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Haemophilus is very sensitive to temperature change because it is a _______ _________ |
Facultative anaerobe |
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2 special growth requirements for Haemophilus: |
X and V factor |
Simon Cowell |
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Haemophilus use ______ or ______ blood agar for isolation. |
Horse or rabbit blood |
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Haemophilus produce satellite colonies around S. aureus called : |
Staphylococcal streak |
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Why should sheep blood not be used to for Haemophilus ? |
Because sheep blood contains NaDase which destroys V factor |
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Haemophilus species that require X Factor are ALA (__) |
ALA (-) |
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H. influenza has _____ serotype a based on characteristics of the __________. It is responsible for 90% of meningitis cases |
6 serotypes based on capsule |
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H. influenza serotype _____ is encountered most frequently. |
Serotype B |
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Are non capsulated H. influenza virulent ? |
No. |
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Pneumonia, meningitis, and epiglottis are caused by what specie of Haemophilus ? |
H. influenza |
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Usually seen in children, leading to respiratory distress. |
H. Influenza biogroup aegyptius |
Also known as "KOCH WEEKS BACILLUS") |
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Pink eye, a contagious form of conjuctivitis, is caused by? |
H. Influenza biogroup aegyptius |
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H. Influenza sub species that causes Brazilian Purpuric Fever |
H. Influenza biogroup aegyptius |
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H. ducreyi are tiny gram (-) bacilli resembling ___________ |
A school of fish |
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Haemophilus sub specie that cause chanchroids and painful ulcers. |
H. ducreyi |
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Haemophilus that shows wide zone of hemolysis; may be mistaken as group H streptococci |
H. haemolyticus |
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H. parainfluenza is ______ flora of the ________ |
Normal flora of upper respiratory tract. |
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A combination of H. aprophyllus and paraprohyllus that is normal flora of the oral cavity. |
Aggregatibacteraphrophilus |
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Franciscella are gram (-) coccobacilli that stains poorly with Grams stain; therefore, ________ is recommended. |
Acridine orange |
Dean is my favorite color. |
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Type of Francisella transmitted via bite/scratch with ticks, rabbit or sheep. |
F. tularensis |
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Live culture containing F. tularensis requires Biohazard level ________ |
Biohazard level 3 |
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Most pathogenic and virulent strain of F. tularensis |
Tularemia Type A |
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Francisella spp. that causes Tularemia Type B |
F. holartica |
Nuns in Antarctica |
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Francisella spp that transmits through contaminated water (usually drowning), and causes waterborne tularemia |
F. philomiragia |
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Francisella spp that transmits through contaminated water (usually drowning), and causes waterborne tularemia |
F. philomiragia |
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Most severe form of tularemia, acquired by inhalation of infectious aerosol from blood |
Pneumonic tularemia |
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Susceptibility test for Tularemia |
Forshay Test |
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Susceptibility test for Tularemia |
Forshay Test |
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