Dr.Lewis

Staphylococcus aureus is the causative agent of:

a. Bacterial vaginosis
b. Puerperal fever
c. Toxic shock syndrome
d. Gas gangrene
e. None of the above

C

This organism causes lockjaw.

a. Bacillus anthracis
b. Clostridium perfringes
c. Clostridium tetani
d. Clostridium difficile

C

This genus is responsible for diphtheria.

a. Bacillus
b. Corynebacterium
c. Staphylococcus
d. Escherichia
e. None of the above

B

This organism is responsible for Scarlet fever.

a. Enterococcus faecalis
b. Staphylococcus epidermidis
c. Streptococcus pyogenes
d. None of the above

C

Organism responsible for food poisoning from contaminated rice dishes.

a. Clostridium botulinum
b. Bacillus anthracis
c. Bacillus cereus
d. Staphylococcus aureus
e. None of the above

C

All of the following can be prevented by the DTap vaccine EXCEPT:

a. Diphtheria
b. Pertussis
c. Tetanus
d. TSS
e. Whooping cough

D

This bacterium is known as the pneumococcus and produces the disease pneumococcal pneumonia.

a. Staphylococcus
b. Enterococcus
c. Micrococcus
d. Streptococcus
e. None of the above

D

Which of the following is coagulase positive?

a. S. epidermidis
b. S. aureus
c. S. saprophyticus
d. All of the above e. None of the above

B

Which of the following Hepatitis virus(es) can be prevented by hepatitis virus vaccine?

a. HAV
b. HBV
c. HCV
d. HDV
e. Aand B

E

The common name for a furuncle is:

a. Pustule
b. Follicle
c. Boil
d. Hematoma
e. Gruanuloma

C

This gram-positive bacterium colonizes the female urogenital tract and can cause UTIs in young sexually active females:

a. S. agalactiae
b. S. epidermidis
c. S. bovis
d. S. saprophyticus
e. None of the above

D

This gram-positive bacterium can cause nosocomial infections (e.g. indwelling catheters).

a. S. aureus
b. S. epidermidis
c. S. agalactiae
d. S. saprophyticus
e. None of the above

B

Which of the following streptococci are classified as group A?

a. S. pnemoniae
b. S. pyogenes
c. S. agalactiae
d. S. mutans
e. None of the above

B

Which of the following streptococci are classified as group B?

a. S. pyogenes
b. S. agalactiae
c. S. pnemoniae
d. S. mutans

B

This organism is responsible for Woolsorter's disease.

a. Bacillus anthracis
b. S. pnemoniae
c. Bacillus cereus
d. Clostridium perfringes

A

Which is true about Clostridium botulinum?

a. It is anaerobic.
b. It forms spores
.c. Produces a potent neurotoxin.
d. Can cause food poisoning
e. All of the above

E

The causative agent of Traveler's diarrhea and UTIs.

a. S. aureus
b. S. pyogenes
c. E. coli
d. C. perfringes
e. None of the above

C

Clostridium perfringes may cause the following:

a. Gas gangrene
b. Tetanus
c. Botulism
d. SSS
e. None of the above

A

The exfoliative toxin produced by S. aureus may result in this infection in newborns:

a. TSS
b. Scarlet fever
c. Food poisoning
d. SSS
e. None of the above

D

This bacterium is a major cause of pseudomembrane colitis.

a. C. botulinum
b. C. difficile
c. C. perfringes
d. C. tetani
e. None of the above

B

VRE is associated with this organism:

a. S. pyogenes
b. S. pneumoniae
c. Enterococcus faecium
d. Enterococcus faecalis
e. None of the above

C

The bacterium that is involved in the production of dental caries:

a. S. sanguis
b. Viridans streptococci
c. S. epidermidis
d. S. pyogenes

B

A gram-positive bacterium associated with neonatal sepsis and obstetric infections:

a. S. agalactiae
b. S. pyogenes
c. S. aureus
d. E. faecalis
e. None of the above

A

The etiological agent of acne is of this genus

a. Streptococcus
b. Neisseria
c. Clostridium
d. Propionibacterium
e. None of the above

D

An unvaccinated child has a red rash over his entire body and Koplik's spots in his oral cavity. This child probably has this disease.

a. Meningitis
b. German measles
c. Chickenpox
d. Measles
e. Verruca

D

The non-spore-forming bacillus Listeria monocytogenes can cause these infections/diseases:

a. TSS
b. Food poisoning and meningitis
c. Impetigo
d. Erysipelas
e. UTI

B

Which of the following bacterial genera is able to form spores?

a. Escherichia
b. Bacillus
c. Listeria
d. Clostridium
e. B and D

E

Which of the following bacterial genera are called acid- fast bacilli?

a. Staphylococcus
b. Mycobacterium
c. Streptococcus
d. Enterobacter
e. None of the above

B

Michelle was bitten by a stray cat and developed a skin infection. What microbial pathogen is most likely responsible?

a. Pasteurella multocida
b. Propionibacterium
c. Staphylococcus
d. Eikenella

A

A contaminated food source was found to contain gram- positive bacteria that are arranged in grape-like clusters.

a. Pseudomonas
b. Bacillus
c. Legionella
d. Staphylococcus
e. None of the above

D

The Atypical bacteria include All of the following EXCEPT:

a. Chlamydia
b. Legionella
c. Clostridium
d. Ureaplasma
e. Mycoplasma

C

A patient shows up at your pharmacy with cold cores on her mouth. What virus is responsible for the sore?

a. Measles virus
b. Rubella virus
c. Varicella virus
d. Herpes simplex virus
e. Coronavirus

D

The clinical disease produced by Treponema pallidum is:

a. Primary atypical pneumonia
b. Food poisoning
c. Syphilis
d. Hansen's disease
e. Lyme disease

C

The bacterium that causes meningococcemia is of this genus:

a. Staphylococcus
b. Neisseria
c. Vibrio
d. Helicobacter
e. None of the above

B

Ophthalmia neonatorum is caused by this organism.

a. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
b. Morgan morgani
c. Escherichia coli
d. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
e. Serratia marcescens

D

Cholera is caused by this bacterial genus:

a. Campylobacter
b. Legionella
c. Pseudomonas
d. Vibrio
e. None of the above

D

This bacterium can cause infections in burn patients where it produces a blue-green pus:

a. Aeromonas hydrophilia
b. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
c. Pasteurella multocida
d. Mycobacterium avium

B

This disease is characterized by three stages (primary, secondary, tertiary) and chancre lesions.

a. Lyme disease
b. Relapsing fever
c. Pneumonia
d. Syphilis
e. None of the above

D

The etiological agent of Lyme disease.

a. Borrelia burgdorferi
b. Leptospira interrogahs
c. Vibrio vulnificus
d. Campylobacter fetus
e. None of the above

A

This bacterium is associated with gastritis and peptic ulcer disease.

a. Francisella tularensis
b. Helicobacter pylori
c. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
d. Yersinia pestis
e. None of the above

B

The bacterium Haemophilus ducreyi causes this disease:

a. Pneumonia
b. Chancroid
c. Syphilis
d. Meningoencephalitis
e. All of the above

B

The bacterium can cause community-acquired pneumonia in chronic alcoholics.

a. Enterobacter
b. Klebsiella
c. Shigella
d. Salmonella
e. None of the above

B

This bacterium is responsible for bacillary dysentery.

a. Proteus
b. Shigella
c. Yersinia
d. Acinetobacter
e. None of the above

B

This bacterium is the most common cause of UTIs.

a. S. marcescens
b. S. typhi
c. S. pyogenes
d. E. coli
e. All of the above

D

Which of the following bacteria can cause bubonic plague?

a. Treponema pallidum
b. Mycobacterium leprae
c. Francisella tularensis
d. Yersinia pestis
e. Streptococcus bovis

D

This agent is responsible for chickenpox and shingles.

a. HSV-1
b. HPV
c. VZV
d. HAV
e. None of the above

C

Genital warts is caused by this organism.

a. HBV
b. HSV-1
c. VZV
d. HPV
e. None of the above

D

This genus is responsible for the disease tuberculosis.

a. Enterococcus
b. Bacillus
c. Mycoplasma
d. Mycobacterium
e. Pseudomonas

D

The viral disease that characteristically infects the parotid glands:

a. Measles
b. Herpes
c. Chickenpox
d. Mumps
e. None of the above

D

The cause of infectious mononucleosis.

a. HPV
b. HAV
c. Epstein-Barr virus
d. Herpes simplex virus
e. Varicella-Zoster virus

C

Ringworm on the feet is also known as:

a. tinea corporis
b. tinea unquium
c. tinea cruris
d. tinea pedis
e. none of the above

D

Which of the following bacterial species are coagulase negative

a. staphylococcus epidermidis
b. staphyloccus aureus
c. steptococcus pneumoniae
d. all the above

A

A patient has been diagnosed as having botulism. The most effective treatment would be

a. antibiotic therapy
b. steriods
c. botulism vaccination
d. administration of botulism antitoxin

C

The morphological arrangement of Neisseria is

a. bacillus
b. diplococcus
c. coccobacillus
d. pleimorphic

B

A gram-stained urethral exudate from a male pateint showing intracellular gram-negative diplococci would diagnose this disease

a. nongonococcal urethriris
b. pyeleonephritis
c. gonorrhea
d. syphilis

C

The etiological agent of whopping cough:

a. mycoplasma
b. bordetella pertussis
c. campylobacter jejuni
d. borrelia recurrents
e. none of the above

B

Thrush is cause by this organism:

a. VZV
b. ureaplasma ueralyticum
c. candida albicans
d. trichomonas

C

The technical name for ringworm of the scalp:

a. tinea pedis
b. tinea corporis
c. tinea manuum
d. tinea unquium
e. tinea capitis

E

The gull-wing shaped bacterium can cause gastroenteritis

a. rickettsiae
b. chlamydia jejuni
c. serratia marcescens
d. moraxella catarrhalis

B

All of the following diseases can be prevented by immunization (vaccination)

a. measles
b. flu
c. RSV disease
d. HPV
e. Rocky Mountain Spotted fever

E