Brucella: Culturing and Treatment

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  1. 5. traditionally, this medium was used for for culturing Brucella spp.
  2. 9. Brucella is classified as a category B __________ agent
  3. 10. Brucella or suspected Brucella must always be worked with under a __________
  4. 12. on a gram stain, Brucella appears as a faintly-staining gram negative __________
  5. 13. the strain of Brucella used in __________ vaccination is RB51
  6. 14. antibiotic therapy for Brucellosis involves a 6-week course of this antibiotic and doxycycline
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  1. 1. unlike Legionella, Brucella organisms cannot move independently and thus are __________
  2. 2. these cultures are positive for Brucella in 70-90% of patients
  3. 3. the standard incubation period for Brucella spp. is for __________ days at 35 degrees Celsius
  4. 4. Brucella is an aerobic organism, but many strains require this gas to grow
  5. 6. even if the blood culture of a suspected Brucellosis patient is negative, it should be __________ to plates every 5-7 days
  6. 7. Brucella spp. will grow on blood agar, chocolate agar, and __________ agar
  7. 8. Brucella is __________ for catalase, oxidase, nitrate red, and urease
  8. 11. B. suis and B. canis are __________ urease positive
  9. 12. Brucella colonies grow slowly and appear white to __________ in color