All Bacteria (Positive and Negative)

Question 1

What are the 2 broad classes of gram positive cocci bacteria?

Answer 1

Staphylococci

Streptococci

Question 2

What test is carried out on staphylococci?

Answer 2

Coagulase test

Question 3

What is the outcome of positive coagulase on staphylococci?

Answer 3

Staphylococcus aureus

Question 4

Staphylococci is normal flora where?

Answer 4

Nose and skin

Question 5

What is the outcome of negative coagulase staphylococci?

Answer 5

Staphylococcus epidermis

Question 6

Where is staphylococcus epidermis found?

Answer 6

Everywhere on the skin

Question 7

What are the three haemolysis types off streptococci?

Answer 7

Partial (a-haemolytic)
Complete (b-haemolytic)
Non-haemolytic

Question 8

What are the two types of a-haemolytic streptococci?

Answer 8

Streptococcus pneumoniae

Viridians Streptococci

Question 9

What does streptococcus pneumoniae cause?

Answer 9

Commonest cause of pneumonia

Normally infections of the respiratory tract

Question 10

What are the groups in B-haemolytic split into?

Answer 10

Groups A-D

Question 11

What bacteria is non-haemolytic streptococci/

Answer 11

Enterococcus faecalis

Question 12

What does enterococcus faecalis cause?

Answer 12

It is a gut commensal

Causes UTI, VRE

Question 13

Are gram positive bacilli anaerobic spore forming or non spore forming?

Answer 13

Spore forming

Question 14

What are the four types of bacteria in gram positive spore forming anaerobic bacteria?

Answer 14

Clostridium difficile
Clostridium Perfinges
Clostridium Botulinum
Clostridium tetani

Question 15

What are the 4 types of clostridium bacteria?

Answer 15

Clostridium difficile
Clostridium Perfinges
Clostridium Botulinum
Clostridium tetani

Question 16

What is the gram + spore forming aerobic bacilli bacteria called?

Answer 16

Bacillus species

Question 17

What are the two types of non spore forming aerobic bacilli (gram +)?

Answer 17

Listeria monocytogenes

Corynebacterium diphtheriae

Question 18

What does clostridium difficile cause?

Answer 18

Diarrhoea

Question 19

What does clostridium perfringes cause?

Answer 19

Food poisoning

It is present in normal faeces

Question 20

What does clostridium botulinum cause?

Answer 20

Causes botulism following the ingestion of contaminated food

Question 21

What does clostridium tetani cause?

Answer 21

Causes tetanus due to the toxins acting on the CNS

Question 22

What does listeria monocytogenes cause?

Answer 22

Causes meningitis in neonates and the elderly

Causes bacteraemia in pregnancy

Question 23

What does corynebacterium diphtheriae cause?

Answer 23

Diphtheriae

Question 24

What are the 3 types of gram negative cocci?

Answer 24

Moraxella Catarrhalis
Neisseria Gonorrhoeae
Neisseria Meningitidis

Question 25

What does moraxella catarrhalis cause?

Answer 25

Respiratory problems

Question 26

What does neisseria gonorrhoeae cause?

Answer 26

PID in women | Urethritis in men

Question 27

What does neisseria meningitidis cause?

Answer 27

Meningitis | Meningococcal septicaemia

Question 28

In gram negative bacilli what is the lactose fermenter coli?

Answer 28

Escherichia coli

Question 29

What does enterohamorrhagic E.coli cause?

Answer 29

Bloody diarrhea

Question 30

What does camplyobacter bacteria cause?

Answer 30

Most common cause of 'travellers diarrhoea'

Question 31

What are the 2 types of salmonella bacteria?

Answer 31

Salmonella enterica | Salmonella Typhi

Question 32

What are the 4 group of lactose non-fermentors (gram -)?

Answer 32

Salmonella species Shigella species Proteus species Pseudomonas species

Question 33

What are the 3 types of anaerobic gram negative bacilli?

Answer 33

Bacteriodes fragilis Provotella Porphyromonas

Question 34

What are the 3 types of curved bacilli (gram neg)?

Answer 34

Helicobacter pylori Camplyobacter spp. Vibrio cholerae

Question 35

What does vibrio cholerae cause?

Answer 35

Causes severe diarrhoea in the form of cholera

Question 36

What does helicobacter cause?

Answer 36

Gastritis and peptic ulceration

Question 37

What are the 2 types of acid and alcohol fast bacteria?

Answer 37

Mycobacterium tuberculosis | Mycobacterium leprae

Question 38

What does mycobacterium tuberculosis cause?

Answer 38

Tuberculosis

Question 39

What does mycobacterium leprae cause?

Answer 39

Causes leprosy

Question 40

What is the type of cocci-bacilli bacteria?

Answer 40

Haemophilus Influenzae

Question 41

What does haemophilus influenzae cause?

Answer 41

Childhood meningitis and epiglottitis

Question 42

What are the 3 types of spirochaetes bacteria?

Answer 42

Treponema pallidum Borrelia burgdoferi Leptospira Interrogans

Question 43

What does treponema pallidum (spirochates) cause?

Answer 43

Syphillis

Question 44

What does Borrelia burgdoferi (spirochaetes) cause?

Answer 44

Lyme disease

Question 45

What does Leptospira Interrogans (spirochaetes) cause?

Answer 45

Leptospirosis

Question 46

What are the 6 miscellaneous gram negative bacteria?

Answer 46

``` Chlamydia Pneumoniae Chlamydia Psittacci Rickettsia Typhi Coxiella Burnetti Mcyoplasma pneumoniae Myoplasma hominis ```

Question 47

What does chlamydia pneumoniae cause?

Answer 47

Cause of community aquired pneumonia

Question 48

What does chlamydia psittacci cause?

Answer 48

Psittacosis and ornithosis

Question 49

What does coxiella burnetti cause?

Answer 49

Q fever

Question 50

What does mycoplasma pneumoniae cause?

Answer 50

Atypical pneumoniae and post-puerpural fever

Question 51

What does mycoplasma hominis cause?

Answer 51

PID an post-puerpural fever