Bacteria

Question 1

Are enterobacterales oxidase - positive or negative?

Answer 1

Negative

Question 2

What is S. enterica subspecies 2 called?

Answer 2

Salamae

Question 3

What is S. enterica subspecies 3a called?

Answer 3

Arizone

Question 4

What is S. enterica subspecies 3b called?

Answer 4

Diarizone

Question 5

What is S. enterica subspecies 4 called?

Answer 5

Houtenae

Question 6

What is S. enterica subspecies 2 called?

Question 7

What happens when sickle cell disease patients get salmonella?

Answer 7

They get osteomyelitis

Question 8

What happens when sickle cell disease patients get parvovirus b19?

Answer 8

They have an aplastic crisis

Question 9

What serovar of s. Enterica usually causes problems for sickle cell patients ?

Answer 9

typhimurium (typhi)

Question 10

Vascular endothelium infection from salmonella is linked to which disease?

Answer 10

Atherosclerosis

Question 11

Which serovar of s.enterica is vascular endothelium infection associated with ?

Answer 11

Cholereasuis

Question 12

There are #### cases of salmonella yearly out of which #### die

Answer 12

16 million ; 600,000

Question 13

Where is salmonella endemic to?

Answer 13

South asia & south africa

Question 14

Why does salmonella increase in hot dry weather?

Answer 14

Higher microbe concentration

Question 15

Why does salmonella increase in rainy weather?

Answer 15

Sewage mixes with drinking water

Question 16

Incubation period of salmonella?

Answer 16

7-14 days

Question 17

How long is salmonella’s bacteremia?

Answer 17

A week

Question 18

How long is salmonella’s fastigium?

Answer 18

A week

Question 19

How long does salmonella lysis last?

Answer 19

A week

Question 20

How long does convalescence from enteric fever take?

Answer 20

Weeks to months

Question 21

Where is salmonella typhi chronically carried ?

Answer 21

Gallbladder

Question 22

How long is typhoid vaccine valid for?

Answer 22

3 yeats

Question 23

Incubation period of bubonic plague?

Answer 23

A week

Question 24

Incubation period of pneumonic plague?

Answer 24

2-3 days

Question 25

Where is F. Tularensis type A endemic to?

Answer 25

North america

Question 26

Where is F. Tularensis type B endemic to?

Answer 26

North hemisphere

Question 27

Where do buboes form?

Answer 27

Axilla & groin area

Question 28

What diagnostic tool can bartonella not use ?

Answer 28

Serology

Question 29

What is the problem with nucleic acid detection of bartonella ?

Answer 29

It’s not widely available

Question 30

Incubation of rat bite disease?

Answer 30

2-10 days

Question 31

What causes haverhill fever?

Answer 31

Ingestion of food contaminated with streptobacillus moniliformis

Question 32

What disease does R. rickettsii cause?

Answer 32

Rocky mountain spotted fever

Question 33

What disease does R. Conorii cause?

Answer 33

Mediterranean spotted fever

Question 34

What disease does R. akari cause?

Answer 34

Ricketssialpox

Question 35

What disease does R. prowazekii cause?

Answer 35

Epidemic typhus and then recrudescent typhus on relapse

Question 36

What disease does R. typhi cause?

Answer 36

Endemic typhus

Question 37

What disease does Orienta tsutsugamushi cause?

Answer 37

Scrub typhus

Question 38

What is the incubation period of Ehrlicha ?

Answer 38

1-2 weeks

Question 39

What disease does ehrlichia chaffeensis cause?

Answer 39

Human monocytic ehrlichiosis

Question 40

What disease does ehrlichia ewingii cause?

Answer 40

Human granulocytic ehrlichiosis

Question 41

What disease does anaplasma phagocytophilum cause?

Answer 41

Human granulocytic anaplasmosis