Clinical ID

Question 1

Common virus

Answer 1

Polio

Question 2

Common chlamydiae

Answer 2

Chlamydia trachomatis

Question 3

Common rickettsieae

Answer 3

Rickettsia prawazekii

Question 4

Common mycoplasmas

Answer 4

Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Question 5

Common bacteria

Answer 5

Staphylococcus epidermis/pneumoniae, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Vibrio cholerae

Question 6

Common fungi

Answer 6

Trichophyton, Candida albicans, Sporothrix schenkii, Histoplasma capuslatum

Question 7

Common protozoa

Answer 7

Giardia lamblia, Trypanosoma gambiense, Trypanosoma cruzi, Leishmania donvani

Question 8

Common helminths

Answer 8

Enterobium vermicularis, Wuchereria bancrofti, Trichinella spiralis

Question 9

List the human host barriers to infection

Answer 9

Intact skin/mucosal surfaces
Secretory-excretory products
Commensal flora

Question 10

Identify 8 microbial pathogens that exhibit significant antigenic variation

Answer 10

Rhinoviruses
Influenza
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Borrelia hermsii
Borrelia burgdoferi
Trypanosoma brucei
Giardia lamblia
Plasmodium falciparum

Question 11

Microorganism that would cause suppurative inflammation

Answer 11

Pyogenic bacteria, such as pneumococcal pneumonia

Question 12

Microorganism that would cause mononuclear and granulomatous inflammtion

Answer 12

Syphilis, TB

Question 13

Microorganism that would cause ctyopathic-cytoproliferative inflammation

Answer 13

herpesvirus

Question 14

Microorganism that would cause necrotizing inflammation

Answer 14

Group A streptococcus

Question 15

Microorganism that would cause chronic inflammation and scarring

Answer 15

Schistosome eggs