Medical Microbiology study guide| 167 Questions with 100% Correct Answers

Medical Microbiology study guide| 167
Questions with 100% Correct Answers
Distinctive morphology/biotyping of: Staphylococcus aureus, (MSSA, MRSA)
Correct Answer: Cocci in clusters

Distinctive morphology/biotyping of: Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus Correct
Answer: Cocci in clusters

Distinctive morphology/biotyping of: Streptococcus pyogenes Correct Answer:
Cocci in chains, Beta-hemolytic

Distinctive morphology/biotyping of: Streptococcus agalactiae Correct Answer:
Cocci in chains, Beta-hemolytic

Distinctive morphology/biotyping of: Viridans Streptococci Correct Answer:
Cocci in chains, Usually non-hemolytic

Distinctive morphology/biotyping of: Streptococcus pneumoniae Correct Answer:
Oval or lancet shaped cocci; Pairs or short chains, Non-hemolytic

Distinctive morphology/biotyping of: Enterococcus faecalis, Enterococcus faecium
Correct Answer: Cocci in chains

Distinctive morphology/biotyping of: E. coli, Enterobacteriaceae Correct Answer:
Bacilli, Lactose-fermenters

Distinctive morphology/biotyping of: Salmonella Correct Answer: Bacilli, Non-
lactose fermenter

Distinctive morphology/biotyping of: Shigella Correct Answer: Bacilli, Non-
lactose fermenter

Distinctive morphology/biotyping of: Pseudomonas aeruginosa Correct Answer:
Bacilli, Non-lactose fermenter

, Distinctive morphology/biotyping of: Haemophilus influenzae Correct Answer:
Bacilli or Coccobacilli

Distinctive morphology/biotyping of: Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Neisseria
meningitides Correct Answer: Diplococci

Distinctive morphology/biotyping of: Chlamydia trachomatis, Chlamydia
pneumoniae Correct Answer: Gram neg, intracellular parasite

Distinctive morphology/biotyping of: Treponema Correct Answer: Spirochete

Distinctive morphology/biotyping of: Legionella Correct Answer: Slender Gram
neg bacilli

Distinctive morphology/biotyping of: Mycoplasma pneumoniae Correct Answer:
No cell wall

Distinctive morphology/biotyping of: Peptostreptococcus Correct Answer: Cocci

Distinctive morphology/biotyping of: Clostridium perfringens Correct Answer:
Bacilli

Distinctive morphology/biotyping of: Clostridium difficile Correct Answer:
Bacilli

Distinctive morphology/biotyping of: Bacteroides fragilis, Fusobacerium,
Prevotella Correct Answer: Bacilli

Distinctive morphology/biotyping of: Mycobacterium tuberculosis Correct
Answer: Acid-fast bacilli, Aerobic

Distinctive morphology/biotyping of: Mycobacterium avium complex Correct
Answer: Acid-fast bacilli, Aerobic

Top infections of: Staphylococcus aureus, (MSSA, MRSA) Correct Answer:
Cutaneous (skin), Pneumonia, Blood +/- endocarditis

Top infections of: Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus Correct Answer: Prosthetic
joint, Catheters/shunts, Endocarditis