Diseases

Question 1

Which group of people are most often affected by scolded skin sydrome

Answer 1

young kids

Question 2

1 symptom of toxic shock syndrome

Answer 2

fever, hypo-tension, rash, desquamation of skin

Question 3

Main symptom of Clostridium Difficile

Answer 3

Mild/Severe antibiotic associated diarrhoea

Question 4

What bacteria is commonly responsible for the majority of urinary tract infections in women

Answer 4

E. Coli (80%)

Question 5

Most dangerous type of E.Coli
A) Enteroinvasive
B) Enteropathogenic
C) Enterotoxigenic
D) Enterohaemorrhagic

Answer 5

D

Question 6

How is Shigella commonly transmitted

Answer 6

Contact, person to person

Question 7

Most post operation infections caused by

Answer 7

Staphylococcus Aureus

Question 8

Treatment for Gonorrhoea

Answer 8

Cefixime 400mg single dose (oral) or Ceftriaxone 250 dose (Intramuscular)

Question 9

Most common type of fungi

Answer 9

C. Albicans

Question 10

Most common systemic fungal infection

Answer 10

Candida

Question 11

What virus causes Measles, Mumps and Parainfluenza

Answer 11

Paramyxoviridae

Question 12

Human Cytomegalovirus is usually seen in what sort of patients

Answer 12

Immunocompromised

Question 13

Burkitt’s Lymphoma is can be contracted as a result of secondary infection by what virus

Answer 13

Epstein-Barr Virus

Question 14

Asymptomatic infectious mononucleosis is the primary infection of what virus

Answer 14

Epstein-Barr Virus

Question 15

What is a lower respiratory tract disease experienced in early childhood

Answer 15

Respiratory Syncytial Virus

Question 16

What is a biofilm

Answer 16

Microbial community with innate resistance to antimicrobials.

Question 17

How would you treat Impetigo

Answer 17

Oral antibiotics

Question 18

What disease can Strep throat lead to

Answer 18

Scarlet Fever

Question 19

Gangrene and Septic shocks are complications from what infection

Answer 19

Necrotising Fascitis

Question 20

Is Salmonella found in our normal flora

Answer 20

No. They’re a pathogen.

Question 21

What does non-typhoidal salmonella lead to

Answer 21

Gastroenteritis

Question 22

Whooping Cough is an infection of which tract?

Answer 22

Respiratory

Question 23

Meningitis C vaccine protects from what type of infection

Answer 23

H. influenzae

Question 24

2 Most common causes of Meningitis

Answer 24

S. pneumoniae & N. meningitidis

Question 25

Impetigo caused by

Answer 25

Strep. pyogenes

Question 26

Streptococcus pneumoniae most common cause of meningitis in what age group

Answer 26

Babies and young children