Nervous System/Eyes - causative agents

Question 1

bacterial meningitis

Answer 1

neisseria meningitidis
streptococcus pneumoniae
haemophilus influenzae b
listeria monocytogenes
streptococcus agalactiae

Question 2

leprosy

Answer 2

myobacterium leprae

Question 3

botulism

Answer 3

clostridium botulinum

Question 4

tetanus

Answer 4

clostridium tetani

Question 5

viral meningitis

Answer 5

enteroviruses (poliovirus, coxsackie, echovirus)

Question 6

poliomyelitis

Answer 6

enterovirus poliovirus

Question 7

rabies

Answer 7

rabies virus

Question 8

eastern equine encephalitis

Answer 8

eastern equine encephalitis virus (EEE)

Question 9

western equine encephalitis

Answer 9

western equine encephalitis virus (WEE)

Question 10

venezuelan equine encephalitis

Answer 10

venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (VEE)

Question 11

St. Louis encephalitis

Answer 11

st. louis encephalitis virus

Question 12

west nile encephalitis

Answer 12

west nile virus

Question 13

tick borne encephalitis

Answer 13

tick borne encephalitis virus

Question 14

cyptococcal meningitis

Answer 14

cryptococcus neoformans

Question 15

african sleeping sickness

Answer 15

trypanosoma bruccei rhodesiense

trypanosoma bruccei gambiense

Question 16

amebic meningoencephalopathy

Answer 16

acanthamoeba

naegleria fowleri

Question 17

variant creutzfeldt jakob disease

Answer 17

abnormal prions

Question 18

trachoma

Answer 18

chlamydia trachomatis

Question 19

sty

Answer 19

staphylococcus aureus

staphylococcus epidermis

Question 20

opthalmia neonatorum

Answer 20

neisseria gonorrhoeae

Question 21

conjunctivitis

Answer 21

staphylococcus aureus
staphylococcus pneumoniae
naemophilus aegyptii
adenovirus

Question 22

ocular herpes

Answer 22

HHV-1

Question 23

ocular candidiasis

Answer 23

candida albicans

Question 24

acanthamoeba keratitis

Answer 24

acanthamoeba

Question 25

loa loa filariasis

Answer 25

nematode loa loa "roundworm"

Question 26

onchocerciasis

Answer 26

onchocerca valvulus