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What are three causes of the "zone within a zone" phenomenon in disk diffusion testing? - ANSWER-A swarming Proteus, B-lactamase neg strain of S. aureus, and B-lactamase pos H. influenzae
What is the blood agar plate differential for? - ANSWER-Hemolysis
What is chocolate agar selective for? - ANSWER-Haemophilus and Neisseria spp.
What two things does Phenylethyl alcohol agar (PEA) select for? - ANSWER-GPC and anaerobic GNB
What does CNA agar select for? - ANSWER-GPC
What does macconkey agar select for? - ANSWER-GNR
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2 What two organisms does thayer-martin agar select for? - ANSWER-N.gonorrhoeae and N. meningitidis
What organism does CAMPY-blood agar select for? - ANSWER- Campylobacter spp
What is Lowenstein-Jensen agar selective for? - ANSWER- Mycobacterium sp
What is Middlebrook 7H10 agar selective for? - ANSWER- Mycobacterium sp
What is Petragnani agar selective for? - ANSWER-Mycobacterium sp
What is Bacteroides bile esculin agar (BBE) selective for? - ANSWER- B.fragilis (BBE agarrrr the best selective agar for B. fragilis in historyyy (sung to the tune of BBL Drizzy diss track by Metro))
What is Kanamycin-vancomycin laked blood (KVLB) agar selective for? - ANSWER-Bacteroides sp.
What is Cycloserine-cefoxitin fructose agar selective for? - ANSWER-
- difficile
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3 What group of bacteria is CDC anaerobic blood agar selective for? - ANSWER-Anaerobes
What is the cooked or chopped meat medium selective for? - ANSWER- Anaerobes (brotha eeeeeewww)
What organism is the Bordet-Gengou agar used for? - ANSWER-B.pertussis
What organism is the BCYE agar used for? - ANSWER-Legionella sp
What organism is the cystine-glucose agar used for? - ANSWER-F.tularensis
What organism is the Fletcher's medium agar used for? - ANSWER- Leptospira
What organism is the Skirrow agar used for? - ANSWER-H. pylori
What organism is the Thiosulfate citrate-bile salt sucrose (TCBS) agar used for? - ANSWER-Vibrio spp
What organism is the Vaginalis agar used for? - ANSWER-Gardnerella vaginalis 3 / 4
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What organism is the Cystine-Tellurite blood (Tinsdale) agar used for? - ANSWER-C. diphtheriae
What organism is the Loeffler's medium agar used for? - ANSWER-C.diphtheriae
What is an Auramine-Rhodamine stain used for? - ANSWER-for Mycobacteria
What is a Calcofluor white stain used for? - ANSWER-For yeast and fungi
What is the use of KOH? - ANSWER-To break down debris and mucous
What is the pathogen if you have soft, opaque, regular 2-3mm beta hemolytic pale golden color colonies that grow on BAP and are Gram- positive cocci in "grape-like" clusters which ferment mannitol, are catalase positive, and coagulase positive? - ANSWER-Staphylococcus aureus
What pathogen is the most common cause of Furuncles, carbuncles, bullous impetigo, and paronychia? - ANSWER-S. aureus
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