Exam 3 matching questions

Question 1

What organism is coagulase-positive?

Answer 1

Staphylococcus aureus

Question 2

What organism has enterotoxins that cause food poisoning?

Answer 2

Staphylococcus aureus

Question 3

What is impetigo caused by?

Answer 3

Staphylococcus aureus or Streptococcus pyogenes

Question 4

What organism causes toxic shock syndrome?

Answer 4

Staphylococcus aureus or Streptococcus pyogenes

Question 5

What is caused by Staphylococcus aureus?

Answer 5

Folliculitis, impetigo, gastroenteritis/food poisoning, scalded skin syndrome, toxic shock syndrome (w/ TSST)

Question 6

What is caused by Streptococcus pyogenes?

Answer 6

Impetigo, erysipelas, necrotizing fasciitis, strep throat, scarlet fever, streptococcal toxic shock syndrome, rheumatic fever, acute glomerulonephritis

Question 7

What is caused by Streptococcus mutans?

Answer 7

Endocarditis, dental caries/plaque

Question 8

What is caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae?

Answer 8

Pneumococcal pneumonia and pneumococcal meningitis

Question 9

What organism has a common name, and a diplococci arrangement?

Answer 9

Streptococcus pneumoniae (Pneumococcus)

Question 10

What group is Streptococcus pyogenes?

Answer 10

A-Beta

Question 11

What group is Streptococcus mutans?

Answer 11

NA-Alpha

Question 12

What group is Streptococcus pneumoniae?

Answer 12

NA-Alpha

Question 13

What organism has M proteins?

Answer 13

Streptococcus pyogenes

Question 14

What organism has Protein A?

Answer 14

Staphylococcus aureus

Question 15

What organisms are catalase-negative?

Answer 15

Streptococcus organisms

Question 16

List the bacterial STI from most common to least common.

Answer 16

1) Chlamydia
2) Gonorrhea
3) Syphilis
4) Chancroid

Question 17

1 common bacterial STI?

Answer 17

Chlamydia

Question 18

2 common bacterial STI?

Answer 18

Gonorrhea

Question 19

3 common bacterial STI?

Answer 19

Syphilis

Question 20

4 common bacterial STI?

Answer 20

Chancroid

Question 21

What organisms are gram-positive?

Answer 21

Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, Bacillus, Clostridium, Corynebacterium, Listeria

Question 22

What organisms are acid-fast?

Answer 22

Mycobacterium

Question 23

What do acid-fast bacteria have in their cell walls?

Answer 23

Mycolic acid

Question 24

What organisms are wall-less?

Answer 24

Mycoplasma

Question 25

What do wall-less organisms have in their cell wall?

Answer 25

Sterols

Question 26

What kind of organism causes Buruli ulcers?

Answer 26

Acid-fast organisms (Mycobacterium ulcerans)

Question 27

What type of organism causes strep throat?

Answer 27

Gram-pos (Streptococcus pyogenes)

Question 28

What type of organism causes tuberculosis?

Answer 28

An acid-fast one (Mycobacterium tuberculosis)

Question 29

What type of organism causes leprosy?

Answer 29

An acid-fast one (Mycobacterium leprae)

Question 30

What causes gas gangrene?

Answer 30

Clostridium perfringens

Question 31

What Clostridium species have a soil reservoir?

Answer 31

Clostridium perfringens, Clostridium tetani, Clostridium botulinum

Question 32

What Clostridium species have a human reservoir?

Answer 32

Clostridium perfringens, Clostridium difficile

Question 33

What is the source of Botox?

Answer 33

Clostridium botulinum

Question 34

What causes Opisthotonos?

Answer 34

Clostridium tetani

Question 35

What causes lock-jaw?

Answer 35

Clostridium tetani

Question 36

What causes spastic paralysis?

Answer 36

Clostridium tetani

Question 37

What causes flaccid paralysis?

Answer 37

Clostridium botulinum

Question 38

What Clostridium is an obligate anaerobe?

Answer 38

Clostridium tetani

Question 39

What Clostridium causes myonecrosis similar to necrotizing fasciitis?

Answer 39

Clostridium perfringens

Question 40

What Clostridium is gram-positive?

Answer 40

All of them

Question 41

What is Woolsorter's disease?

Answer 41

Pulmonary anthrax

Question 42

What organisms/diseases are transmitted via respiratory?

Answer 42

Scarlet fever, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Neisseria meningitidis, Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Bordetella pertussis, Haemophilus influenzae, Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Question 43

What organisms/diseases are transmitted via ingestion?

Answer 43

Bacillus cereus, Clostridium botulinum, Listeria monocytogenes, Helicobacter pylori

Question 44

What organisms/diseases are transmitted via parenteral?

Answer 44

Erysipelas, necrotizing fasciitis, folliculitis, Clostridium perfringens, Listeria monocytogenes

Question 45

What organisms/diseases are transmitted sexually?

Answer 45

Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Haemophilus ducreyi, Treponema pallidum, Chlamydia trachomatis

Question 46

What organisms/diseases are transmitted via fecal-oral?

Answer 46

Clostridium difficile, Escherichia coli, Salmonella typhi, Shigella/shigellosis, Vibrio cholerae, Campylobacter jejuni

Question 47

Vector of Francisella tularensis?

Answer 47

Tick

Question 48

Vector of Yersinia pestis?

Answer 48

Flea

Question 49

Vector of Borrelia?

Answer 49

Tick or louse

Question 50

Vector of Borrelia burgdorferi?

Answer 50

Tick

Question 51

Vector of Rickettsia prowazekii?

Answer 51

Louse

Question 52

Vector of Rickettsia typhi?

Answer 52

Flea

Question 53

Vector of Rickettsia rickettsii?

Answer 53

Tick

Question 54

Organisms w/ a tick vector?

Answer 54

Francisella tularensis, Borrelia burgdorferi, Rickettsia rickettsii

Question 55

Organisms w/ a flea vector?

Answer 55

Yersinia pestis, Rickettsia typhi, Bartonella henselae (from cat to cat only)

Question 56

Organisms w/ a louse vector?

Answer 56

Borrelia recurrentis, Rickettsia prowazekii

Question 57

Vector of Borrelia recurrentis?

Answer 57

Louse

Question 58

Vector of Bartonella henselae?

Answer 58

Flea, but only from cat to cat

Question 59

Atypical pneumonia is caused by what type of organism?

Answer 59

A wall-less one (mycoplasma)