micro test #5

Question 1

Aspergillus sp.

Answer 1

T cell compromise, neutropenia, iron overload

Question 2

Actinomyces israelii

Answer 2

poor oral hygiene, alcoholism/malnourishment.

Question 3

Anaerobes (primarily oral NF)

Answer 3

poor oral hygiene, alcoholism/malnourishment.

Question 4

B. anthracis

Answer 4

Wool sorters, animal hides

Question 5

Blastomyces dermatitidis

Answer 5

exposure to contaminated soil in Ohio-Mississippi River Valleys.

Question 6

Brucella spp

Answer 6

exposure to infected animals, animal tissues, blood or bodily fluids. Abattoir/Poultry Worker; Farmer, Veterinarian; Pets Pet store worker – Exposure to parturient cat, cattle, sheep goats,

Question 7

Coccidioides immitis

Answer 7

exposure to contaminated soil Southwestern US.

Question 8

Chlamydia pneumoniae

Answer 8

increased exposure due to crowding

Question 9

Chlamydia psittaci

Answer 9

exposure to Birds/Abattoir/Poultry Worker; Farmer, Veterinarian; Pet/ Pet store worker

Question 10

Cryptococcus neoformans

Answer 10

lymphoma, AIDS

Question 11

Coxiella burnetti

Answer 11

exposure to contaminated soil/infectious dust, exposure to infected animals, animal tissues, blood or bodily fluids Abattoir/Poultry Worker; Farmer, Veterinarian; Pets Pet store worker – Exposure to parturient cat, cattle, sheep goats.

Question 12

Francisella tularensis

Answer 12

exposure to rabbits.

Question 13

Hantavirus

Answer 13

exposure to contaminated soil/infectious dust, exposure to infected rodents, tissues, blood or bodily fluids, droppings.

Question 14

Haemophilus iinfluenzae, type b

Answer 14

Antecedent or current Viral LRT infection (especially influenza)

Question 15

Histoplasma capsulatum

Answer 15

exposure to contaminated soil in North-Central US, exposure to Bats, Bird droppings.

Question 16

Klebsiella pneumoniae

Answer 16

alcoholics, age/elderly, sickle cell disease, aspelnics.

Question 17

Legionella pneumophila

Answer 17

exposure to aerosolized water.

Question 18

Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Answer 18

increased exposure due to crowding

Question 19

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Answer 19

foreign-born minority in US, Health-care worker.
low income populations/malnurishment.
T cell compromise, AIDS.

Question 20

Mucormycoses

Answer 20

neutropenia, Diabetic, iron overload

Question 21

Nocardia asteroides

Answer 21

exposure to soil and cancer.

Question 22

Pneumocystis jiroveci

Answer 22

T cell compromise, AIDS.

Question 23

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Answer 23

neutropenia

Question 24

Staphylococcus aureus

Answer 24

IV drug abuse, hematogenous dissemination

Question 25

Streptococcus pyogenes

Answer 25

lack of M-protein-specific opsonizing antibodies, antecedent viral infection/i.e, the flu.

Question 26

Streptococcus pneumoniae

Answer 26

antecedent viral infection/i.e, the flu, age/elderly

sickle cell disease, aspelnics

Question 27

Ureaplasma urealyticum

Answer 27

vaginal infection in the gravid female/passage through an infected vaginal canal.

Question 28

RT viral etiology

Answer 28

increased exposure due to crowding

Question 29

Agents of aspiration

Answer 29

(impaired cough, gag, or swallow reflex; impaired mucociliary escalator of the RT