be serious

What two organisms are very similiar morphically and metabolically? 2 answers.

• Bacillus anthracis

• Bacillus spp.

• Bacillus cereus

• Nocardia spp.

Diarrheal syndrome resovles within

• 9 hours

• 24 hours

• 12 hours

• 18 hours

B. cereus is known as what type of infection?

• Opportunistic

• Commensalism

• Symbiosis

• Community accquired

Emetic form causes rare, serious, non-gastrointestial infections in all except

• neonates

• postsurgical paitents

• pregnant women

• immunosupressed

What treatments are succesful for emetic form? 2 answers.

• ciprofloxacin

• penicillin

• vancomycin

• clindamycin

What are the culture characteristics for B. cereus?

• B-hemolytic frosted glass

  on SBA

• A-hemolytic frosted glass on SBA

• B-hemolytic non-frosted glass on SBA

• A-hemolytic non-frosted glass on SBA

What's the differential test for B. cereus?

• Motility

• CAMP

• PYR

• Bile Esculin

What's the microscopic morphology for B. cereus?

• GPB large

• GPC seen in clusters

• GPB small

• GNB

Emetic form is associated with what?

• meat

• soups

• fried rice

• poultry

Emetic form causes all of the following except

• meningitis

• bacteremia

• osteomyelitis

• septicemia