Infectious Bacterial Diseases

Question 1

What are the two G+ cocci?

Answer 1

Staphylococcus and Streptococcus

Question 2

What is the primary pathogen of Staphylococcus?

Answer 2

S. aureus

Question 3

What G+ cocci is responsible for skin infections (boils, carbuncles, furuncles)

Answer 3

Staphylococcus

Question 4

Some strains of this G+ cocci can lead to bacteremia, sepsis, septic shock (toxic shock syndrome), as well as food poisoning (enterotoxin)

Answer 4

Staphylococcus

Question 5

Primary G+ pathogen for streptococcus…

Answer 5

Group A B-hemolytic streptococci - STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES

Question 6

What will cause strep throat, scarlet fever, impetigo, glomerulonephritis?

Answer 6

Group A strep

Question 7

What will cause vaginitis, neonatal meningitis, cause of childbed fever (puerperal fever)?

Answer 7

Group B strep

Question 8

What is the major cause of pneumonia? This thing also has a capsule (protective wall on G+ and G-) but does not have a exotoxin…

Answer 8

Streptococcus pneumoniae

Question 9

A vaccine that is multivalent and capsular (7 antigens conjugated to diptheria toxoid) is used to prevent what?

Answer 9

Streptococcus Pneumoniae

Question 10

What are the two gram negative diplococci?

Answer 10

Neisseria gonorrhoeae (Gonorrhea)
Neisseria meningitidis (septic meningitis)

Question 11

Which G- diplococci is acute and asymptomatic (particularly females) and can cause urethritis, PID, gonococcal conjunctivitis, pustular arthritis

Answer 11

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Question 12

Which G- diplococci has no capsule, and no vaccine?

Answer 12

Neisseria Gonorrhoeae

Question 13

Which G- diplococci has a sudden onset of a stiff neck, rash, and high mortality rate?

Answer 13

Neisseria Meningitidis

Question 14

Which G- diplococci has a capsule present vaccine which is considered multivalent capsular?

Answer 14

Neisseria meningitidis (septic meningitis)