G+, G-, and Mycobacteria

Question 1

When taking broad spectrum antibiotics and diarrhea is followed by it, what species causes that?

Streptococci pyogenes
Clostridium difficile
Clostridium perfringens
Listeria monocytogenes
Neisseria meningitidis

Answer 1

Clostridium difficile

Question 2

Which of the following causes skin infections, osteomyelitis, and/or endocarditis?

Streptococci agalactiae
Listeria monocytogenes
Ureaplasma urealyticum
Clostridium tetani
Staphylococcus aureus

Answer 2

Staphylococcus aureus

Question 3

Which of the following causes pneumonia and meningitis in adults?

Viridans group streptococci
Clostridium difficile
Streptococci pneumoniae
Clostridium botulinum
Helicobacter pylori

Answer 3

Streptococci pneumoniae

Question 4

What species causes atypical pneumonia and is the number one cause of pneumonia in teens and young adults?

Borrelia burgdorferi
Clostridium difficile
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Viridans group streptococci
Legionella pneumonphila

Answer 4

Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Question 5

Which of the following causes shock?

Cholera toxin
Diptheria toxin
Botulinum toxin
Tetanus toxin
TSST-1

Answer 5

TSST-1

Question 6

What species can be found in smoked fish or home-canned vegetables?

Mycobacterium leprae
Clostridium botulinum
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Vibrio parahaemolyticus
Chlamydia trachomatis

Answer 6

Clostridium botulinum

Question 7

Which of the following causes pneumonia in neonates?

Staphylococcus aureus
Shigella dysenteriae
Ureaplasma urealyticum
Corynebacterium diphtheriae
Treponema pallidum

Answer 7

Ureaplasma urealyticum

Question 8

What species causes infections due to surgical or trauma damage to intestines?

Corynebacterium diphtheriae
Ureaplasma urealyticum
Bacteroides fragilis
Shigella dysenteriae
Staphylococcus epidermidis

Answer 8

Bacteroides fragilis

Question 9

Which of the following causes syphilis?

Treponema pallidum
Clostridium perfringens
Mycobacterium leprae
Campylobacter jejuni
Streptococci pneumoniae

Answer 9

Treponema pallidum

Question 10

What species produces urease, which metabolizes urea into ammonia and CO2?

Listeria monocytogenes
Treponema pallidum
Bacteroides fragilis
Ureaplasma urealyticum
Streptococci agalactiae

Answer 10

Ureaplasma urealyticum

Question 11

Which of the following causes neonatal meningitis/pneumonia/sepsis?

Staphylococcus epidermidis
Streptococci agalactiae
Borrelia burgdorferi
Clostridium tetani
Legionella pneumonphila

Answer 11

Streptococci agalactiae

Question 12

What species is part of the normal flora of the nose and skin?

Clostridium tetani
Helicobacter pylori
Staphylococcus aureus
Shigella dysenteriae
Ureaplasma urealyticum

Answer 12

Staphylococcus aureus

Question 13

Which of the following causes atypical pneumonia?

Streptococci pneumoniae
Chlamydia pneumoniae
Streptococci agalactiae
Legionella pneumonphila
Streptococci pyogenes

Answer 13

Chlamydia pneumoniae

Question 14

Which of the following causes bloody diarrhea due to a zoonotic infection?

Listeria monocytogenes
Neisseria meningitidis
Campylobacter jejuni
Neisseria gonorrhea
Salmonella typhi

Answer 14

Campylobacter jejuni

Question 15

Which of the following causes peptic ulcers?

Clostridium tetani
Helicobacter pylori
Staphylococcus aureus
Shigella dysenteriae
Ureaplasma urealyticum

Answer 15

Helicobacter pylori

Question 16

Which of the following causes urethritis?

Streptococci pyogenes
Neisseria gonorrhea
Clostridium difficile
Bacillus anthracis
Viridans group streptococci

Answer 16

Neisseria gonorrhea

Question 17

What species causes pneumonia in neonates and plays a role in infertility?

Clostridium difficile
Staphylococcus saprophyticus
Viridans group streptococci
Ureaplasma urealyticum
Legionella pneumonphila

Answer 17

Ureaplasma urealyticum

Question 18

Which of the following causes rheumatic fever?

Clostridium tetani
Streptococci pyogenes
Borrelia burgdorferi
Campylobacter jejuni
Klebsiella pneumoniae

Answer 18

Streptococci pyogenes

Question 19

What species causes lower urinary tract infections and causes urethritis?

Bacteroides fragilis
Ureaplasma urealyticum
Streptococci agalactiae
Staphylococcus saprophyticus
Campylobacter jejuni

Answer 19

Ureaplasma urealyticum

Question 20

Causes scarlet fever

Streptococci pyogenes
Clostridium difficile
Clostridium perfringens
Listeria monocytogenes
Neisseria meningitidis

Answer 20

Streptococci pyogenes

Question 21

What species causes speticemia in pregnant women?

Ureaplasma urealyticum
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Neisseria meningitidis
Listeria monocytogenes
Staphylococcus saprophyticus

Answer 21

Listeria monocytogenes

Question 22

Which of the following causes sepsis in pregnant women?

Borrelia burgdorferi
Salmonella typhi
Vibrio parahaemolyticus
Listeria monocytogenes
Streptococci agalactiae

Answer 22

Streptococci agalactiae

Question 23

What species causes Legionaire’s disease?

Clostridium difficile
Staphylococcus saprophyticus
Viridans group streptococci
Ureaplasma urealyticum
Legionella pneumonphila

Answer 23

Legionella pneumonphila

Question 24

Which of the following causes otitis media in children?

Streptococci pneumoniae
Vibrio parahaemolyticus
Streptococci pyogenes
Staphylococcus saprophyticus
Chlamydia trachomatis

Answer 24

Streptococci pneumoniae

Question 25

Which of the following causes urethritis? ``` Streptococci pyogenes Neisseria gonorrhea Clostridium difficile Bacillus anthracis Viridans group streptococci ```

Answer 25

Neisseria gonorrhea

Question 26

Which of the following causes diphtheria? ``` Streptococci pyogenes Borrelia burgdorferi Corynebacterium diphtheriae Neisseria gonorrhea Staphylococcus saprophyticus ```

Answer 26

Corynebacterium diphtheriae

Question 27

Causes endocarditis and dental infections ``` Chlamydia trachomatis Bacteroides fragilis Viridans group streptococci Mycoplasma pneumoniae Streptococci agalactiae ```

Answer 27

Viridans group streptococci

Question 28

What species causes rapid fatal food poisoning? ``` Ureaplasma urealyticum Corynebacterium diphtheriae Treponema pallidum Mycobacterium leprae Clostridium botulinum ```

Answer 28

Clostridium botulinum

Question 29

Which of the following causes urethritis? ``` Clostridium botulinum Klebsiella pneumoniae Staphylococcus aureus Ureaplasma urealyticum Mycoplasma pneumoniae ```

Answer 29

Ureaplasma urealyticum

Question 30

Which of the following causes atypical pneumonia? ``` Vibrio parahaemolyticus Chlamydia trachomatis Bacteroides fragilis Viridans group streptococci Mycoplasma pneumoniae ```

Answer 30

Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Question 31

Which of the following causes bloody diarrhea due to a zoonotic infection? ``` Listeria monocytogenes Neisseria meningitidis Campylobacter jejuni Neisseria gonorrhea Salmonella typhi ```

Answer 31

Campylobacter jejuni

Question 32

Which of the following causes diarrhea due to eating raw seafood? ``` Treponema pallidum Mycobacterium leprae Clostridium botulinum Klebsiella pneumoniae Vibrio parahaemolyticus ```

Answer 32

Vibrio parahaemolyticus

Question 33

Which of the following causes "lockjaw"? ``` Cholera toxin Diptheria toxin Botulinum toxin Tetanus toxin TSST-1 ```

Answer 33

Tetanus toxin

Question 34

Which of the following causes nosocomial infections including biofilms on prosthetic devices? ``` Staphylococcus epidermidis Viridans group streptococci Neisseria meningitidis Clostridium botulinum Streptococci pyogenes ```

Answer 34

Staphylococcus epidermidis

Question 35

What species has a carrier state aka Typhoid Mary? ``` Bacillus anthracis Legionella pneumonphila Chlamydia trachomatis Salmonella typhi Borrelia burgdorferi ```

Answer 35

Salmonella typhi

Question 36

What species causes gaseous gangrene? ``` Clostridium difficile Borrelia burgdorferi Clostridium perfringens Corynebacterium diphtheriae Salmonella typhi ```

Answer 36

Clostridium perfringens

Question 37

What species causes Pontiac fever? ``` Mycoplasma pneumoniae Clostridium botulinum Bacillus anthracis Legionella pneumonphila Chlamydia trachomatis ```

Answer 37

Legionella pneumonphila

Question 38

What species causes neonatal meningitis and meningitis in immunosuppressed pts? ``` Listeria monocytogenes Staphylococcus saprophyticus Streptococci agalactiae Streptococci pneumoniae Helicobacter pylori ```

Answer 38

Listeria monocytogenes

Question 39

What species causes pneumonia (alcoholics or compromised lung) + hospital acquired UTI? ``` Klebsiella pneumoniae Treponema pallidum Listeria monocytogenes Vibrio parahaemolyticus Corynebacterium diphtheriae ```

Answer 39

Klebsiella pneumoniae