Aerobic Gram-Negative Bacteria Flashcards
- In suspected cases of brucellosis, the optimal specimen to be collected for the isolation of the etiologic agent is
A. Blood
B. Urine
C. CSF
D. Nasopharyngeal exudates
A. Blood
- The majority of clinical isolates of Klebsiella are
A. K. ozaenae
B. K. pneumoniae
C. K. aerogenes
D. K. oxytoca
B. K. pneumoniae
- The enterotoxins of both Vibrio cholerae O1 and noninvasive (toxigenic) strains of Escherichia coli produce serious diarrhea by what mechanism?
A. Stimulation of adenylate cyclase, which gives rise to excessive fluid secretions by the cells of the small intestine
B. Penetration of the bowel mucosa
C. Stimulation of colicin production
D. Elaboration of a dermonecrotizing toxin
A. Stimulation of adenylate cyclase, which gives rise to excessive fluid secretions by the cells of the small intestine
- Colonies of Neisseria sp. turn color when a redox regent if applied. The color change is indicative of the activity of the bacterial enzyme
A. Beta-galactoside
B. Urease
C. Cytochrome oxidase
D. Pheylalanine deaminase
C. Cytochrome oxidase
- Which of the following is not true of Shigela sonnei?
A. Large numbers of organisms must be ingested to produce disease.
B. The organism produces an inflammatory condition in the large intestine with bloody diarrhea.
C. The organism produces disease most commonly in the pediatric population.
D. The organism is a delayed lactose fermenter.
A. Large numbers of organisms must be ingested to produce disease.
- An environmental sampling study of respiratory therapy equipment produced cultures of a yellow, nonfermentative (at 48 hrs), gram neg bacillus from several of the nebulizers, which would most likely be species of
A. Chryseobacterium
B. Pseudmonas
C. Alcaligenes
D. Moraxella
A. Chryseobacterium
- The characteristics of being lactose negative, citrate negative, urease negative, and nonmotile best describe which organism?
A. Proteus vulgaris
B. Yersinia pestis
C. Salmonella enterica
D. Shigella dysenteriae
D. Shigella dysenteriae
- A non fermentative gram neg bacillus that is oxidase positive, motile, and grows well on Mac agar is
A. Aeromonas hyrophila
B. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
C. Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
D. Yersinia enterocolitica
A. Aeromonas hyrophila
- Fecal cultures are inoculated on thiosulfate-citrate-bile salts-sucrose agar specifically for the isolation of
A. Shigella
B. Vibrio
C. Campybacter
D. Shigella
B. Vibrio
- The K antigen of the family Enterobacteriaceae is
A. Heat labile
B. The somatic antigen
C. Located on the flagellum
D. The antigen used to group Shigella
A. Heat labile
- The causitive agent of melioidosis is
A. Burkholderia cepacia
B. Burkholderia pseudomallei
C. Moraxella catarrhalis
D. Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
B. Burkholderia pseudomallei
- Which microorganism will grow only on culture media supplemented with either cysteine or cystine?
A. Actinobacillus lignieresii
B. Bartonella bacilliformis
C. Francisella tularensis
D. Kingella kingae
C. Francisella tularensis
- A culture of a decubitus ulcer grew a gram neg facultative bacillus. On TSI it produced an acid slant, acid butt, and gas. Test reactions in other media were as follows:
Citrate: Neg
Indole: Pos
Urease: Neg
ONPG: Pos
VP: Neg
A. Enterobacter cloacae
B. Escherichia coli
C. Citrobacter (diversus) koseri
D. Providencia stuartii
B. Escherichia coli
- An example of an oxidase-positive, glucose nonfermenting organism is
A. Aeromonas hydrophila
B. Escherichia coli
C. Klebsiella pneumoniae
D. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
D. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- A fastidious gram neg bacillus was isolated from a case of periodontal disease, which upon darkfield examination was noted to have gliding motility. The most likely identification of this etiologic agent would be
A. Capnocytophaga
B. Chromobacterium
C. Kingella
D. Plesiomonas
A. Capnocytophaga
- The species of Vibrio closely associated with rapidly progressing wound infections seen in patients with underslying liver disease is
A. V. alginolyticus
B. V. cholerae
C. V. vulnifuicus
D. V. parahaemolyticus
C. V. vulnifuicus
- Severe disseminated intravascular cogulation often complications cases of septicemia caused by
A. Acinetobacter sp.
B. Moraxella sp.
C. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
D. Neisseria meningitidis
D. Neisseria meningitidis
- The Haemophilus influenzae vaccine protects against which serotype?
A. Serotype a
B. Serotype b
C. Serotype c
D. Serotype d
B. Serotype b
- Salmonella Typhi exhibits a characterisitc biochemical pattern, which differentiates it from the other salmonellae. Which of the following is not characteristic of S. Typhi?
A. Large amounts of H2S are produced in TSI agar
B. Agglutination in Vi grouping serum
C. Lysine decarboxylase protive
D. Citrate negative
A. Large amounts of H2S are produced in TSI agar
- The sexually acquired disease characteristerized by genital ulcers and tender inguinal lymphphadenopathy, which is caused by a small, gram-negative bacillus, is known as
A. Chancroid
B. Bacterial vaginosis
C. Syphilis
D. Trachoma
A. Chancroid
- Which of the following diseases is most likely to be acquired from a hot tub or whirlpool?
A. Q fever
B. Eryipelas
C. Acinetobacter cellulitis
D. Pseudomonas dermatitis
D. Pseudomonas dermatitis
- Campylobacter spp. are associated most frequently with case of
A. Osteomyelitis
B. Gastroenteritis
C. Endocarditis
D. Appendicitis
B. Gastroenteritis
- An organism occasionally misidentified as an enteric pathogen becuase it produces a large amount of H2S is
A. Burkholderia cepacia
B. Burkholderia pseudomallei
C. Pseudomonas putida
D. Shewanella putrefaciens
D. Shewanella putrefaciens
- The etiologic agent of whooping cough is
A. Bordetella pertussis
B. Brucella suis
C. Francisella tularensis
D. Haemophilus ducreyi
A. Bordetella pertussis
- An important characteristic of Neisseria gonorrhoeae or the infection it produces is
A. A gram strain of the organism reveals gram-negative bacilli
B. Asymptomatic infections are common in females
C. Produces disease in humans and domestic animals
D. The bacteria survive long periods outside the host’s body
B. Asymptomatic infections are common in females
- Which of the following organisms would mostly likely produce the biochemical reactions shown in Color Plate 27 (TSI: K/H2S , Urea: Neg, TDA: Neg, Lysine: Pos
A. Citrobacter freundii
B. Proteus mirabilis
C. Providencia rettgeri
D. Salmonella
D. Salmonella
- A gram negative, “kidney bean” cellular morphology is a distiguishing characteristic of
A. Neisseria meningitidis
B. Yersinia pestis
C. Bartonella spp.
D. Actinobacter spp.
A. Neisseria meningitidis
- Which of the following nonfermenters is rarely isolated in the US?
A. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
B. Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
C. Burkholderia mallei
D. Burkholderia cepacia
C. Burkholderia mallei