session_3_flashcards

Question 1

What does this lung histology show?

Answer 1

Lobar pneumonia

Question 2

What is the most common causative organism for the finding in this picture?

a. Escherichia Coli
b. Haemophilus Influenzae
c. Legionella Pneumophila
d. Mycoplasma Pneumoniae
e. Streptococcus pneumoniae

Answer 2

Streptococcus pneumoniae

Question 3

What does the lung histology show?

Answer 3

Bronchopneumonia

Question 4

What is the most common causative organism for the finding in this picture?

a. Escherichia Coli
b. Haemophilus Influenzae
c. Legionella Pneumophila
d. Mycoplasma Pneumoniae
e. Proteus mirabilis

Answer 4

Haemophilus Influenzae

Question 5

In which condition would you expect a failure in the production of neutrophils?

a. Classical NK deficiency
b. Chronic granulomatous disease
c. IL12 deficiency
d. Kostmann syndrome
e. Leukocyte adhesion deficiency

Answer 5

Kostmann syndrome

Question 6

At what age would a child with severe combined immunodeficiency succumb to infections?

a. Aged 3 months
b. Aged 1 year
c. At puberty
d. Before birth (in utero)
e. Immediately after birth (aged 1 day)

Answer 6

Aged 3 months

Question 7

Which is the most common cause of central nervous system infections?

a. Coxsackievirus Group B
b. Haemophilus influenzae
c. Listeria monocytogenes
d. Neisseria meningitidis
e. Streptococcus pneumoniae

Answer 7

Neisseria meningitidis

Question 8

Which of the labelled cells is a neutrophil?

a. A
b. B
c. C
d. D
e. E

Answer 8

C

Question 9

A patient has a lumbar puncture. The CSF is slightly turbid. The LP shows 2 erythrocytes, 100 lymphocytes and a protein level of 0.5g/L. What is the most likely diagnosis?

a. Aseptic meningitis
b. Normal
c. Purulent meningitis
d. Subarachnoid haemorrhage
e. Tuberculous meningitis

Answer 9

Aseptic meningitis

Question 10

This is a gram stain of a patient’s CSF. What is the causative organism?

a. Escherichia Coli
b. Listeria monocytogenes
c. Mycoplasma pneumoniae
d. Neisseria meningitidis
e. Streptococcus pneumoniae

Answer 10

Neisseria meningitidis

Question 11

This is a gram stain of a patient’s CSF. What is the causative organism?

a. Escherichia Coli
b. Listeria monocytogenes
c. Mycoplasma pneumoniae
d. Neisseria meningitidis
e. Streptococcus pneumoniae

Answer 11

Neisseria meningitidis

Question 12

This is a gram stain of a patient’s CSF. What is the causative organism?

a. Streptococcus pneumoniae
b. Neisseria meningitidis
c. Listeria monocytogenes
d. Escherichia Coli
e. Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Answer 12

Streptococcus pneumoniae