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Gram Pos Rods blood cultures

  1. Spore formers
    Bacillus
  2. Non-Spore formers
    • Corynebacterium
    • Listeria
    • Lactobacillus
  3. Bacillus Anthracis causes?
    • Cutaneus Anthrax
    • Woolsorters Disease
    • GI Anthrax
  4. Bacillus Cereus causes?
    Food Poisoning
  5. Corynebacterium Diphtheriae causes?
    diphtheria
  6. Listeria Monocytogenes causes?
    • Meningitis
    • Septicemia
  7. Identification of Bacillus Anthracis.
    • Positive Spore former.
    • Non-Motile
    • Non Hemolytic
  8. Identification of Bacillus cereus.
    • Positive Spore Former
    • Motile
    • Beta Hemolytic
  9. Identification of Corynebacterium.
    • Negative Spore former.
    • Catalase potitive.
    • Non Motile.
  10. Identification of Listeria
    • negative spore former
    • catalase positive
    • Motile at RT
  11. Identification of Lactobacillus.
    • Negative spore former.
    • Catalase Negative.
    • Non-motile
  12. Identification of erysipelothrix.
    • Negative spore formation
    • Catalase negative.
    • Motile
  13. Bacillus on BAP
    • Grayish white lavender
    • Large Opaque
    • Irregular margins
    • Bacillus Anthraces no hemolysis other species may have alpha.
  14. Bamboo rod appearance?
    Bacillus
  15. Medusa Head
    Bacillus anthaces
  16. Test to differentiate C. diptheria from other species
    Diptheria is urease negative
  17. Corynebacterium on BAP
    • Opaque Grayish white raised
    • Alpha Hemolytic
  18. Chinese Letter Pleomorphic
    Corynebacterium
  19. Listeria on BAP
    • Small Smooth translucent
    • Gray
    • Narrow zone of beta hemolysis
    • Looks like Beta strep group A ro B but is catalase positive
  20. Palisades Appearence
    Small gram positive rods without spores
    Listeria
  21. Tumbling Motility at RT
    Listeria
  22. Accounts for 25% of septicemia
    E. Coli
  23. Primary cause of Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis (SBE)
    Viridans Strep
  24. Prosthetic Valve endocarditis
    • Staph Epi
    • Stap Aureus
  25. Common isolate from Alcoholics
    Pregnant Woman
    Immunosupressed patients
    Listeria
  26. Most common anaerobes
    • Bacteriodes Fragilis
    • Clostridium Species
  27. Criteria for Blood culture
    • Fever over 38
    • Chills
    • Increased bands
    • Decreased WBC below 2000
  28. Draw how many sets of blood cultures for best percentage of a positive result?
    3
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Gram Pos Rods blood cultures
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