Exam 15: Streptococcus, enterococcus, and Other Catalase-Negative Gram-Positive Cocci

What is one of the most common diseases caused by streptococci?

What is the hemolysin responsible for hemolysis on SBA incubated anaerobically?

Streptococcus pneumoniae causes all the following infections EXCEPT:

Streptococcus-like organisms that resemble enterococci and viridans streptococci include all the following EXCEPT:

Common schemes to classify streptococci include all the following EXCEPT:

One major virulence factor for Streptococcus pneumonia is:

What two tests are used to presumptively identify Enterococcus?

Skin or pyodermal infections with group A streptococci result in all the following syndromes EXCEPT:

What test differentiates staphylococci from streptococci?

An 80-year-old woman is admitted from a nursing home where she has been sick with a cough and fever for two days.She is coughing up thick,rust-colored sputum.The physician prescribed penicillin,but she is not getting any better.What is her most probable diagnosis?

What is the name of the test used to presumptively identify group B streptococci?

Streptokinase is an enzyme produced by group A streptococci that:

What is VRE?

A young girl goes to her doctor's office with a fever,headache,and a sore throat.The mother states the girl has a fever of 38.8° C (102° F).What test should the physician perform?

What are two tests used to presumptively identify group B strep?

All of the following are additional virulence factors associated with group A streptococcus EXCEPT:

What is the inexpensive test used to presumptively identify Streptococcus pyogenes?

Where are the viridans streptococci constituents of the normal florae?

What test presumptively differentiates b-hemolytic group A streptococci and nonhemolytic group D enterococci from other streptococcal species?

What is the cell wall of streptococci and enterococci made out of?