Questions - Misc 07

Question 1

What is the leading cause of bacterial diarrheal disease in the US?

Answer 1

Campylobacter jejuni

Question 2

Which bacteria can cause Guillain-Barre syndrome, HUS, and reactive arthritis?

Answer 2

Campylobacter jejuni

Question 3

Which bacteria causes rice water stool?

Answer 3

Cholera

Question 4

Which is the most common food intoxication in the US?

Answer 4

Staphylococcus aureus

Question 5

What bacteria is found in high lipid content foods like mayo and custard or processed meats with high salt content?

Answer 5

Staphylococcus aureus

Question 6

Are UTI’s ascending or descending infections?

Answer 6

ascending

Question 7

What are the most common types of nosocomial infections?

Answer 7

UTI’s

Question 8

What types of UTI’s can catheters cause (ascending or descending)?

Answer 8

descending

Question 9

Are cystitis and pyelonephritis the result of ascending or descending infections?

Answer 9

Ascending

Question 10

Which disease in children other than newborns suggest abuse and requires a call to child welfare agency?

Answer 10

Gonorrhea

Question 11

Which STI is more common in men?

Answer 11

Nongonococcal Urethritis

Question 12

Which STI has scanty, clear discharge, burning or itching during or after urination?

Answer 12

Nongonococcal Urethritis

Question 13

Can Syphilis be transmitted congenitally?

Answer 13

Yes

Question 14

What disease shows a hard, painless chancre?

Answer 14

Primary syphilis

Question 15

Which syphilis has skin rashes and infectious patches on mucous membranes?

Answer 15

Secondary syphilis

Question 16

Which Syphilis leads to blindness, insanity, gummas, strokes, aortic and valve defects after months or years of latency and is not infectious?

Answer 16

Tertiary syphilis

Question 17

What are deformities from congenital syphilis?

Answer 17

Saddle Nose
Hutchinson’s Teeth
Also, infants develop profuse nasal discharge