Gram Negative Bacilli that are Optimally Recovered on Special media

Question 1

cause of Carrion’s disease

Answer 1

Bartonella bacilliformis

– confined in small area of South America

Question 2

cause of Trench fever

Answer 2

Bartonella quintana

Question 3

cause of Cat Scratch disease

Answer 3

Bartonella clarridgeiae

Question 4

associated with bacteremia, endocarditis and chronic lymphadenopathy and peliolis hepatitis

Answer 4

Bartonella henselae

Question 5

Helicobacter pylori usually causes

Answer 5

peptic ulcer disease

gastric cancer

Question 6

direct detection method used for Helicobacter pylori

Answer 6

Warthin-Starry
Giemsa Stains

on biopsy samples

Question 7

the microorganism that is capable of multiplying in free-living amoeba

Answer 7

Legionella

– may multiply in Hartmenella, Acanthamoeba and Naegleria and Tetrahymena spp)

Question 8

in human infection, Legionella pneumophila is capable of replicating in:

Answer 8

alveolar macrophages

Question 9

diseases caused by Legionella pneumophila

Answer 9

Legionnaire’s disease (pneumonia)

Pontiac fever

Question 10

Brucella spp are known to localize in tissues that contain

Answer 10

erythritol

– enhances their growth

Question 11

biosafety cabinet class in handling Brucella spp.

Answer 11

Biosafety Cabinet Class II or higher

Question 12

the three primary human pathogens in Bordetella spp.

Answer 12

B. pertussis
B. parapertussis
B. bronchoseptica

Question 13

primary pathogen of the whooping cough disease

Answer 13

Bordetella pertussis

Question 14

biosafety level requirement for Francisella spp

Answer 14

Biosafety level 3

Question 15

cause of the most severe form of tularensis

Answer 15

Francisella tularensis subsp. tularensis