My Mock

Question 1

Pleomorphic, gram (-), most common STD, can cause eye infections and blindness:

Answer 1

Chlamydia trachomatis
(what)

Question 2

Causes NGU, PID, and Lymphogranuloma venereum through breaks in the skin or mucous membranes:

Answer 2

Chlamydia trachomatis
(causes, how)

Question 3

Gram (-) aerobic bacilli, opportunistic, common in soil, and metabolically versatile as to C source.

Answer 3

Pseudomonas sp.
(what)

Question 4

Produces toxin pyocyanin which makes blue/green pus:

Answer 4

Pseudomonas sp.
(special thang)

Question 5

Causes UTIs with exotoxin, ear/eye infections, and Septicemia through nosocomial infections, especially burns:

Answer 5

Pseudomonas sp.
(causes, how)

Question 6

Wildly seen in aquatic environments and causes legionnaires disease and Pontiac fever:

Answer 6

Legionella pneumophila
(where, causes)

Question 7

Found in ventilators, humidifies, and water tanks, lives in association with protozoa. Infects through inhalation of aerosols:

Answer 7

Legionella pneumophila
(where, how)

Question 8

Causes “rabbit fever” (tularemia):

Answer 8

Francisella tularensis

Question 9

Impairs ciliary elevator and kills alveolar macrophages, causes “whooping cough”:

Answer 9

Bordetella perussis
(how, cause)

Question 10

Most deadly in young children, spread through inhalation of droplets:

Answer 10

Bordetella pertussis
(what)

Question 11

Vaccine, DTaP, available for children:

Answer 11

Bordetella pertussis
(treatment)

Question 12

Cause of black plague (bubonic death), especially infects rodents:

Answer 12

Yersinia pestis
(what)

Question 13

Causes bubonic plague, septicemic plague, and pneumonic plague:

Answer 13

Yersinia pestis
(causes)

Question 14

Opportunistic non-coliform pathogen, widespread in nature, usually harmless in healthy people:

Answer 14

Morganella morganii

Question 15

Causes nosocomial infections like UTIs, wound/burn infections, pneumonia, septicemia, and infant diarrhea:

Answer 15

Morganella morganii

Question 16

Small, gram (-) rod found in animal intestines. Primarily causes infectious diarrhea:

Answer 16

Enterics

Question 17

Produces Shiga-like toxin, associated with undercooked meat, popular fast food joint has a recent outbreak:

Answer 17

Escherichia coli
(what)

Question 18

Secretory diarrhea, invasive diarrhea, hemorrhagic colitis, UTIs, infant diarrhea, and other nosocomial infections through fecal coliforms:

Answer 18

Escherichia coli
(causes, how)

Question 19

Causes gastroenteritis and secretory diarrhea, passed from humans from an animal reservoir or human fecal contamination:

Answer 19

Campylobacter jejuni
(causes, how)

Question 20

Especially found in cows milk and spread by chickens:

Answer 20

Campylobacter jejuni
(from what)

Question 21

Found commonly on skin, 20% of people have it permanently in their nostrils and are carriers:

Answer 21

Staphylococcus aureus
(what)

Question 22

Gram (+) cocci clusters, catalase (+), facultative anaerobe, many virulence factors:

Answer 22

Staphylococcus aureus
(what)

Question 23

Causes cutaneous infections with skin, hair, and nails, as well as impetigo of newborns (scalded skin syndrome):

Answer 23

Staphylococcus aureus
(causes)

Question 24

Can cause Toxic Shock Syndrome:

Answer 24

Staphylococcus aureus
(causes)

Question 25

Vaccine recommended for college students, leads to purple rash:

Answer 25

Nisseria meningitidis
(what)

Question 26

Creates a purple rash and can lead to severe sepsis, carries harbor it in the nasopharynx:

Answer 26

Nisseria meningitidis
(how, causes)

Question 27

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Answer 27

Actinomyces spp.

Question 28

Toxin produced can be used as botox:

Answer 28

Clostridium botulinum
(what)

Question 29

Can cause intestinal infections in infants when they ingest honey:

Answer 29

Clostridium botulinum
(causes)

Question 30

Survives in anaerobic environments, swollen cans indicate presence, nitrates added to food to prevent endospore germination:

Answer 30

Clostridium botulinum
(how)

Question 31

Causes walking pneumonia and 20% of all pneumonias:

Answer 31

Mycoplasma pneumoniae
(causes)

Question 32

Most common cause of primary atypical pneumonia:

Answer 32

Mycoplasma pneumoniae
(causes)

Question 33

Attaches tightly to lunch epithelial cells causing inflammation and cell sloughing:

Answer 33

Mycoplasma pneumoniae
(how)

Question 34

Treated with Tetracycline to inhibit protein synthesis, antibiotics that inhibit cell wall synthesis are useless:

Answer 34

Mycoplasma pneumoniae
(treatment)

Question 35

Commonly in contaminated meat, poultry, and especially dairy, excreted in feces and can grow at refrigerator temperatures:

Answer 35

Listeria monocytogenes
(what)

Question 36

Causes listeriosis that can lead to septicemia or meningitis:

Answer 36

Listeria monocytogenes
(causes)

Question 37

Can infect the placenta and causes a high rate of abortion:

Answer 37

Listeria monocytogenes
(causes)

Question 38

Pasteurization or cooking is necessary for control, treated with Ampicillin:

Answer 38

Listeria monocytogenes
(treatment)