Bacteria

Question 1

number 1 cause of bacterial pharyngitis

Answer 1

Strep pyogenes

Question 2

neonatal sepsis, meningitis, pneumonia

Answer 2

Strep agalactiae

Question 3

JONES criteria

Answer 3

Rheumatic fever
joints
heart - endo, peri, myocarditis
subcutaneous nodules
erythema marginatum
sydenham chorea

Question 4

M proteins are virulence factor

Answer 4

S. pyogenes

Question 5

pus forming, CIA

Answer 5

Strep constellatus, intermedius, anginosus

Question 6

Gram positive diplococci

Answer 6

Strep pneumoniae

Question 7

1 cause of bacterial pneumonia in adults

Answer 7

S. pneumoniae

Question 8

1 cause of otitis media in children

Answer 8

Strep pneumoniae

Question 9

pink safarin dye

Answer 9

gram negative bacteria

Question 10

crystal violet

Answer 10

gram positive bacteria

Question 11

coffee bean/kidney bean shaped bacteria

Answer 11

neisseriae

Question 12

grapes/clusters

Answer 12

staph

Question 13

chains

Answer 13

strep

Question 14

protein A

Answer 14

staph

Question 15

gram positive, catalase positive, coagulase positive

Answer 15

staphylococcus aureus

Question 16

salmon tinged sputum

Answer 16

necrotizing pneumonia; staph aureus

Question 17

infection of indwelling devices

Answer 17

staph epidermis

Question 18

1 cause of contaminated blood cultures

Answer 18

staph epidermis

Question 19

rods and chains

Answer 19

bacillus

Question 20

flaccid muscle paralysis

Answer 20

C. botulism.

Question 21

baby eating honey

Answer 21

botulism

Question 22

descending paralysis

Answer 22

botulisim

Question 23

Tellurite agar

Answer 23

corynebacterium diphtheriae

Question 24

Loeffler’s media

Answer 24

corynebacterium diphtheriae

Question 25

draining sinus tracts and yellow sulfur granules

Answer 25

actinomyces israelii

Question 26

violin string adhesions

Answer 26

Fitz Hugh Curtis syndrome (Neisseria gonorrhea)

Question 27

isolate was taken and grown on MacConkey Agar and turned pink

Answer 27

lactose fermenter (Klebsialla, serratia, enterobacter, E. coli)

Question 28

red current jelly sputum

Answer 28

Klebsiella

Question 29

red ring around tub (red pigment produced)

Answer 29

serratia

Question 30

alcoholics, abscesses, aspiration

Answer 30

Klebsiella

Question 31

Pt was dx with TB d/t cavetary lesions on CXR but was later discovered to be a different infection. What is it?

Answer 31

Klebsiella

Question 32

black colonies on hektoen agar plate

Answer 32

Salmonella

Question 33

green colonies formed when plated on hektoen agar

Answer 33

Shigella

Question 34

protein K

Answer 34

E coli

Question 35

Green on EMB agar

Answer 35

E coli

Question 36

#1 cause of UTIs

Answer 36

E coli

Question 37

leading cause of gram negative sepsis

Answer 37

E coli

Question 38

transmitted via puppy feces

Answer 38

Yersinia enterocolitica

Question 39

bipolar safety pin staining

Answer 39

Yersinia enterocolitica

Question 40

mimics appendicitis

Answer 40

Yersinia enterocolitica

Question 41

infects seafood particularly oysters

Answer 41

Vibrio parahemolyticus and vibrio vulnificus

Question 42

blue green pigment when placed

Answer 42

pseudamonas

Question 43

pyocyanin and pyoveridin pigment

Answer 43

pseudomonas

Question 44

burn patients

Answer 44

pseudomonas

Question 45

buffered charcoal yeast extract in the presence of cysteine and iron

Answer 45

legionella

Question 46

wartharin starry stain

Answer 46

bartonella hensaelae

Question 47

fever, anorexia in a farmer or rancher

Answer 47

brucella

Question 48

gram negative coccibacilli

Answer 48

francisella tularensis

Question 49

cellulitis and osteomyelitis after dog and cat bites

Answer 49

Pasteurella

Question 50

carbofuscin stain

Answer 50

TB

Question 51

Lowenstein jenson medium

Answer 51

TB

Question 52

leading cause of infantile diarrhea in developing countries

Answer 52

EPEC (enteropathogenic)

Question 53

leonine facies

Answer 53

lepromatous leprosy

Question 54

epiglottis

Answer 54

haemophilus

Question 55

Giemsa stain

Answer 55

chlamydia (borellia)

Question 56

staccato cough in neonates

Answer 56

neonatal pneumonia d/t chlamydia

Question 57

leading cause of blindness worldwide

Answer 57

Trachoma (d/t chlamydia A-C)

Question 58

clue cells

Answer 58

epithelial cells diffusely covered in bacteria indicative of gardnerella vaginitis

Question 59

Eaton's agar

Answer 59

Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Question 60

Weil Felix Test

Answer 60

agglutination test used to dx Rickettsia infections