ø¤º°* Medical Microbiology Winter 2006 Club*°º¤ø

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okay, people! who is with me on this one? i am feeling a little nervous about all those slides! i'm looking forward to meeting everyone in this course!

i will gather up any useful sites i find in the last med micro club and elsewhere and put them in this post!

here's a start ..

some sites from fall 05 club:

Specializes in LDRP.
We received our unknowns last Thursday. After some initial instructions, the lab TA told us to "pick two plates." We did, but we were all mystified. Finally, someone asked him why two plates. He replied, "Because you have to identify both."

Well, it would have been nice to have been told that BEFOREHAND!

Everyone, and I mean everyone, thought we only had to identify ONE unknown. I'm nervous because both of mine tested Gram negative. I figured we each got two plates because they wanted us to identify one of each Gram type. Guess not.

Oh well. Good luck everyone! Four weeks left for me.

ewww! 2 Unknowns? that is just mean! :lol2: well, good luck everyone, i hope to figure mine out tonight!

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Man o' Man....turned in my unknown...got it right but the questions related were not easy to answer. She grilled me for about 20 min on procedure and biochem tests.....didn't get the MR test right, forgot what it was supposed to do....of course now I could just kick myself for having that "senior moment"

At the end she smiled and said 'alright"....I did ok I think...good enough is all that I'm asking for. For all you who are still working on it....GOOD LUCK:balloons:

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Specializes in LDRP.
Man o' Man....turned in my unknown...got it right but the questions related were not easy to answer. She grilled me for about 20 min on procedure and biochem tests.....didn't get the MR test right, forgot what it was supposed to do....of course now I could just kick myself for having that "senior moment"

At the end she smiled and said 'alright"....I did ok I think...good enough is all that I'm asking for. For all you who are still working on it....GOOD LUCK:balloons:

hey guys-got a 50/50 on my unknown :balloons: it was Proteus vulgaris. Anyway, gl everyone else...sure am glad that is over!!!!!!!

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hey guys-got a 50/50 on my unknown :balloons: it was Proteus vulgaris. Anyway, gl everyone else...sure am glad that is over!!!!!!!

Isn't that something??? I too had Proteus vulgaris....that little stinker, I layed him to rest today......:lol2:

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We received our unknowns last Thursday. After some initial instructions, the lab TA told us to "pick two plates." We did, but we were all mystified. Finally, someone asked him why two plates. He replied, "Because you have to identify both."

Well, it would have been nice to have been told that BEFOREHAND!

Everyone, and I mean everyone, thought we only had to identify ONE unknown. I'm nervous because both of mine tested Gram negative. I figured we each got two plates because they wanted us to identify one of each Gram type. Guess not.

Oh well. Good luck everyone! Four weeks left for me.

We also have 2 unknowns. Our teacher gave us a flow chart and we pretty much know exactly what we need to do. Is that how other instructors are? She gets the appropriate media out, we just have to make sure we are not getting the cultures mixed up.

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Specializes in LDRP.
Isn't that something??? I too had Proteus vulgaris....that little stinker, I layed him to rest today......:lol2:

shew, he DID stink! BLECH!

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We also have 2 unknowns. Our teacher gave us a flow chart and we pretty much know exactly what we need to do. Is that how other instructors are? She gets the appropriate media out, we just have to make sure we are not getting the cultures mixed up.

Oh, you are lucky!

We had to create our own flow charts and turn them in for a grade 2 weeks before we received our unknowns.

In our lab, all of the available media are out, and we have to write down exactly what we want (not only the media, but any associated reagents, etc.) and then the TA gets them for us. If we ask for, say, an MRVP broth tube to do a VP test but forget to ask for all the Barritt's reagents, it is our own tough luck.

I'm not complaining, though. I think this whole process is fun! :smackingf

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Oh, you are lucky!

We had to create our own flow charts and turn them in for a grade 2 weeks before we received our unknowns.

In our lab, all of the available media are out, and we have to write down exactly what we want (not only the media, but any associated reagents, etc.) and then the TA gets them for us. If we ask for, say, an MRVP broth tube to do a VP test but forget to ask for all the Barritt's reagents, it is our own tough luck.

I'm not complaining, though. I think this whole process is fun! :smackingf

I suppose we have it a little easy. We are just now getting into (during lecture) the different bacteria and how they may react to different tests and such. We are basically learning in lecture then applying it in lab. I agree though. It is fun. We have been doing staining and even skipping labs for lecture. I am glad to be doing some real labs.

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shew, he DID stink! BLECH!

Terrible smell....but it was our lucky one because we did great;)

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Woo hoo! I got my paper back and got a 95%! I wrote about necrotizing fasciitis. I'm so happy I don't have to revise it!

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Woo hoo! I got my paper back and got a 95%! I wrote about necrotizing fasciitis. I'm so happy I don't have to revise it!

Congrats! :balloons:

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Congrats! :balloons:

Did you find out about your unknown presentation? Just curious.

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