Taxonomy

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the orderly arrangement of organisms into groups

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classification

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the theoretical study of classification

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taxonomy

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naming of groups delineated in the classification

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nomenclature

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assignment of an unidentified organism to the correct classified and named group

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identification

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what kind of classification is based on evolutionary relationships

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phylogenetic classification

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what kind of classification is based on observed physical and chemical properties of organisms

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phenotypic classification

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two types of nonselective medias

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blood and chocolate agars

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How is MacConkey's agar both selective and differential?

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Selective in that it selects for non-fastidious, gram negative bacteria
Differential in that it distinguishes lactose utilizers from non fermenters

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Ponton- Valentine leukocidin is a virulence factor associated with

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Staph aureus

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Protein A is a virulence factor associated with

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Staph aureus

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MCC of endocarditis in IV drug abusers

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Staph aureus

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MCC of ostomyelitis

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S. aureus

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MCC of epidural abscesses

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S. aureus

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DOC for MRSA

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Vancomycin

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the most important infection caused by Staph saprophyticus

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UTI

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polysaccharide intercellular adhesin (PIA) is the most important virulence factor for

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Staph epidermidis
forms biofilms

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major class of antibiotics used to treat staph is

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B-lactams
(penicillin)

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Morphology of streptococci

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gram positive cocci in chains

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what distinguishes strep from staph

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strep is catalase negative
staph is catalase positive

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Lancefield typing characterizes

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strep species

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Group A strep

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S. pyogens

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Group B strep

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S. agalactiae

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Group D strep

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enterococcus

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bile and optochin are tests that are sensitive for

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strep pneumoniae

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bile esculin is sensitive for

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Group D strep - enterococci

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S. viridans undergoes what kind of hemolysis

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alpha - partial hemolysis
turns green

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bacitracin is sensitive for

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Group A strep - S. pyogenes

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What has a positive Quelling reaction

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Strep pneumoniae due to its capsule it will swell

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What is the major virulence factor for S. pyogenes

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M protein

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A high ASO titer is indicative of

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S. pyogenes infection

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the only cause of Scarlet fever

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Strep pyogenes

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MCC of necrotizing fascitis and myositis

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S. pyogenes

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Post strep syndromes include

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acute rheumatic fever and acute post-strep glomerulonephritis

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DOC for Group A strep

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Penicillin

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MCC of neonatal meningitis

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Group B strep
S. agalactiae

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Lancet shaped

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S. pneumoniae

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the major virulence factor of strep pneumoniae

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capsular polysaccharide (produces positive Quellung rxn)

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prominent cause of otis media

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Step pneumoniae

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type of strep that comprises normal oral flora

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Strep Viridans

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associated with chronic endocarditis

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Strep viridans

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identified by black colonies on bile esculin

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Group D strep

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S. bovis is an indicator of

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colon cancer

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gram positive, motile via flagella, and is one of the most virulent foodborne pathogens

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Listeria monoctogenes

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cause of diptheria

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corynebacterium

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MCC of community acquired pneumonia

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strep pneumoniae