FORMAT for MICROBIOLOGY Practical Exam

• 6-8 spots
• Identify & answer questions
• For each spot we may have test tube, microscope, plate, photo or other apparatus
• For slides, we have 13 :
• Spore bearer bacilli - GRAM STAIN
• Spore bearer bacilli - MODIFIED ZIEHL-NEELSEN STAIN
• Spore bearer bacilli - NEGROSIN FUCHSIN STAIN
• Gram +ve diplococci : PNEUMOCOCCI
• Acid fast bacilli : MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS
• Gram -ve bacilli
• Gram -ve diplococci : NEISSERIA smear (Methylene blue)
• Gram -ve diplococci : NEISSERIA smear (Gram stain)
• Gram -ve diplococci : NEISSERIA culture
• Candida
• Aspergillus nigar
• Aspergillus fumigatus
• Macroconidia of Microsporum canis
• In the exam, slides can be in the form of photo also
• For photos, we have 8 :
• Candida culture in test tube
• Thrush stomatitis
• Endothrix (black dot)
• Ectothrix (gray patch)
• Ectothrix (cotton blue)
• Tinea capitis (favus)
• Tinea corporis
• Onychomycosis
• For plates, we have 5 :
• Blood agar
• Chocolate agar
• Candida
• Aspergillus nigar
• Aspergillus fumigatus
• For test tubes, we have 4 :
• Cooked meat medium
• Deep nutrient agar
• Lowenstein Jensen Medium (LJ)
• Egg saline

GOOD LUCK!! :)