IRENE GOLD MICROBIOLOGY FINAL
SCRIPT PAPER 2026 VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
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◉ Staph and strep are both gram _____
Answer: Positive
◉ What blood test indicates seronegative arthritis
Answer: HLA B27
◉ What is the growth medium to differentiate shigella and
salmonella
Answer: Hektoen agar
◉ What is used to determine if something is lactose +
Answer: MacConkey agar
◉ What is the best growth medium to detect staph
Answer: Mannitol salt agar
◉ What is the growth medium to detect fungi
, Answer: Sabouraud agar
◉ What is the blood test to detect diptheria
Answer: Schick test
◉ What is the skin test to determine susceptibility to scarlet fever
Answer: Schultz-Charlton test
◉ What is the blood test for diagnosing Rickettsia
Answer: Weil felix
◉ What is the only Rickettsia organism that is not detectable from
the Weil Felix blood test
Answer: Coxiella Burnetii
◉ What blood test can confirm a +HIV and detect Lyme disease
Answer: Western Blot
◉ What skin test examines epithelial cells altered by herpes
Answer: Tzanck smear test
◉ What is detected via the heterophile antibody test
SCRIPT PAPER 2026 VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
FULL CONTENT
◉ Staph and strep are both gram _____
Answer: Positive
◉ What blood test indicates seronegative arthritis
Answer: HLA B27
◉ What is the growth medium to differentiate shigella and
salmonella
Answer: Hektoen agar
◉ What is used to determine if something is lactose +
Answer: MacConkey agar
◉ What is the best growth medium to detect staph
Answer: Mannitol salt agar
◉ What is the growth medium to detect fungi
, Answer: Sabouraud agar
◉ What is the blood test to detect diptheria
Answer: Schick test
◉ What is the skin test to determine susceptibility to scarlet fever
Answer: Schultz-Charlton test
◉ What is the blood test for diagnosing Rickettsia
Answer: Weil felix
◉ What is the only Rickettsia organism that is not detectable from
the Weil Felix blood test
Answer: Coxiella Burnetii
◉ What blood test can confirm a +HIV and detect Lyme disease
Answer: Western Blot
◉ What skin test examines epithelial cells altered by herpes
Answer: Tzanck smear test
◉ What is detected via the heterophile antibody test