2024 MLT Quiz Bowl Microbiology

A urine specimen comes to the lab with no labels, and the nurse calls and says she has the labels. What should you do?

What type of cells does Acridine orange stain?

Which of the following matches the colony morphology on this Hektoen Enteric Agar plate?

What type of organism is KOH used for?

Which organism uses X and V factors?

What will the organism look like if it is Acid fast positive in ZN stain?

Chlamydia trachomatis cannot be transmitted by?

What will the gram stain look like if you forget to decolorize after the Iodine stage?

What would cause a routine urinalysis to reflex to a urine culture?

Which is considered an upper respiratory specimen?

What is a common blood culture contaminant?

If you suspect yeast on a blood plate which type of plate re-streak it to?

Which is a major pathogen associated with acute meningitis?

What is the difference between quantitative and semi quantitative reporting?

What temperature and atmosphere does Campylobacter need to be incubated at?

Which category of reportable infectious diseases are the most critical?

Which would be considered as an aerobic specimen source?

What manual methods can be used to detect MRSA?

What organism is coagulase positive?

On a Kirby-Bauer, what does it mean if there is growth touching the disk?

What is this parasite?

Which is False about Nocardia spp?

Which is considered a sterile site?