Predisposing Factors --> Agent

Question 1

T cell compromise, neutropenia, iron overload

Answer 1

Aspergillus sp

Question 2

poor oral hygiene, alcoholism/malnourishment

Answer 2

Actinomyces israelii, Anaerobes (primarily oral NF)

Question 3

Wool sorters, animal hides

Answer 3

B. anthracis

Question 4

exposure to contaminated soil in Ohio-Mississippi River Valleys

Answer 4

Blastomyces dermatitidis

Question 5

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

Answer 5

Brucella spp

Question 6

exposure to contaminated soil Southwestern US or travel to Southwestern US

Answer 6

Coccidioides immitis

Question 7

increased exposure due to crowding

Answer 7

Chlamydia pneumoniae, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, RT viral etiology

Question 8

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

Answer 8

Chlamydia psittaci

Question 9

lymphoma, AIDS

Answer 9

Cryptococcus neoformans

Question 10

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.

Answer 10

Coxiella burnetti

Question 11

exposure to rabbits.

Answer 11

Francisella tularensis

Question 12

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

Answer 12

Hantavirus

Question 13

Antecedent or current Viral LRT infection (especially influenza)

Answer 13

Haemophilus iinfluenzae, type b

Question 14

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

Answer 14

Histoplasma capsulatum

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Klebsiella pneumoniae

Question 16

exposure to aerosolized water

Answer 16

Legionella pneumophila

Question 17

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

Answer 17

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Question 18

neutropenia, Diabetic, iron overload

Answer 18

Mucormycoses

Question 19

exposure to soil and cancer.

Answer 19

Nocardia asteroides

Question 20

T cell compromise, AIDS.

Answer 20

Pneumocystis jiroveci

Question 21

Neutropenia

Answer 21

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Question 22

IV drug abuse, hematogenous dissemination

Answer 22

Staphylococcus aureus

Question 23

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

Answer 23

Streptococcus pyogenes

Question 24

antecedent viral infection/i.e, the flu, age/elderly, sickle cell disease, aspelnics

Answer 24

Streptococcus pneumoniae

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Ureaplasma urealyticum