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Question 1

What medium does bordatella pertussis need to be cultured on?

Answer 1

Bordet-Gengou medium

Question 2

What organism is cultured on charcoal yeast extract with iron and cysteine?

Answer 2

legionella

Question 3

What organism is cultured on chocolate agar with factors V and X?

Answer 3

haemophilus influenzae

Question 4

What organism is cultured on Loffler’s medium?

Answer 4

corynebacterium diphtheriae

Question 5

What organism is cultured on Thayer-Martin medium?

Answer 5

neisseria species

Question 6

Which asthma medication has the adverse effect of headaches? cardiotoxicity? oral thrush? tremor?

Answer 6

headaches - zileuton
cardiotoxicity - theophylline
oral thrush - corticosteroids
tremor - salmeterol

Question 7

which antibiotic is associated with phototoxicity? What infections is it indicated for?

Answer 7

tetracyclines

rickettsial infections, cholera, mycoplasma and chlamydophila pneumoniae, lyme disease

Question 8

What is the mechanism of action of montelukast and zafirlukast? What is the MOA of zileuton?

Answer 8

Montelukast/zafirlukast = leukotriene receptor blockers
Zileuton = blocks enzymes in lipoxygenase pathway (pathway from arachidonic acid to leukotrienes)

Question 9

What are the classic symptoms of carcinoid tumor? What does this tumor secrete? How would you test for it?

Answer 9

Wheezing, facial flushing and diarrhea
Carcinoid tumors secrete serotonin.
Test for 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid in the urine and niacin deficiency (pellagra)