mjl1717
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Is there a pneumonic to remember ALL the gram negative rods?
For the gram positives I remember BCCL NAM
Bacillus,Clostridia, Cornebacterium,Listeria-------Nocardia Actinomyces,Mycobacterium. N&M being acid fast.
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| Ouli Maty
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It would be difficult because you have more gram negative rods than grams positive and also, some gram negative share the same first letter.
Mine is:
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B as bacteroides, bartonella, bordetella, brucella,burkholderia
C capnocytophaga, citrobacter, coxiella
L legionella
E edwarsiella, enteroacter, escherichia
F francisella, fusobacterium
H haemophilus, hafnia
M mobiluncus, moraxella, morganella
S salmonella, serratia, shigella, stenotrophomonas, streptobacillus
Y yersinia
K klebsiella
R richettsia
P pantoea, pasteurella, porphyromonas, prevotella, proteus,
providencia, pseudomonas.
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| mjl1717
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Thank you- its numerous. --I hate to just use process of elimination.
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I know we have to make a pick of the more frequent bacteria in practice. But let's not forget that their are others.
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When you say Other bacteria do you mean other gram negative rods, or other bacteria in general (which I believe at least 50% of the people on this forum are aware of). :shock:
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