Causes Of Infection

Question 0

Name an effect of the HSV-1 virus

Answer 0

Coldsores

Question 1

What are the most common causes of UTIs?

Answer 1

E.coli and Staphylococcus saprophyticus

Question 2

What does Rhabdovirus cause?

Answer 2

Rabies

Question 5

What bacteria causes necrotising fasciitis?

Answer 5

Streptococcus pyogenes

Question 6

Burkitts lymphoma can be a side effect of which virus?

Answer 6

Epstein-Barr virus

Question 7

What causes gas gangrene?

Answer 7

Clostridium perfringens

Question 9

Bronchitis can develop from what kind of virus?

Answer 9

Respiratory syncytial virus

Question 11

What bacteria can cause meningitis?

Answer 11

Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae or Neisseria meningitidis

Question 13

What bacteria routinely cause pneumonia?

Answer 13

Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, bordetella pertussis and E.coli

Question 14

What is a common effect of Rotavirus?

Answer 14

Gut infection

Question 15

Name 2 illnesses caused by Paramyxoviruses

Answer 15

Measles and mumps

Question 16

What causes glandular fever?

Answer 16

Epstein-Barr virus

Question 17

What infection is a result of the retrovirus?

Answer 17

HIV

Question 18

What virus is responsible for most flu epidemics?

Answer 18

Orthomyxoviridae

Question 19

Name 2 illnesses caused by the Varicella-Zoster virus

Answer 19

Chicken pox and shingles

Question 20

What commonly blocks catheters in hospital?

Answer 20

Proteus

Question 27

What is the cause of ‘enteric fever’?

Answer 27

Typhoidal Salmonella

Question 28

What bacteria commonly causes problems with prosthetic devices in hospital?

Answer 28

Staphylococcus epidermis

Question 30

What causes cellulitis?

Answer 30

Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes

Question 33

What is the most common cause of antibiotic associated diarrhoea?

Answer 33

Clostridium difficile