CDC Notifiable Diseases

Question 1

Heliobacter pylori

Answer 1

Gastric ulcer, G-, vibrio

Question 2

Borrelia burgdorferi

Answer 2

Lyme disease, G-, spirochete

Question 3

Streptococcus pneumoniae

Answer 3

Streptococcal pneumonia/pneumonia/meningitis, G+, coccal

Question 4

Legionella pneumophila

Answer 4

Legionellosis(Legionnaire’s disease)/gastroenteritis, G+, rod

Question 5

Streptococcus pyogenes

Answer 5

Group A streptococcal invasive disease, G+, coccal

Question 6

Treponema pallidum

Answer 6

Syphilis, G-, spirochete

Question 7

Corynebacterium diphtheriae

Answer 7

Diphtheria, G+, rod

Question 8

Haemophilus influenzae

Answer 8

Pneumonia/meningitis, G-, rod

Question 9

Vibrio cholerae

Answer 9

Cholera, G-, vibrio

Question 10

Listeria monocytogenes

Answer 10

Listeriosis, G+, rod

Question 11

Chlamydia psittaci

Answer 11

Psittacocis, not easily stained, obligate intracellular parasite

Question 12

Clostridium perfringens

Answer 12

Clostridial myonecrosis (gas gangrene), G+, rod

Question 13

Bordetella pertussis

Answer 13

Pertussis, G-, rod

Question 14

Brucella abortus

Answer 14

Brucellosis, G-, rod

Question 15

Francisella tularensis

Answer 15

Tularemia, G-, rod

Question 16

Bacillus cereus

Answer 16

Gastroenteritis, G+, rod

Question 17

Mycobacterium leprae

Answer 17

Leprosy(Hansen disease)/gastroenteritis, acid fast, rod

Question 18

Bacillus anthracis

Answer 18

Anthrax, G+, rod

Question 19

Clostridium botulinum

Answer 19

Botulism, G+, rod

Question 20

Clostridium tetani

Answer 20

Tetanus, G+, rod

Question 21

Staphylococcus aureus

Answer 21

Staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome/VRSA (vancomycin resistant staphylococcus aureus), G+, coccal

Question 22

Campylobacter jejuni

Answer 22

Gastroenteritis, G-, vibrio

Question 23

Escherichia coli

Answer 23

Escherichia coli/EIEC/EHEC/enteroinvasive/entero hemorrhagic E. coli, G-, rod

Question 24

Haemophilus ducreyi

Answer 24

Chancroid, G-, rod

Question 25

Neicesseria gonorrhoeae

Answer 25

Gonorrhea, G-, coccus

Question 26

Neicesseria meningitides

Answer 26

Meningococcal meningitis, G-, coccus

Question 27

Salmonella spp

Answer 27

Gastroenteritis/salmonellosis/typhoid fever, G-, rod

Question 28

Shigella spp

Answer 28

Gastroenteritis/shigellosis, G-, rod

Question 29

Vibrio parahaemolyticus

Answer 29

Gastroenteritis/, G-, vibrio

Question 30

Vibrio vulnificus

Answer 30

Gastroenteritis, G-, vibrio

Question 31

Yersinia enterocolitica

Answer 31

Gastroenteritis, G-, rod

Question 32

Yersinia pestis

Answer 32

Plague, G-, rod

Question 33

Chlamydia trachomatis

Answer 33

Chlamydial NGU (non-gonoccocal urethritis)/NSU (non-specific urethritis), not easily stained, obligate intracellular parasite

Question 34

Coxiella burnetti

Answer 34

Q fever, rickettsia-like, obligate intracellular parasite

Question 35

Ehrlichia spp

Answer 35

Ehrlichiosis, rickettsia-like, obligate intracellular parasite

Question 36

Rickettsia spp

Answer 36

Rocky Mountain spotted fever, rickettsia, obligate intracellular parasite

Question 37

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Answer 37

Tuberculosis, acid fast, rod

Question 38

Mycoplasma genitalium

Answer 38

NSU/NGU, mycoplasma

Question 39

Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Answer 39

Walking pneumonia, mycoplasma

Question 40

Ureaplasma urealyticum

Answer 40

NSU/NGU, mycoplasma