Microbiology 1 (syndromes and associations)

Question 1

wound infection, seawater, DM or EtOH

Answer 1

Vibrio parahemolyticus

Question 2

Wound infection, seawater, liver dz

Answer 2

Vibri vulnificus

Question 3

appendicitis like diarrhea

Answer 3

Yersinia enterocolitica

Question 4

cause of pathogenicity of Y. enterocolitica

Answer 4

pYV plasmid

Question 5

day care an dnursing home diarrhea

Answer 5

Shigella

Question 6

Very small innoculum diarrhea

Answer 6

Shigella

Question 7

flask-shaped ulcers, right colon

Answer 7

Entamoeba histolytica

Question 8

Morphologically identical to E histolytica but non-pathogenic

Answer 8

E. dispar

Question 9

high sensitivity and specificity for E. histolytica

Answer 9

stool EIA

Question 10

serotypes of adenovirus causing diarrhea

Answer 10

40, 41

Question 11

most common cuase of viral gastroenteritis in adults

Answer 11

Norwalk (a calcivirus)

Question 12

organisms ID’s on routine stool culture (4)

Answer 12

Salmonella,
Shigella,
E. coli,
Campylobacter

Question 13

community-acquired pneumonia (4)

Answer 13

M. pneumoniae, C. pneumoniae, Strep. pneumo, H flu

Question 14

ventilator assd pneumonia (7)

Answer 14

S. aureus, S. pneumo, P. aeruginosa, K. pneumo, Serratia, Enterobacter, E.coli

Question 15

2 causes of COPD exacerbation

Answer 15

H. flu, M. catarrhalis

Question 16

Features of legionella pneumonia

Answer 16

hyponatremia, neurologic manifestations

Question 17

diagnosis of chlamydia pneumonia

Answer 17

IgM >1:16, or >4x increase in IgG

Question 18

hantavirus carried by

Answer 18

deer mouse (peromyscus maniculatus

Question 19

hantavirus pulmonary syndrome

Answer 19

1. thrombocytopenia
2. neutrophilia without toxic granules
3. erythrocytosis
4. > 10% immunoblastic lymphocytes

Question 20

endocarditis in IV drug users

Answer 20

S. aureus, tricuspid valve

Question 21

Austrian syndrome

Answer 21

in alcoholics

endocarditis, meningitis, pneumonia

Question 22

SBE organisms (5)

Answer 22

Viridans strep (sanguis, salivarius, mutans, mitis)
Group B strep 
Group D strep (bovis)
Enterococci (fecalis)
HACEK

Question 23

blood culture negative endocarditis (4)

Answer 23

coxiella burnetti
bartonella
chlamydia
legionella

Question 24

Viridans strep known to cause acute endocarditis

Answer 24

S. milleri

Question 25

serology for Bartonella endocarditis

Answer 25

IgG > 1:800 has high predictive value

Question 26

2 bacteria that don’t cause vegetations on valves

Answer 26

Coxiella burnetti

Tropherema whippeli

Question 27

CSF in herpes encephalitis

Answer 27

bloody, high protein, low glucose

Question 28

Summer/fall viral meningitis

Answer 28

Enteroviruses (also Coxsackie A/B, Echovirus, Poliovirus)

Question 29

meningitis in neonates (4)

Answer 29

Group B strep, e coli & klebsilla, listeria

Question 30

young children meningitis (2)

Answer 30

S. pneumo

H. flu type B

Question 31

adult meningitis (2)

Answer 31

S. pneumo

N. meningitidis

Question 32

elderly meningitis (3)

Answer 32

S. pneumo
Listeria
G- bacilli

Question 33

winter and spring meningitis

Answer 33

lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (also mumps)

Question 34

CSF latex agglutination tests:

Answer 34

H. flu, S. pneumo, GBS, N meningitidis

Question 35

bacteremia in Colon CA

Answer 35

C. septicum, S.bovis

Question 36

dog bite infections (3)

Answer 36

Capnophagia canimorsus
Pasturella multocida
Staph intermedius

Question 37

ulceroglandular fever

Answer 37

Francisella tularensis

Question 38

glander

Answer 38

Pseudomonas mallei

Question 39

Melioidosis

Answer 39

Pseudomonas pseudomallei

Question 40

visceral larva migrans

Answer 40

Toxocara canis

Question 41

cutaneous larva migrans

Answer 41

Ancylostoma braziliensis

Question 42

cost common salt water/fresh water assd cellulitis (2)

Answer 42

Vibrio vulnificus/Aeromonas hydrophilia

Question 43

Chancroid

Answer 43

haemophius ducreyi

Question 44

lymphogranuloma vereum

Answer 44

C. trachomatis

Question 45

acute laryngotracheobronchitis

Answer 45

Parainfluenza 1-3

Question 46

Rat bite fever

Answer 46

Streptobacillus moniliformis

Question 47

Rhinoscleroma

Answer 47

Klebsilla rhinoscleromatosus

Question 47

Granulomatosis infantisepticum

Answer 47

Listeria monocytogenes

Question 48

Human monocytic ehrlichosis

Answer 48

Ehrlichia chaffeensis

Question 49

Human granulocytic ehrlichosis

Answer 49

Anaplasma phagocytophilia

Question 50

Trench fever

Answer 50

Bartonella quintana

Question 51

Oroya fever/verrucas peruana

Answer 51

Bartonella bacilliformis