extra seminar Q's Flashcards
What type of immunodeficiency does malnutrition cause?
a. primary adaptive
b. secondary adaptive
c. primary innate
d. secondary innate
b. secondary adaptive
What type of immunodeficiency does a phagocytic cell deficiency cause?
a. primary adaptive
b. secondary adaptive
c. primary innate
d. secondary innate
c. primary innate
Which is used to treat ecthyma gangrenosum?
a. aminoglycoside + beta-lactam
b. cytotoxic drugs
c. high doses of corticosteroids
d. ketoconazole
a. aminoglycoside + beta-lactam
What type of immunodeficiency does a T cell deficiency cause?
a. primary adaptive
b. secondary adaptive
c. primary innate
d. secondary innate
a. primary adaptive
When are fungal infections more common?
a. 1-20 days of neutropenia
b. more than 20 days of neutropenia
b. more than 20 days of neutropenia
Which is the treatment for chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis?
a. nystanin
b. ketoconazole
c. azole mouthwash
b. ketoconazole
A&C are for oropharyngeal candidiasis
Which is the treatment for oropharyngeal candidiasis?
a. nystatin
b. ketoconazole
c. corticosteroids
a. nystatin
and azole mouthwash
which of the following is most likely to get disseminated candidiasis?
a. colon cancer
b. HIV patients
c. leukemia or lymphoma patients
c. leukemia or lymphoma patients
Which is used to treat gram-negative with empiric therapy?
a. amphotericin A
b. amphotericin B
c. vancomycin
d. anti-pseudomonal activity
d. anti-pseudomonal activity
Which is used to treat gram-positive with empiric therapy?
a. amphotericin A
b. amphotericin B
c. vancomycin
d. anti-pseudomonal activity
c. vancomycin
Which is used to treat fungi with empiric therapy?
a. amphotericin A
b. amphotericin B
c. vancomycin
d. anti-pseudomonal activity
b. amphotericin B
Which of the following suppresses cell-mediated immunity?
a. aminoglycoside + beta-lactam
b. cytotoxic drugs
c. high doses of corticosteroids
b. cytotoxic drugs
Which of the following suppresses the inflammatory response?
a. aminoglycoside + beta-lactam
b. cytotoxic drugs
c. high doses of corticosteroids
c. high doses of corticosteroids
Which of the following doesn’t have a vaccine?
a. Streptococcus pneumoniae
b. Varicella-zoster virus
c. Hepatitis C
c. Hepatitis C
A 65 year old patient comes to the clinic with a PUO, which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?
a. infection
b. neoplasm
c. connective tissue disorder
d. polymyalgia rheumatica
d. polymyalgia rheumatica
A Pel–Ebstein fever pattern indicates which disease?
a. malaria
b. lymphoma
c. typhoid
d. brucellosis
b. lymphoma
A pulse-temperature dissociation fever pattern indicates which disease?
a. malaria
b. lymphoma
c. brucellosis
d. toxoplasmosis
c. brucellosis
and typhoid!
Which of the following is most common in a patient with deficient cell-mediated immunity?
a. bacterial infections
b. viral infections
c. parasitic infections
b. viral infections
Which of the following is most common in a patient with neutropenia?
a. bacterial infections
b. viral infections
c. parasitic infections
a. bacterial infections
Which of the following is a risk factor of biliary abscesses?
a. appendicitis
b. the elderly
c. perforations
b. the elderly
Which of the following organisms produces Q fever?
a. Coxiella burnetii
b. Chlamydia pneumoniae
c. Yersinia enterocolitica
a. Coxiella burnetii
fever and lymph node enlargement are indicators of
a. malaria
b. lymphoma
c. brucellosis
d. toxoplasmosis
d. toxoplasmosis
A tertian & quartan fever pattern indicates which disease?
a. malaria
b. lymphoma
c. typhoid
d. brucellosis
a. malaria
Patient who recently traveled to the middle east has a fever, which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?
a. SARS
b. MERS
c. Typhoid
d. Dengue
b. MERS
Patient who recently traveled to Africa has a fever, which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?
a. SARS
b. Meningococcal meningitis
c. MERS
d. Japanese B encephalitis
b. Meningococcal meningitis
Which country is endemic for hepatic schistosomiasis?
a. australia
b. china
d. india
b. china
india= urinary schistosomiasis
Patient who recently traveled to Southern China has a fever, which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?
a. Meningococcal meningitis
b. MERS
c. Japanese B encephalitis
d. ebola
c. Japanese B encephalitis
Where is ebola endemic today?
a. southern america
b. china
c. congo
d. middle east
c. congo
Where is the Zika virus endemic today?
a. southern america
b. china
c. congo
d. mongolia
a. southern america
Where is the Brucellosis endemic?
a. southern america
b. china
c. congo
d. mongolia
d. mongolia
middle east & turkey too
Patient has leukocytosis, which of the following is most likely?
a. bacterial infections
b. viral infections
c. parasitic infections
a. bacterial infections
Patient has Eosinophilia, which of the following is most likely?
a. bacterial infections
b. viral infections
c. parasitic infections
c. parasitic infections
Patient has Lymphocytosis, which of the following is most likely?
a. bacterial infections
b. viral infections
c. parasitic infections
b. viral infections
A fever pattern that has two peaks separated by afebrile interval indicates which disease?
a. malaria
b. lymphoma
c. brucellosis
d. dengue
d. dengue
Patient who recently traveled to Africa has a fever, which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?
a. Japanese B encephalitis
b. MERS
c. Yellow fever
d. SARS
c. Yellow fever
Which of the following is an invasive bacterial pathogen?
a. V. cholerae
b. C. jejuni
c. ETEC
b. C. jejuni
and Shigella
Which of the following organisms would result in toxins in the stool?
a. V. cholerae
b. C. jejuni
c. C. difficile
d. EPEC
c. C. difficile
Which of the following are organisms spread by the airborne route?
a. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
b. Escherichia
c. Visceral leishmaniasis
a. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Which of the following are organisms spread by the airborne route?
a. varicella zoster virus
b. parvovirus
c. cytomegalovirus
a. varicella zoster virus
A healthy patient is admitted to the hospital and within an hour, he presented with an infection. Which of the following is most accurate?
a. community-associated infection
b. hospital-associated infection
a. community-associated infection
he got it from the community then came to the hospital
Patient presents with MRSA, tests show it has mec type 1, 2, &3. Where did the patient most likely get the infection?
a. community
b. hospital
b. hospital
community aquired MRSA has mec type 4 &5
Football player comes in with skin lesions and a skin infection, which MRSA type does he have?
a. CA-MRSA
b. HA-MRSA
a. CA-MRSA
Hospital-associated respiratory tract infections usually affect
a. upper respiratory tract
b. lower respiratory tract
b. lower respiratory tract
Which of the following is the most common cause of septicemia?
a. Pneumonia
b. Kidney infection
c. UTI
c. UTI
Which of the following can grow in the fridge?
a. C. botulinum
b. L. monocytogenes
c. Bacillus cereus
d. Campylobacter jejuni
b. L. monocytogenes
and Y. enterocolitica
Which of the following causes vomiting?
a. heat stable B. cereus toxin
b. heat labile B. cereus toxin
a. heat stable B. cereus toxin
B causes diarrhea
Which of the following release a toxin during the sporulation of the spore?
a. Clostridium perfringens
b. Clostridium botulinum
a. Clostridium perfringens
Which of the following does a patient most likely have if he consumed shell-fish and presented with food poisoning?
a. C. perfringens
b. C. botulinum
c. V. cholerae
d. B. cereus
c. V. cholerae
Which of the following is most associated with fried rice?
a. C. perfringens
b. C. botulinum
c. V. cholerae
d. B. cereus
d. B. cereus
Which of the following release a toxin during the germination of the spore?
a. Clostridium perfringens
b. Clostridium botulinum
b. Clostridium botulinum
Which of the following is most likely found in brackish water?
a. Y. enterocolitica
b. V. parahaemolyticus
c. V. cholerae
d. B. cereus
b. V. parahaemolyticus
Which of the following caused the 2015 outbreak of diarrhea in Mexican restaurants?
a. EIEC
b. EHEC
c. EPEC
d. ETEC
b. EHEC
also known as
STEC = Shiga toxin-producing E. coli
VTEC = Verotoxin-producing E. coli
Which TWO Salmonella serotype caused the alfalfa sprout associated, foodborne infections?
a. typhimurium
b. enteritidis
c. Muenchen
d. Kentucky
c. Muenchen
&
d. Kentucky
Which of the following is associated with floppy baby syndrome?
a. C. perfringens
b. C. botulinum
c. V. cholerae
d. B. cereus
b. C. botulinum
Which of the following is associated with thermostable direct hemolysin (TDH)?
a. Y. enterocolitica
b. B. cereus
c. V. cholerae
d. V. parahaemolyticus
d. V. parahaemolyticus
TDH demonstrated in Wagatsuma agar
Patient comes in with pain resembling acute appendicitis, which of the following is most likely?
a. Y. enterocolitica
b. B. cereus
c. V. cholerae
d. V. parahaemolyticus
a. Y. enterocolitica
mesenteric lymphadenitis that resembles acute appendicitis
Which staph spp is the most likely cause of UTI’s?
a. S. aureus
b. S. saprophyticus
c. S. epidermidis
d. S. homonis
e. S. capitis
b. S. saprophyticus
Which of the following is NOT caused by Staph. aureus?
a. folliculitis
b. carbuncle
c. furuncle
d. erysipelas
d. erysipelas
Which of the following is not caused by Streptococci group A?
a. necrotizing fasciitis
b. cellulitis
c. furuncle
d. impetigo
c. furuncle
Which of the following is the most common cause of Impetigo in a 8-year-old child?
a. S. aureus
b. S. pyogenes
c. propionibacterium
b. S. pyogenes
Which of the following occurs because the bacteria get into the skin via a skin break?
a. folliculitis
b. carbuncle
c. cellulitis
d. erysipelas
c. cellulitis
caused by either S. pyogenes or S. aureus
Which of the following toxins produces scalded skin syndrome?
a. exfoliatin
b. toxic shock syndrome toxin-1
c. pore-forming toxins
d. diphtheria toxin
a. exfoliatin
Which of the following is used to treat flesh-eating bacteria?
a. coxacillin
b. vancomycin
c. teicoplanin
d. benzyl penicilin
d. benzyl penicilin
Which of the following causes acne?
a. S. aureus
b. S. pyogenes
c. S. epidermidis
d. propionibacterium
c. propionibacterium
Which of the following is called the “flesh-eating bacteria”?
a. S. aureus
b. S. pyogenes
c. S. epidermidis
d. propionibacterium
b. S. pyogenes
