Microbiology ASCP EXAM | 150 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE QUETIONS
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what type of bacteria is mycobacterium? - (Correct Answer)acid fast, rod shaped, non-motile
with no spores, cell wall has high lipid content
Mycolic acids so need AFB stain
M. leprae grows in what media? - (Correct Answer)fails to grow in artifical media
Grows in mouse inoculation in an armadillo
Regular Mycobacteria grow in what agar or medium? - (Correct Answer)egg based medium
(lowenstein-Jensen), serum albumin agar (middlebrook)
心的坚强决定了我们的命运。当
我们面对挫折时，是一颗不屈的
egg based agar that is most inhibitory? what is the component that inhibits other organisms? -
心让我们勇敢前行
(Correct Answer)Petragnani, malachite green
what does M. haemophilum require to grow? - (Correct Answer)hemin, hemoglobin, or ferric
ammonium citrate in CHOC
how long do most mycobacterium take to grow? - (Correct Answer)6 weeks
what type of hypersensitive reaction is the T skin test? - (Correct Answer)Type IV
what does M. Tuberculosis look like? - (Correct Answer)buff, dry, rough, Niacin +, Heat liable
with cording
M. intracellulare has what key characteristic? - (Correct Answer)dense center: fried egg
,M. Avium or MAC in what type of animals? what does it look like? - (Correct Answer)poultry or
swine; yellow with age, Heat stable, tellurite +
which Mycobacterium is the 3rd most common. What are the symptoms and what are the key
characteristics? - (Correct Answer)M. Ulcerans
skin nodules after trauma
Heat stable and inert
What does M. Kansasii look like and key characteristics? - (Correct Answer)Pulmonary disease
is AFB with cross banding
strong photochromogen, heat stable, Nitrate +
心的坚强决定了我们的命运。当
what is another name for M. marinum and what are the key characteristics? - (Correct
我们面对挫折时，是一颗不屈的
Answer)DIsease of fish, also called swimming pool granuloma
心让我们勇敢前行
Photochromogenic, heat liable, urease +,
M. gordonae is also known as? - (Correct Answer)tap water bacillus
contaminant that is scotochromogenic
M. scrofulaceum causes what? - (Correct Answer)cervical lymphadenitis in children in neck
where can legionella be found? - (Correct Answer)lakes, rivers, soil mud, humidifers, whirlpools,
conditioning systems, vents
Transmission is aerosol
adheres to pipes, rubber, plastic and can tolerate chlorine
, what infection does legionella make? - (Correct Answer)Respiratory or febrile with pneumonia
usually by legionella pneumophila
Pontiac fever is febrile without the pneumonia
what are key characteristics of legionella? - (Correct Answer)pleomorphic, weakly staining,
gram negative bacilli with macrophages or segs
requires Lcysteine to grow
needs buffered charcoal yeast extract
what does legionella look like in microscope or on agar? - (Correct Answer)on BCYE is white,
gray or blue-green convex
in microscope it looks like ground glass
心的坚强决定了我们的命运。当
what Haemophilus do not satellite? - (Correct Answer)H. aphrophilus and ducreyi
我们面对挫折时，是一颗不屈的
心让我们勇敢前行
what makes H. influenzae virulent? - (Correct Answer)polysaccharide capsule
IgA proteases, Lipids on cell wall and adherence due to pili
what disease is closely associated with H. influenzae? - (Correct Answer)epiglottittis
what disease does H. ducreyi cause? what about papinfluenzae? - (Correct Answer)chancroid
STD with painful ulcers , endocarditis
H. aegyptius causes what? - (Correct Answer)pinkeye
or Brazilian purpuric fever
what key characteristics are found in ID of H. ducreyi? - (Correct Answer)school of fish
formation
GNCB and requires x factor
AND ANSWERS 2025 LATEST UPDATED | 100% RATED CORRECT |
GRADED A+
what type of bacteria is mycobacterium? - (Correct Answer)acid fast, rod shaped, non-motile
with no spores, cell wall has high lipid content
Mycolic acids so need AFB stain
M. leprae grows in what media? - (Correct Answer)fails to grow in artifical media
Grows in mouse inoculation in an armadillo
Regular Mycobacteria grow in what agar or medium? - (Correct Answer)egg based medium
(lowenstein-Jensen), serum albumin agar (middlebrook)
心的坚强决定了我们的命运。当
我们面对挫折时，是一颗不屈的
egg based agar that is most inhibitory? what is the component that inhibits other organisms? -
心让我们勇敢前行
(Correct Answer)Petragnani, malachite green
what does M. haemophilum require to grow? - (Correct Answer)hemin, hemoglobin, or ferric
ammonium citrate in CHOC
how long do most mycobacterium take to grow? - (Correct Answer)6 weeks
what type of hypersensitive reaction is the T skin test? - (Correct Answer)Type IV
what does M. Tuberculosis look like? - (Correct Answer)buff, dry, rough, Niacin +, Heat liable
with cording
M. intracellulare has what key characteristic? - (Correct Answer)dense center: fried egg
,M. Avium or MAC in what type of animals? what does it look like? - (Correct Answer)poultry or
swine; yellow with age, Heat stable, tellurite +
which Mycobacterium is the 3rd most common. What are the symptoms and what are the key
characteristics? - (Correct Answer)M. Ulcerans
skin nodules after trauma
Heat stable and inert
What does M. Kansasii look like and key characteristics? - (Correct Answer)Pulmonary disease
is AFB with cross banding
strong photochromogen, heat stable, Nitrate +
心的坚强决定了我们的命运。当
what is another name for M. marinum and what are the key characteristics? - (Correct
我们面对挫折时，是一颗不屈的
Answer)DIsease of fish, also called swimming pool granuloma
心让我们勇敢前行
Photochromogenic, heat liable, urease +,
M. gordonae is also known as? - (Correct Answer)tap water bacillus
contaminant that is scotochromogenic
M. scrofulaceum causes what? - (Correct Answer)cervical lymphadenitis in children in neck
where can legionella be found? - (Correct Answer)lakes, rivers, soil mud, humidifers, whirlpools,
conditioning systems, vents
Transmission is aerosol
adheres to pipes, rubber, plastic and can tolerate chlorine
, what infection does legionella make? - (Correct Answer)Respiratory or febrile with pneumonia
usually by legionella pneumophila
Pontiac fever is febrile without the pneumonia
what are key characteristics of legionella? - (Correct Answer)pleomorphic, weakly staining,
gram negative bacilli with macrophages or segs
requires Lcysteine to grow
needs buffered charcoal yeast extract
what does legionella look like in microscope or on agar? - (Correct Answer)on BCYE is white,
gray or blue-green convex
in microscope it looks like ground glass
心的坚强决定了我们的命运。当
what Haemophilus do not satellite? - (Correct Answer)H. aphrophilus and ducreyi
我们面对挫折时，是一颗不屈的
心让我们勇敢前行
what makes H. influenzae virulent? - (Correct Answer)polysaccharide capsule
IgA proteases, Lipids on cell wall and adherence due to pili
what disease is closely associated with H. influenzae? - (Correct Answer)epiglottittis
what disease does H. ducreyi cause? what about papinfluenzae? - (Correct Answer)chancroid
STD with painful ulcers , endocarditis
H. aegyptius causes what? - (Correct Answer)pinkeye
or Brazilian purpuric fever
what key characteristics are found in ID of H. ducreyi? - (Correct Answer)school of fish
formation
GNCB and requires x factor
