ID Final Pt 1

Question 1

Name 3 organisms that cause Bacterial Meningitis. What do they all have in common?

Answer 1

Streptococcus pneumoniae
Neisseria meningitidis
Haemophilus influenzae
They all have capsules

Question 2

What test must be done to confirm Bact. Meningitis?

Answer 2

Lumbar puncture

Question 3

Symptoms of Meningitis

Answer 3

FEVER
HEADACHE
STIFF NECK

Question 4

petechial rash is a sign of:

Answer 4

Meningococcal Meningitis

Question 5

Petichial rash is caused by what organism?

Answer 5

Neisseria meningitidis

Question 6

How is Meningitis acquired?

Answer 6

Respiratory

Question 7

Categories of people more susceptible to Meningitis.

Answer 7

College students, military, damaged/no spleen, terminal complement deficiency, microbiologists routinely exposed, traveling to countries where the disease is common

Question 8

What organism causes Acute Renal Failure in the US? Where is it found?

Answer 8

E. coli 0157:H7. Found in contaminated food/unpasteurized milk

Question 9

___ strain of E Coli is the most important bacterial cause of diarrhea in children in developing countries.

Answer 9

ETEC

Question 10

Major cause of diarrhea in children 6-24 months. Even more severe in developing countries

Answer 10

Rotaviruses

Question 11

2 important viral causes of diarrhea

Answer 11

Rotavirus and Norovirus

Question 12

What organism causes Lyme disease? How is it transmitted?

Answer 12

Borrelia burgdorferi (only female). Tick transmits it

Question 13

How does Lyme disease present?

Answer 13

Erythema Migrans (bulls eye rash), facial palsy

Question 14

If I see a facial palsy first think about what disease?

Answer 14

Lyme Disease

Question 15

Bull’s eye rash (Erythema Migrans) occurs in most people with

Answer 15

Lyme Disease

Question 16

Bull’s eye rash in Meningitis is also called

Answer 16

Erythema Migrans

Question 17

How is Syphilis spread?

Answer 17

person to person through direct contact with a syphilis sore

Question 18

Name the 3 groups of helminths

Answer 18

Trematodes, Cestodes, Nematodes

Question 19

What do Trematodes look like?

Answer 19

Leaf-shaped flatworms

Question 20

What do Cestodes look like?

Answer 20

ribbon-shaped flatworms. Rounded head (scolex) and flat segments (proglottids)

Question 21

What are Nematodes?

Answer 21

Roundworms

Question 22

Only what 2 organisms can penetrate the skin?

Answer 22

Trematodes and Hookworms

Question 23

the most common worm in developed countries

Answer 23

Enterobius vermicularis

Question 24

What causes Dental plaque?

Answer 24

Streptococcus mutans

Question 25

What causes Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis?

Answer 25

Alpha hemolytic Streptococci

Question 26

What's the most common neck space infection?

Answer 26

Ludwig's angina

Question 27

white patches, thrush (rubbed off). What causes it?

Answer 27

Candida albicans

Question 28

__ is a cause of oral infections in newborns and AIDS and immunocompromised patients (indicates poor prognosis).

Answer 28

Candida

Question 29

What causes Peritonsillar abscess?

Answer 29

Group A Strep

Question 30

What causes Diptheria?

Answer 30

Corynebacterium diphtheriae

Question 31

What causes Trench mouth (necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis)

Answer 31

Treponema vincentii antibiotic mouthwash

Question 32

7 mo girl tx with amoxicillin for OM. Infection cleared in 4 days, child became irritable and was feeding poorly. PA noted on f/u (follow up) visit creamy white, curdlike patches on the tongue and buccal mucosa. When scraped they were clearly painful and left raw, bleeding surface. What was found on microscopic exam of the exudate?

Answer 32

Candida albicans

Question 33

Name 3 abnormal oral flora

Answer 33

Beta-Streptococci, Staphlococci, Neisseria

Question 34

Name 4 abnormal intestinal flora

Answer 34

E Coli, Vibrio cholerae, Shigella, Campylobacter

Question 35

Name 6 bacteria that cause infectious diarrhea

Answer 35

Salmonella, Campylobacter, E coli, V. cholerae, Shigellla, Clostridium difficile

Question 36

What causes hemolytic uremic syndrome?

Answer 36

E Coli 0157 H7

Question 37

What causes Acute Renal Failure?

Answer 37

E Coli 0157 H7

Question 38

Most common cause of diarrhea

Answer 38

Salmonellae

Question 39

What does Campylobacter jejuni look like? What does it cause?

Answer 39

S-shaped Gram negative rods. Causes diarrhea.

Question 40

What bacteria gives rice water stools in diarrhea?

Answer 40

Vibrio cholerae