causative organisms

Question 1

rheumatic fever (heart disease)

Answer 1

streptococcus pyogenes

Question 2

brucellosis (undulant fever)

Answer 2

brucella melitensis

Question 3

tularemia (rabbit fever)

Answer 3

fransicella tularensis

Question 4

plague (bubonic or pneumonic)

Answer 4

yersinia pestis

Question 5

lyme disease

Answer 5

borrelia burgdorferi

Question 6

relapsing fever

Answer 6

borrelia recurrentis

Question 7

Infectious mononucleosis

Answer 7

HHV4 epstein-barr

Question 8

cytomegalovirus infection

Answer 8

HHV 5 cytomegalovirus

Question 9

dengue fever (break bone)

Answer 9

dengue virus 1-4

Question 10

malaria

Answer 10

plasmodium falciparum
P. vivax
P. malariae

Question 11

toxoplasmosis

Answer 11

toxoplasma gondii

Question 12

chagas disease

Answer 12

trypanosoma gondii

Question 13

lymphatic filariasis

Answer 13

wuchereria bancrofti

Question 14

schistosomiasis

Answer 14

schistosoma mansoni

s. haemotobium
s. japonicum

Question 15

bacterial meningitis

Answer 15

neisseria meningitidis- college kids; purple spotted rash
streptococcus pneumoniae- MC adults 
haemophilus influenzae B- children 
listeria monocytogenes- pregnant women
streptococcus agalactiae- infants

Question 16

leprosy (hansens disease)

Answer 16

mycobacterium leprae

Question 17

botulism

Answer 17

clostridium botulinum

Question 18

tetanus (lockjaw)

Answer 18

clostridium tetani

Question 19

viral meningitis

Answer 19

poliovirus
coxsackie virus
echovirus

90%

Question 20

cryptococcal meningitis

Answer 20

cryptococcus neoformans

Question 21

african sleeping sickness

Answer 21

trypanosoma brucei gambiense

trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense

Question 22

amebic encephalopathy

Answer 22

acanthamoeba

naegleria fowleri

Question 23

variant creutzfeldt jakob disease

Answer 23

abnormal strains of prions

Question 24

trachoma

Answer 24

chlamydia trachomatis

Question 25

sty

Answer 25

staph aureus | staph epidermidis

Question 26

opthalmia neonatorum

Answer 26

neisseria gonorrhoeae

Question 27

occular herpes

Answer 27

HHV-1 (herpes simplex)

Question 28

hot tub folliculitis

Answer 28

pseudomonas aeruginosa

Question 29

impetigo

Answer 29

80%- staph aureus | 20%- strep pyogenes

Question 30

erysipelas

Answer 30

most cases strep pyogenes

Question 31

necrotizing fasciitis

Answer 31

strep pyogenes

Question 32

cat scratch fever

Answer 32

bartonella henselae

Question 33

rocky mountain spotted fever

Answer 33

rickettsia ricketsii

Question 34

anthrax

Answer 34

bacillus anthracis

Question 35

gas gangrene

Answer 35

clostridium perfringens

Question 36

smallpox (variola)

Answer 36

orthopox virus

Question 37

herpes labialis

Answer 37

HHV-1 simplex; oral herpes

Question 38

herpetic whitlow

Answer 38

HHV-1

Question 39

herpes gladiatorum

Answer 39

HHV-1

Question 40

chickenpox (varicella)

Answer 40

HHV-3 varicella zoster

Question 41

shingles (herpes zoster)

Answer 41

HHV-3 varicella zoster

Question 42

warts

Answer 42

HPV- human papilloma

Question 43

rubeola

Answer 43

measles virus

Question 44

german measles

Answer 44

rubella virus

Question 45

erythema infectious

Answer 45

parvovirus B19

Question 46

roseola

Answer 46

HHV-6 roseolovirus

Question 47

black piedra

Answer 47

piedraia hortae

Question 48

white piedra

Answer 48

trichosporon beiglii

Question 49

pityriasis versicolor

Answer 49

malassezia furfur

Question 50

dermatophytoses (ringworm)

Answer 50

epidermophyton sp. microsporum sp. trichophyton sp.

Question 51

sporotrichosis

Answer 51

sporothrix schenckii

Question 52

leishmaniasis

Answer 52

leishmania sp.

Question 53

scabies

Answer 53

sarcoptes scabiei

Question 54

chagas disease

Answer 54

trypanosoma cruzi