Microbio

Question 1

Yersinia pestis causes ?

Answer 1

Plague

Question 2

Rickettsia rickettsia causes ?

Answer 2

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

Question 3

Rickettsia prowezakii causes ?

Answer 3

Epidemic typhus

Question 4

Borrelia recurrentis causes ?

Answer 4

Endemic relapsing fever (Africa, South America)

Question 5

Borrelia burgdorferi causes ?

Answer 5

Lyme disease

Question 6

Ehrlichia chaffeensis causes ?

Answer 6

Human monocytic ehrlichiosis

Question 7

Anaplasma phagocytophilum causes ?

Answer 7

Granulocytic ehrlichiosis

Question 8

Ehrlichia ewingii causes ?

Answer 8

Granulocytic ehrlichiosis

Question 9

Sx: axillary lymphadenopathy in child with new kitten
Dx: ?

Answer 9

Bartonella henselae (cat scratch disease)

Question 10

Sx: polyarthritis, fever, malaise, Hx of tick bite in outdoorsman
Dx: ?

Answer 10

Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme disease)

Question 11

Sx: rash on hands and feet in Boy Scout
Dx: ?

Answer 11

Rickettsia rickettsia

Question 12

Sx: generalized redness, rash, fever in menstruating female
Dx: ?

Answer 12

Staph aureus toxic shock syndrome

Question 13

Sx: meningitis with petichial hemorrhages
Dx: ?

Answer 13

Neisseria meningitidis

Question 14

Sx: diarrhea in hospitalized patient treated with abx
Dx: ?

Answer 14

Clostridium difficile

Question 15

Sx: gritty yellow pus draining from jaw abscess
Dx: ?

Answer 15

Actinomyces isrealii

Question 16

Sx: necrotozing fasciitis (after wound, surgery, or cellulitis)
Dx: ?

Answer 16

Streptococcus pyogenes

Question 17

Sx: flaccid baby
Dx: ?

Answer 17

Clostridium botulinum (flobby baby syndrome)

Question 18

Sx: black eschar on carpet merchant
Dx: ?

Answer 18

Bacillus anthracis

Question 19

Sx: gas in devitalized tissue (myonecrosis)
Dx: ?

Answer 19

Clostridium perfringens (gas gangrene)

Question 20

Sx: Fever in prarie dog trapper
Dx: ?

Answer 20

Yersinia pestis

Question 21

Sx: multiple drug resistant infection in hospitalized soldier
Dx: ?

Answer 21

Acinetobacter baumannii

Question 22

Sx: recurrent fevers in slaughterhouse worker
Dx: ?

Answer 22

Brucella

Question 23

Sx: fever and conjunctivitis in kayaker
Dx: ?

Answer 23

Leptospirosis

Question 24

Sx: pneumonia in sheep herder
Dx: ?

Answer 24

Coxiella bernettii (Q fever)

Question 25

Sx: fever history in a traveler Dx: ?

Answer 25

Assume malaria until proven otherwise

Question 26

Sx: fever and malaise in an older gardener in USA (think mosquito exposure) Dx: ?

Answer 26

West Nile virus

Question 27

Sx: fever and respiratory distress following exposure to rodent urine/feces Dx: ?

Answer 27

Sin Nombre Virus

Question 28

Sx: fever, nausea, vomiting, travel to Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea Dx:

Answer 28

Ebola virus

Question 29

Sx: hemorrhagic fever with rodent exposure in Africa

Answer 29

Lassa fever

Question 30

Rabbits a/w ?

Answer 30

Franciesella tularensis

Question 31

Rodent/fleas a/w ?

Answer 31

Yersinia pestis

Question 32

Cat bites a/w ?

Answer 32

Pasteurella multocida

Question 33

Raccoons a/w ?

Answer 33

Rabies virus

Question 34

Bats a/w ?

Answer 34

Numerous viruses: rabies, ebola, nipah, hendra

Question 35

Dog bites a/w ?

Answer 35

Pasteurella multocida, Capnocytophaga

Question 36

Horses a/w ?

Answer 36

equine encephalitides

Question 37

Cattle, pigs a/w?

Answer 37

Brucellosis

Question 38

Raw fish a/w ?

Answer 38

Akasakis

Question 39

Monkeys a/w ?

Answer 39

Rabies, herpes B virus

Question 40

Mice/ticks a/w ?

Answer 40

Lyme disease

Question 41

Rodent urine a/w ?

Answer 41

Leptospirosis, Lassa fever, sin nombre virus

Question 42

Sheep contact a/w ?

Answer 42

Coxiella burnettii (Q fever)

Question 43

Parrots, exotic birds a/w ?

Answer 43

Chlamydia psittaci

Question 44

Cat scratches a/w ?

Answer 44

Bartonella hensalae

Question 45

Cat feces a/w ?

Answer 45

Toxoplasma gondii