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e1 PART iii  Bacteriology

5. Which actinomycete is partial acid-fast, has extensive aerial hyphae,

Chapter Review and is lysozyme resistant?
a. Nocardia sp.
1. Which organisms may stain partially acid-fast when stained with a b. Rhodococcus sp.
modified acid-fast stain? c. Gordonia sp.
a. Gordonia sp. d. Tsukamurella sp.
b. Rhodococcus sp.
c. Nocardia sp. 6. Which Nocardia sp. causes more than 80% of human infections?
d. All of the above a. N. asteroides
b. N. brasiliensis
2. Which organism is most commonly associated with human disease, c. N. otitidiscaviarum
particularly in immunocompromised patients, such as those infected d. N. farcina
with HIV?
a. Nocardia asteroides 7. Matching: Match each term with the correct description.
b. Rhodococcus equi _____ mycetoma a. no mycolic acid in cell wall
c. Gordonia sp. _____ partial acid-fast b. mycetoma caused by
d. Tsukamurella sp. _____ substrate hyphae actinomycetes
_____ aerial hyphae c. fungal isolation agar
3. Infection caused by non–acid-fast aerobic actinomycetes is usually
_____ actinomycete d. branched filaments in the air
chronic, granulomatous lesions of the skin referred to as:
_____ non–acid-fast e. chronic subcutaneous infection
a. Mycelium
_____ SABS f. branched filaments along agar
b. Necrosis
_____ Ziehl-Neelsen surface
c. Impetigo
g. acid-fast stain
d. Mycetoma
h. mild acid decolorization
4. If the Gram stain morphology or colonial morphology is suggestive
of a possible actinomycete, which test should immediately follow?
a. Ziehl-Neelsen
b. Modified acid-fast
c. Urea hydrolysis
d. Nitrate reduction

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