The porphyrin test is a confirmatory procedure for which test used for identification of Haemophilus species? 

Bacteremia plus the clinical presentation of signs and symptoms of bacterial invasion is known as

A strict anaerobe that produces terminal spores is: 

In addition to motility, which test best differentiates Acinetobacter spp and Alcaligenes spp? 

What is true about Mycoplasma spp. ?  (14.1)

Haemophilus spp. are very hardy and can live for days in the refrigerator if culturing is delayed.  (11.14)

A 34 year old woman with a small rabbit hutch comes to the emergency room with flulike symptoms. The isolated organism is gram negative, oxidase negative, urease negative, and weak catalase positive. What is the most likely organism that is causing disease?

Neisseria gonorrhoeae , Neisseria meningitidis, and Neisseria lactamica are lactose _____ respectively.

Moraxella catarrhalis is an opportunistic pathogen that causes which of the following clinical infections? (10.9)

Which gram negative rod shows s-shaped or seagull-wing morphology and requires decreased oxygen, increased CO2 and N2, and 42 degrees C to grow? (8.5)