First Aid Mnemonics

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• These bugs do not gram stain well

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• Special culture requirements for N. Gonorrhoeae

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• Which spp are Obligate aerobes

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• Which spp are Obligate Anaerobes

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• Which bugs are obligate intracellular

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• Which bugs are Facultative intracellular

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• Which bacteria are encapsulated

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• Urease (+) bugs

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• What color pigment does Actinomyces Israelii produce

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• What color pigment does S. aureus produce

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• What color pigment does Psuedomonas aeruginosa produce

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• What color pigment does Serratia Marcescns produce

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• Is endotoxin found in gram (+) or gram (-) bacteria

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• Genes for the following 5 bacterial toxins encoded in lysogenic phage

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• Using antibiotics how do you differentiate from Staphylococci Saprophyticus and Staphylococci Epidermidis

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• Using antibiotics how do you differentiate the different Streptococci

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• How can you differentiate between the two alpha hemolytic bacteria?

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• Symptoms of rheumatic fever

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• Main characteristics of Corynebacterium diphtheria

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• How do you treat Nocardia, How do you treat Actinomyces

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• Lactose fermenting enteric bacteria

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• Which type of sugars are fermented by Neisseria gonococcus? Which type of sugars are fermented by Neisseria meningiococcus?

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• What are the special culture requirements for Haemophilus Influenza

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• How do you culture and stain legionella pneumophilia?

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• Characteristics of Klebsiella

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• How is salmonella and shigella transmited

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• Name the spirochetes

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• Symptoms of lyme disease

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• VDRL what does it normally test for and what would cause it to give a false positive?

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• List the zoonotic bacteria

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• What are the causes of rashes on palms and soles?

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• What does types A,B, and C of chlamidia trachomatous cause?

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