Antimicrobial

Question 1

Listeria monocytogenes causes

Answer 1

• Meningitis in neonates and the elderly

- Bacteraemia in pregnancy

Question 2

Clostridium perfinges causes

Answer 2

Food poisoning

Question 3

Clostridium difficle causes

Answer 3

Diarrhoea

Question 4

Bacillus anthracis causes

Answer 4

Anthrax

Question 5

Bacillus cereus causes

Answer 5

Food poisoning

Question 6

Staphylococcus aureus causes

Answer 6

• Endocarditis
• Osteomyelitis
• Septicaemia
• Toxic shock syndrome
• Boils/abscesses

Question 7

Staphylococcus saprophyticus causes

Answer 7

Urinary tract infection in women of child bearing age

Question 8

Viridians Streptococci causes

Answer 8

Endocarditis (following dental treatment)

Question 9

Streptococcus pyogenes causes

Answer 9

• Sore throats
• Cellulitis
• Impetigo
• Necrotising fasciitiis

Question 10

Enterococcus faecalis causes

Answer 10

• Urinary tract infection

- Endocarditis

Question 11

Streptococcus agalactiae causes

Answer 11

Neonatal sepsis

Question 12

Enterotoxigenic E.coli causes

Answer 12

Traveller’s diarrhoea

Question 13

Enterohemorrhagic E.coli causes

Answer 13

Bloody diarrhoea and haemolytic uraemic syndrome

Question 14

Salmonella enterica causes

Answer 14

Enterocolitis (inflammation of the small intestine and colon)

Question 15

Salmonella typhi causes

Answer 15

Typhoid fever

Constipation

Question 16

State the most common cause of bacterial diarrhoea in the UK

Answer 16

Campylobacter spp.