Bacterial Vaccines

Question 1

Anthrax

Answer 1

Causative agent: Bacillus anthracis

Vaccine: Anthrax toxoid

Question 2

Diphtheria

Answer 2

Causative agent: Corynebacterium diphtheriae

Vaccine:
 -Diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular 
pertussis vaccine (DTaP)
 for younger children (minimum age: 
6 weeks)
-Tetanus and diphtheria toxoids and acellular 
pertussis vaccine (Tdap)
 for older children and adults 
(minimum age: 10 or 11)

Question 3

Haemophilus influenzae

meningitis

Answer 3

Causative agent: Haemophilus influenza type b

Vaccine: Haemophilus influenza type b vaccine (Hib)

Question 4

Meningococcal meningitis

Answer 4

Causative agent: Neisseria meningitidis

Vaccine: Meningococcal conjugate vaccine,
quadrivalent (MCV4); e.g. Menactra

Question 5

Pertussis (whooping cough)

Answer 5

Causative agent: Bordetella pertussis

Vaccine: DTaP, Tdap

Question 6

Pneumonococcal

pneumonia

Answer 6

Cauative agent: Streptococcus pneumoniae

Vaccine: -Pneumonococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV
-Pneumonococcal polysaccharide vaccine
PPSV)

Question 7

Tetanus

Answer 7

Causative agent: Clostridium tetani

Vaccine: DTaP, Tdap

Question 8

Typhoid fever

Answer 8

Causative agent: Salmonella enterica serotype
Typhi

Vaccine:

• Live attenuated vaccine
• Capsular polysaccharide vaccine

Question 9

Tuberculosis

Answer 9

Causative agent: Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Vaccine: Live, attenuated vaccine