MGH Micro

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Across
  1. 2. plate used to grow gram negative rods
  2. 3. the study of microorganisms and where we work
  3. 5. a common specimen type in the non sterile hood
  4. 7. tests that stopped being performed at the onset of the COVID pandemic
  5. 11. plate used to grow more fastidious bacteria
  6. 12. the machine that runs our routine COVID tests
  7. 14. disease for which the RPR test can help monitor
  8. 16. bacteria which do not prefer or cannot tolerate oxygenated conditions
  9. 17. agar used for CSF and pleural fluid cultures
  10. 20. a very common mold that can grow from respiratory specimens,
Down
  1. 1. a parasitology test that requires an induced sputum or a specimen that is more invasive
  2. 4. where respiratory culture and MRST cultures are worked up
  3. 5. where tissue and fluid cultures are worked up
  4. 6. additional plate for stool cultures
  5. 8. where urine and stool cultures are worked up
  6. 9. the plate that we use which will grow most bacteria
  7. 10. a test which can help diagnosis sepsis
  8. 13. the sensi room gives MIC levels for these
  9. 15. a common specimen type in the planting room
  10. 18. caused by a bacterium the TB lab cannot grow and can be transmitted by armadillos
  11. 19. a common specimen type in the sterile hood