Abbreviation key for photographs
Organism names: these are abbreviated so the genus and species names are shortened but
recognizable. Because many genus names start with the same letter (e.g.,
Salmonella, Shigella, Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, Serratia, etc.)
multiple letters are included to make the names recognizable and to allow
proper sorting in the computer.
7h11
10exp3
10exp4
10exp5
absc
af (or afs)
aura
bap
bbe
bc
bx
cfu
cholesys
csf
cytospin
dc
dischg
emb
f
few
fna
gas
gbs
gcs
gen fl
gf
glu
gn
gncb
gndc
gnicdc
gnr
gpcc
gpcpc
gpcpclus
gpr
grp
Middlebrook 7H11 agar
10 exponent 3=1,000
10 exponent 4=10,000
10 exponent 5-100,000
abscess
acid fast stain (Ziehl-Neelsen, Fite, Kinyoun, etc)
auramine O fluorescent stain for mycobacteria
blood agar plate
bacteroides bile esculin agar
blood culture
biopsy
colony forming units
cholesystostomy
cerebrospinal fluid
cytocentrifuge concentration of cells, organisms, and debri
diplococci
discharge
eosin-methylene blue agar plate
female; 37f = 37-year-old female; m=male
few
fine needle aspiration
group A streptococci
group B streptococci
group C streptococci
genital flora
genital flora
glucose
gram-negative
gram-negative coccobacilli
gram-negative diplococci
gram-negative intracellular diplococci
gram-negative rods
gram-positive cocci in clusters suggesting staphylococci
gram-positive cocci in pairs and chains suggestion streptococci
gram-positive cocci in clusters suggesting staphylococci
gram-positive rods
group
gs
he
kia
kiny
lac
lite (back lite)
lkv
m
mac
man
mod
num
on
paf
per ml
periton
pt
sc
pmn
sel f
sp
spu
strep select
tcbs
TSI
tis
tm
unk
ure
urin
urms
w
xld
yst
zn
gram stain
Hektoen enteric agar
Kliglers iron agar
Kinyoun acid fast stain
lactose
lighted from the back
laked blood kanamycin vancomycin agar
male; 37m=37-year=old male; f=female
MacConkey agar plate
mannose
moderate
numerous
oral nasal flora
partial acid-fast stain
per milliliter as in cfu/ml
peritoneal
patient followed by a number & letter, i.e. pt1a is a case
subculture
polymorphonuclear cells
selenite F broth
species
sputum
Strep Select agar with neomycin & Polymyxin B
thiosulfate-citrate-bile salt-sucrose agar plate
triple sugar iron agar tube (with slant over butt)
tissue
Thayer-Martin medium with Trimethoprim, Colistin, Anisomycin & Vancomycin
unknown cell type
urethra (urethral)
urine
urine midstream culture
with
xylose-lysine-desoxycholate agar plate
yeasts
Ziehl-Neelsen acid fast stain