of addition infection?

fungal infection

rotavirus

gastroenteritis in infants and children

human papilloma virus

genital warts and tumors

Neisseria species

gonorrhea

the purpose of bacterial culture is

growth and isolation

following specimen collection for microbiology testing, what would be the next step to ensure accurate results?

immediately place the specimen in the appropriate container and transport media

Epstein-barr virus

infectious mononucleosis

Microbiology specimens must be placed on the culture medium through a process known as

inoculation

used in the gram staining process is known as the mordant or fixative

iodine

klebsiella pneumoniae

lobar pneumonia

a gram stain report identifies a pink, rod-shaped bacterium. the organism would be defined as gram ___

negative bacilli

an organism that lives in, on, or at the expense of another organism or host is known as a

parasite

which is an area of the microbiology department is where the identification of Giardia lamblia would take place

parasitology

which patients are most susceptible to an opportunistic infection?

patients who are immunosuppressed

a disease caused by a species of bacilli can be contracted from the soil or air

pertussis (whooping cough)

the cellophane tape prep test is to be performed to detect a ___

pinworm

list bacteria that would be considered a pathogen in the urinary tract:

pseudomonas species

Sensitivity testing reveals that the bacterial colonies have grown up against the disc with no clear zone present. This would be reported as

resistant

an infectious agent should be reported to the Public Health Department

salmonella

streptococcus pyogenes

scarlet fever

Escherichia coli

sepsis

staphylococcus aureus

skin and wound infections

Bacteria have two names. The first is the genus, and the second is the

species

A gram stained bacteria is purple in color, has a round shape, and is clustered. What genus does it belong to?

staphylococci

Cocci that appears in chains are identified as ...

streptococci

what characteristics help in identifying bacteria?

structure, morphology, and staining characteristics

salmonella species

typhoid fever

the prefix strepto-means

used for bacteria occurring in chains

Before inoculating a culture media, it must be

warm to room temperature

a sensitivity test determines...

which antibiotic will work best

bordetella pertussis

whooping cough

mycology, the study of funji, includes..

yeasts and molds

the classification on a culture and sensitivity report that would indicate the antibiotic of choice is

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