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15 Cards in this Set
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Mycobacterium's cell wall lacks _____ but has a thick _____.
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lacks teichoic acid but has thick mycolic acid layer with waxes and glycolipids.
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Mycobacterium is impervious to _____, thus special steaming methods are used to force _____ in which is retained when washing with alcohol.
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major stains, carbol fuchsin
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Mycobacterium are acid-_____.
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acid-fast (positive to Ziehl-Neelson procedure)
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Mycobacterium cells can survive in _____.
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macrophages
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3 important Mycobacterium pathogens
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M. Tuberculosis
M. Bovis M. Leprae |
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Can mycobacterium be genetically passed?
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No. The germ layer does not carry it.
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morphology of mycobacterium
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rods, occasionally branched filaments, no aerial mycelium
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Mycobacterium's rate of growth
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2-40 days
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Can Mycobacterium be treated with penicillin?
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No. It is penicillin resistant
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This species of Mycobacterium is milk associated.
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M. bovis; can cause a form of T.B.
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Hansen's disease
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M. leprae
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species of mycobacterium that causes wound infections, indwelling catheter infections
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M. fortuitum complex
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T.B. like disease transmitted by birds and swine
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M. avium-intracellulare (MAC complex)
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Mycobacterium species that causes T.B. in fish and cutaneous lesions in humans
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M. marinum
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Mycobacterium species that causes ulcerative lesions
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M. ulcerans
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