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Understanding Bordetella Pertussis: Characteristics, Culturing, and Resistance

Enhance your understanding of Bordetella Pertussis, the bacterium responsible for whooping cough. This quiz focuses on its characteristics, transmission, and prevention, providing essential knowledge for students and healthcare...

Questions: 9 | Attempts: 10 | Last updated: Oct 15, 2025

Sample Question 1
What are some key structural features of B. pertussis?

Gram-positive rod, Capsulated

Gram-positive cocci, Non-capsulated

Gram-negative spirillum, Capsulated

Gram- coccobacillisCapsulated

Sample Question 2
What are special considerations for culturing Bordatella?

Prefers acidic pH for optimal growth

Special medium: MacConkey agar

Requires anaerobic conditions for growth

Special medium: Bordet-Gengou mediumDoes not grow on cotton; required calcium alginate swab.Note: Bordatella is hemolytic.

Sample Question 3
Bordatella has intrinsic resistance to what antibiotic?

Tetracycline

Penicillin. I don't know why this is special given that it is Gram-.

Vancomycin

Ciprofloxacin

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