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DrVirgo Forum Hero Topics: 1058 Posts: 3,385	01/30/06 - 01:46 PM             #1 What are the Oxidase positive and negative organisms: +: Pseudomonas -: Shigella, Salmonella, Proteus Please add to the list. Thanks. ___________________ Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
win Forum Senior Topics: 17 Posts: 104	01/30/06 - 01:58 PM             #2 Vibrio and neisseria are oxidase positive
drbin Forum Guru Topics: 27 Posts: 535	01/30/06 - 09:43 PM             #3 Acinetobacter, Kingella, Moraxella, Branhamella also comes under Neisseriae. R they Oxidase +ve too? ___________________ action speaks better than words
msyamp Forum Fanatic Topics: 60 Posts: 1,462	01/30/06 - 09:56 PM             #4 ya they are oxidase positive too ___________________ If you think you can You can! If you think you cant you are right again!!
ulise Forum Senior Topics: 8 Posts: 44	02/01/06 - 09:45 AM             #5 Campylobacter jejuni and H pylori are also oxidase positive
DrVirgo Forum Hero Topics: 1058 Posts: 3,385	02/03/06 - 02:46 PM             #6 Pseudomonas, Neisseria, Vibrio, Campylobacter, Helicobacter, are all oxidase positive. Enterobacteriae are NOT. Does anyone have a good way to remember this? (any mnemonics?) Edited by DrVirgo on 02/03/06 - 09:50 PM ___________________ Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
mjl1717 Forum Hero Topics: 955 Posts: 5,451	02/03/06 - 04:32 PM             #7 Nope but i can work on it. ___________________ Smell the coffee! "Is That an Osler move??"
DrVirgo Forum Hero Topics: 1058 Posts: 3,385	02/03/06 - 05:00 PM             #8 Thanks mjl. appreciate it! ___________________ Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
mjl1717 Forum Hero Topics: 955 Posts: 5,451	02/03/06 - 08:45 PM             #9 1)Oxidase + means to r/o Enterobacteriaceae. and its a cost effective test! 2)a tempoary pneumonic is "Vice President CHEN" "Vibrio-Psuedomonas-Campylobacter-Helicobacter-"Exclude popular E. Coli since its an Enterobacteriaceae and -Neisseria group. ___________________ Smell the coffee! "Is That an Osler move??"
DrVirgo Forum Hero Topics: 1058 Posts: 3,385	02/03/06 - 09:51 PM             #10 Thanks mjl. Thats a good one. ___________________ Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
Ashley84 Forum Newbie Topics: 2 Posts: 19	02/08/06 - 01:56 PM             #11 Also legionella pneumophila is oxidase positive

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