CHAPTER 16: Listeria, Bacillus, Corynebacterium and environmental Mycobacteria

Question 1

Listeria can grow in temperatures ____________

Answer 1

4-10°C

Question 2

Treatment for Listeria species

Answer 2

Ampicillin

Gentamycin

Question 3

Listeria species are resistant to:

Answer 3

Cephalosporin
Penicillin
Chloramphenicol

Question 4

Corynebacteria-related organism associated with severe cavitating pneumonia in patients with AIDS

Answer 4

Rhodococcus equi

Question 5

The Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex (MAIC) are common cause of _________ in children

Answer 5

Lymphadenitis

Question 6

3 pathogenic bacterial antigens of Bacillus anthracis

Answer 6

Protective antigen (toxin)
Oedema Factor (toxin)
Antiphagocytic poly D-glutamic acid capsule

Question 7

Treatment for Bacillus anthracis infection

Answer 7

Penicillin
Fluoroquinolone
Erythromycin
Tetracycline

Question 8

Bacillus cereus infection causes vomiting occurring ___ hours after exposure followed by diarrhea after ___ hours

Answer 8

6 hours

18 hours

Question 9

Heat stable bacillus toxin that usually multiplies in parboiled rice

Answer 9

Bacillus cereus

Question 10

Mycobacterium species that cause indolent pulmonary infections that resembles tuberculosis in individuals predisposed by chronic lung diseases

Answer 10

M. kansasi
M. malmoense
M. xenopi

Question 11

The MAIC are common cause of ______ in immunocompromised patients

Answer 11

Osteomyelitis

Question 12

Species included in the Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex

Answer 12

M. avium
M. intracellulare
M. scrofulaceum

Question 13

Listeria specie associated with human disease

Answer 13

Listeria monocytogenes

Question 14

Treatment for Bacillus cereus infection

Answer 14

Vancomycin

Clindamycin