Pathogens & Diseases

Question 1

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Answer 1

Tuberculosis

Question 2

Chlamydia pneumoniae

Answer 2

Atypical pneumonia and community acquired tracheobronchitis

Question 3

Chlamydia trachomatis

Answer 3

trachoma; nongonococcal urethritis

Question 4

Mycobacterium avium-intracellularae

Answer 4

opportunistic w/ AIDS

Question 5

Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Answer 5

pneumonia

Question 6

Ureaplasma urealyticum

Answer 6

UTI

Question 7

Treponema pallidum

Answer 7

syphilis

Question 8

Pneumocystis jiroveci (carinii)

Answer 8

opportunistic pneumonia

Question 9

Trichomonas vaginalis

Answer 9

trichomoniasis (vagina)

Question 10

Borreilia burgdorferi

Answer 10

Lyme Disease

Question 11

Acinetobacter

Answer 11

Nosocomial, including pneumonia, UTI, meningitis

Question 12

Burkholderia

Answer 12

Nosocomial, e.g. septicemia, UTI, RTIs

Question 13

Citrobacter

Answer 13

Lower Resp Inf; UTI; bacteremias

Question 14

Hemophilus influenzae

Answer 14

meningitis

Question 15

Helicobacter pylori

Answer 15

PUD

Question 16

Klebsiella

Answer 16

communal, opportunistic pneumonia

Question 17

Legionella pneumophila

Answer 17

pneumonia

Question 18

Moraxella catarrhalis

Answer 18

RTI

Question 19

Neisseria gonorrheae

Answer 19

gonorrhea

Question 20

Neisseria meningitidis

Answer 20

meningitis

Question 21

Proteus

Answer 21

UTI, pneumonia, wound inf, ear

Question 22

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Answer 22

HAIs

Question 23

Salmonella

Answer 23

gastroenteritis, septicemia, typhoid fever

Question 24

Serratia

Answer 24

HAIs: pneumonia and UTI

Question 25

Escherichia coli

Answer 25

UTIs, nosocomial pneumonia, peritonitis, sepsis

Question 26

Bacteroides

Answer 26

Closed abdominal abscesses

Question 27

Vibrio cholerae

Answer 27

cholera: diarrhea and vomitting

Question 28

Enterococcus

Answer 28

Nosocomial: UTI, bacteremia, endocarditis, intra-abdominal infections

Question 29

Listeria monocytogenes

Answer 29

meningitis, septicemia, encephalitis

Question 30

Staph aureus

Answer 30

HAIs: pneumonia, skin diseases, toxic shock syndrome

Question 31

Staph epidermidis

Answer 31

HAI: bacteremia, sepsis, biofilms on foreign devices

Question 32

Streptococcus

Answer 32

pneumonia, otis media, meningitis, bacteremia

Question 33

Clostridium botulinum

Answer 33

botulism

Question 34

Clostridium difficile

Answer 34

diarrhea; colitis; sepsis

Question 35

Staphylococcus saprophyticus

Answer 35

UTI