Notes in 03 G+ Aerobic Non-Spore Bacilli

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Published 07/30/2024 Corynebacterium diphtheriae Media: {{c1::Loffler serum medium, blood agar plate, or Tellurite plate}}
Published 07/30/2024 Corynebacterium diphtheriae MOT: {{c1::Droplets or Contact}}
Published 07/30/2024 Diphtheria toxin lethal amount: {{c1::above 0.1 ug/kg body weight}}
Published 07/30/2024 {{c1::Corynebacterium diphtheriae or Diphtheria::Bacteria/Disease}} Clinical Findings{{c2::grayish pseudomembrane on the tonsils, nose, and laryn…
Published 07/30/2024 {{c1::Bull neck}} - enlargement of regional lymph nodes characteristic of C. diphtheriae
Published 07/30/2024 Corynebacterium diphtheriae Diagnostic Stain: {{c1::Alkaline Methylene Blue or Gram Stain}}
Published 07/30/2024 Corynebacterium diphtheriae Method of specimen collection: {{c1::Dacron Swab in amies transport medium}}
Published 07/30/2024 {{c2::Corynebacterium diphtheriae}} Presentation in blood agar plate (BAP): {{c1::Small, granular, and gray with irregular edges and small z…
Published 07/30/2024 {{c3::Corynebacterium diphtheriae}} Color in {{c2::Tellurite}} plate: {{c1::brown to black due to intracellular tellurite reduction}}
Published 07/30/2024 {{c2::Corynebacterium diphtheriae}} morphology: {{c1::Club-shaped w/ metachromatic granules near the poles after aniline dye stain}}
Published 07/30/2024 {{c1::Corynebacterium diphtheriae::bacteria}} looks like a chinese characters or a picket-fence
Published 07/30/2024 Corynebacterium diphtheriae Toxigenicity Testing Methods: {{c1::Modified Elek Immunoprecipitation}} and {{c2::Polymerase Chain Reaction…
Published 07/30/2024 Corynebacterium diphtheriae (4) biotypes: {{c1::Gravis, Mitis, Intermedius, Belfanti}}
Published 07/30/2024 Corynebacterium diphtheriae DOC: {{c1::Diphtheria Antitoxin, Penicillin, and Erythromycin}}
Published 07/30/2024 Corynebacterium diphtheriae active immunization is given through {{c1::DPT (Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus::combined vaccine name)}}
Published 07/30/2024 DPT vaccine doses<1 y/o: {{c1::6th, 10th, 14th week}}Boosters: {{c1::1 1/2 and 4 y/o}}
Published 07/30/2024 Listeria monocytogenes serotype {{c1::4b}} causes most foodborne outbreaks
Published 07/30/2024 Listeria monocytogenes is 
Published 07/30/2024 Listeria monocytogenes MOT: {{c1::through the GI tract after ingestion of contaminated food}}
Published 07/30/2024 {{c1::Listeria monocytogenes}} escapes the lysosome by elaborating a membrane-damaging toxin called {{c2::Listerolysin O}}
Published 07/30/2024 Listeria monocytogenes Clinical Findings in Healthy Px{{c1::mild gastritis}}
Published 07/30/2024 {{c2::Late Onset Syndrome}} - Form of perinatal human listeriosis that causes {{c3::meningitis::disease}} between {{c1::birth and third week of life::…
Published 07/30/2024 {{c1::Granulomatous Infantiseptica (Early Onset Syndrome}} - Form of perinatal human listeriosis resulting from in utero infection, characterized by n…
Published 07/30/2024 Listeria monocytogenes morphology: {{c1::diplo-bacilli or in short chains}}
Published 07/30/2024 Listeria monocytogenes is {{c1::m::non-m/m}}otile
Published 07/30/2024 Listeria monocytogenes catalase test result: {{c1::Catalase (+)}}
Published 07/30/2024 In Listeria monocytogenes cultures, the organism isolated on blood, CSF, and other clinical specimens grow on blood agar plate (BAP) and cre…
Published 07/30/2024 {{c1::Listeria monocytogenes}} can be characterized with end over end motility called {{c2::tumbling motility}} at 22-28 deg. C
Published 07/30/2024 Listeria monocytogenes DOC: {{c1::Ampicillin in new borns, Erythromycin and Cotrimoxazole for everyone else}}
Published 07/30/2024 {{c1::Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae::Bacteria/Disease}} Clinical Findings in {{c2::Domestic Swine::host}}{{c3::Erysipela}}
Published 07/30/2024 {{c1::True::T/F}}A. beta-hemolytic Streptocci causes Erysipelas, common in Filipino children
Published 07/30/2024 {{c1::Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae::Bacteria/Disease}} Clinical Findings in {{c2::Humans::host}}{{c3::Erysipeloid or Seal Finger or Whale Finger …
Published 07/30/2024 Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae MOT: {{c1::inoculation at site of cut or abrasion, usually the finger}}
Published 07/30/2024 {{c1::Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae::bacteria}} Presentation in BAP: small, transparent, and glistening colonies with partial hemolylsis (alpha)
Published 07/30/2024 Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae Important Biochemical Test and Result: {{c1::Catalase-oxidase-indole (-)}}
Published 07/30/2024 Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae TSI result:  {{c1::H2S (+) -> butt black}}
Published 07/30/2024 Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae DOC: {{c1::Penicillin FOR SEVERE INFECTIONS. other than that, it'll go away in 3-4 weeks}}
Published 07/30/2024 Nocardia MOT: {{c1::bacterial inhalation}}
Published 07/30/2024 {{c1::Nocardiosis::Bacteria/Disease}} Clinical Findings{{c2::Abscess in px with impaired cell-mediated immunity}}
Published 07/30/2024 Pulmonary Nocardiosis clinical manifestations can mimic those of {{c1::TB}}
Published 07/30/2024 Nocardia Characteristic Cell Wall Content: {{c1::mycolic acid}}
Published 07/30/2024 {{c1::Nocardia}} Morphology: {{c2::Extensive branching in substrate, and aerial filaments that fragment after formation, breaking into coccobacilli}}
Published 07/30/2024 Nocardia Methods of Identification: {{c1::16s rRNA gene sequencing and RFLP}}
Published 07/30/2024 Nocardia catalase and urease test result: {{c1::Catalase (+) and Urease (+)}}
Published 07/30/2024 Nocardia DOC: {{c1::Co-trimoxazole}}
Published 07/30/2024 What's the difference between diphtheroids and corynebacterium diphtheriae?{{c1::Diphtheroids do not produce exotoxins}}
Published 07/30/2024 Corynebacterium diphtheriae are {{c1::non-m::non-m/m}}otile
Published 07/30/2024 Corynebacterium diphtheriae are {{c1::non-e::non-e/e}}ncapsulated
Published 07/30/2024 {{c1::Listeria monocytogenes::bacteria}} is an important foodborne pathogen because it can survive at 4 C, low pH, and high salt conditions
Published 07/30/2024 Listeria monocytogenes is catalase ({{c2::+}})
Published 07/30/2024 {{c1::Listeria monocytogenes}} Culture Presentation: {{c2::Heaped, irregular, waxy characteristic}}
Published 07/30/2024 Representative Gram (+) Aerobic Non-spore forming bacilli{{c1::Corynebacterium diphtheriaeListeria monocytogenesErysipelothirx rhusiopathiaeNocardia}}
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