Misc

Question 1

Name the Gram-positive cocci

Answer 1

Staphylococci + Streptococci (including enterococci)

Question 2

Name the Gram-negative cocci

Answer 2

Neisseria meningitidis + Neisseria gonorrhoeae, also Moraxella catarrhalis

Question 3

Name the Gram-positive rods (bacilli)

Answer 3

ABCD L

Actinomyces
Bacillus anthracis (anthrax)
Clostridium
Diphtheria: Corynebacterium diphtheriae
Listeria monocytogenes

Question 4

Name Culture negative causes of Endocarditis

Answer 4

Prior antibiotic therapy
Coxiella burnetii
Bartonella
Brucella
HACEK: Haemophilus, Actinobacillus, Cardiobacterium, Eikenella, Kingella

Question 5

Name the HACEK Organisms

Answer 5

Haemophilus, Actinobacillus, Cardiobacterium, Eikenella, Kingella

Question 6

List the common causes of Viral Meningitis

Answer 6

Causes

non-polio enteroviruses e.g. coxsackie virus, echovirus
mumps
herpes simplex virus (HSV), cytomegalovirus (CMV), herpes zoster viruses
HIV
measles