GI bacteria

Question 1

nosocomial infection after antibiotics, especially Clindamycin

Answer 1

C. Difficile

Question 2

Cell wall antigen

Answer 2

O antigen

Question 3

Flagella antigen

Answer 3

H antigen

Question 4

Capsule antigen

Answer 4

K antigen

Question 5

Produces “rice water” diarrhea

Answer 5

Vibrio cholera

Question 6

Strand of e. coli that is not lactose fermenting

Answer 6

EAEC

Question 7

Produces H2S

Answer 7

Salmonella

Question 8

Citrate positive

Answer 8

Klebsiella

Question 9

2 species of E. coli that create a pedestal and uses type III secretion

Answer 9

EPEC, EHEC

Question 10

Species of E coli that invade neighboring epithelial

Answer 10

EIEC

Question 11

Has an ST and LT toxin

Answer 11

ETEC

Question 12

Adults are carriers, infants get disease

Answer 12

EPEC

Question 13

Associated with beef meals

Answer 13

EHEC

Question 14

Develops hemolytic uremic syndrome

Answer 14

EHEC

Question 15

Uses a modified macConkey agar containing sorbital

Answer 15

EHEC

Question 16

E. coli that is MUG assay negative

Answer 16

EHEC

Question 17

Major cause of traveler’s diarrhea

Answer 17

ETEC

Question 18

ETEC raises ____ to excrete ions

Answer 18

cGMP

Question 19

Associated with hamburger meat

Answer 19

EAEC

Question 20

E. coli that causes the longest symptoms >14 days

Answer 20

EAEC

Question 21

E. coli that makes pus and blood, does not ferment lactose

Answer 21

EIEC

Question 22

Uses M cells as infection site

Answer 22

EIEC

Question 23

Like shigella but produces a heavy weight plasmid

Answer 23

EIEC

Question 24

3 Gram negative curved bacilli

Answer 24

Vibrio cholera, camphylobacter jejuni and helicobacter pylori

Question 25

Often associated with eating raw oysters

Answer 25

Vibrio cholera

Question 26

Uses Thiosulfate citrate bile salts sucrose agar (TCBS)

Answer 26

Vibrio cholera

Question 27

Some contract Guillain-Barre syndrome

Answer 27

Campylobacter jejuni

Question 28

Cultures on CAMPY-BAP

Answer 28

Campylobacter jejuni

Question 29

Mainly colonizes the stomach

Answer 29

Helicobacter pylori

Question 30

Produces abundant urease to neutralize gastric acid

Answer 30

Helicobacter pylori

Question 31

Relieved by eating

Answer 31

Helicobacter pylori

Question 32

Causes nerve damage and death

Answer 32

Clostridium botulinum