Bacteria and Diseases

Question 1

Clostridium tetani

Answer 1

Gram + Bacillus Tetanus

Question 2

Clostridium perfringens

Answer 2

Gram + Bacillus Gas gangrene and gastroenteritis

Question 3

Clostridium botulinium

Answer 3

Gram + Bacillus Botulism

Question 4

Clostridium spp.

Answer 4

Gram + Bacillus Endospore forming obligate anaerobe, toxin producing, non-invasive

Question 5

Bacillus anthracis

Answer 5

Gram + Bacillus Anthraxs

Question 6

Treponema pallidum

Answer 6

Gram - Spirochete Syphilis

Question 7

Borrelia burgdorferi

Answer 7

Gram - Spirochete Lyme disease

Question 8

Neisseriae meningitidis

Answer 8

Gram - Coccus Meningitis (menigococcal)

Question 9

Neisseriae gonorrhoea

Answer 9

Gram - Coccus Gonorrhea, neonatal gonorrheal ophthalmia

Question 10

Ehrlichia spp.

Answer 10

Gram - Coccus Human moncytotrophic ehrlichiosis (HME)

Question 11

Chlamydia trachomatis

Answer 11

Gram - Coccus, Trachoma, leading cause of blindness and nongonococcal urethritis (STD)

Question 12

Anaplasma phagocytophilum

Answer 12

Gram - Coccus Human granulocytic anaplasmosis (HGA)

Question 13

Shigella sonnei

Answer 13

Gram - Bacillus Dysentery (shigellosis)

Question 14

Salmonella enterica

Answer 14

Gram - Bacillus Dysentery (Salmonellosis)

Question 15

Rickettsia rickettsii

Answer 15

Gram - Bacillus Rocky Mountain spotted fever

Question 16

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Answer 16

Gram - Bacillus Nosocomial pneumonia and wound infections UTI, burns, dermatitis, Otitis externa, meningitis, abscesses

Question 17

Klebsiella pneumonia

Answer 17

Gram - Bacillus Common cause of surgical wound infections

Question 18

Haemophilus influenzae

Answer 18

Gram - Bacillus produce several clinical syndroms including meningitis, bacteremia, epiglottitis or pneumonia

Question 19

`Escherichia coli

Answer 19

Gram - Bacillus Traveler’s diarrhea, enteroinvasive gastroenteritis, enterohemorrhagic gastroenteritis, nosocomial pneumonia

Question 20

Enterobacter spp

Answer 20

Gram - Bacillus Nosocomial pneumonia and wound infections

Question 21

Coxiella burnetti

Answer 21

Gram - Bacillus Q fever

Question 22

Bordetella pertussis

Answer 22

Gram - Bacillus Whooping Cough

Question 23

Clostridium difficile

Answer 23

Gram + Bacillus nosocomial diarrhea

Question 24

Corynebacterium diptheriae

Answer 24

Gram + Bacillus Diptheria

Question 25

Listeria monocytogenes

Answer 25

Gram + Bacillus Common cause of food poisoning, bacterial meninigitis

Question 26

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Answer 26

Gram + Bacillus (Acid-Fast) Tuberculosis

Question 27

Mycobacterium leprae

Answer 27

Gram + Bacillus (Acid-Fast) Leprosy

Question 28

Mycoplasma pneumonia

Answer 28

Gram + Bacillus-Pleomorphic Pneumonia

Question 29

Enterococcus spp.

Answer 29

Gram + Coccus common cause of surgical wound infections

Question 30

Staphylococcus aureus

Answer 30

Gram + Coccus most common cause of nosocomial pneumonia, MRSA

Question 31

Coagulase - Staphylococcus (Staphylococcus epidermidis)

Answer 31

Gram + Coccus Causes nosocomial sepsis

Question 32

Streptococcus pneumoniae

Answer 32

Gram + Coccus common cause of pneumonia, otitis media

Question 33

Streptococcus pyogenes

Answer 33

Gram + Coccus Invasive Group A causes strep throat scarlet fever rheumatic fever impetigo