UAMS MICROBIOLOGY FINAL EXAM
REVIEW QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
2024/2025
Listeria characteristics - ANSWERSBeta hemolytic
GP coccobacilli
Catalase +
BEA +
CAMP/hippurate +
Morility @25C
Organisms that are motility + @25C - ANSWERSListeria
Yersinia entercolitica
Which organisms form spores? - ANSWERSBacillus species (aerobic)
Clostridium species (anaerobic)
Media temperatures - ANSWERSMost media 35-37C
CIN agar RT
Media used to set up a wound - ANSWERSBAP
MAC/EMB
PEA/CNA
Media used to set up a sputum - ANSWERSBAP
MAC/EMB
CHOC
, Media used to set up a body fluid - ANSWERSBAP
CHOC
BROTH
Media used to set up a urine - ANSWERSBAP
MAC/EMB
Media used to set up genital culture - ANSWERSMTM specimens are normally mixed with normal flora
Media used to set up GC body fluid - ANSWERSCHOC specimens are normally sterile
Strep pneumonia sensitivity testing - ANSWERSReport OX result when determining PEN sensitivity. If OX
result appears to be resistant, the test should be repeated using an MIC method
Staph sensitivity testing - ANSWERSTo detect oxacillin (methicillin, nafcillin) results use cefoxitin. If
oxacillin/cefoxitin resistant, record all beta-lactam drugs as resistant (penicillins, cephems, imipenem,
and azotreonam
Staph testing
D test - ANSWERSPositive determines resistance
Beta-lactamase appropriate for which organisms - ANSWERSHaemophilus
GC
Staph
Enterococcus
Moraxella catarrhalis
Bacteroides
Klebsiella is resistant to - ANSWERSAMP and TIC/CARB
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