CARDIOVASCULAR BACTERIAL DISEASES - QUESTIONS

1. A patient was hospitalized because of facial droop (sagging of one side of the face) and progression of symptoms
including high fever, chills, seizure, bleeding, headache, nausea and vomiting. Tests for antibodies to Borrelia
recurrentis were negative. What is your diagnosis?
a. Plague
b. Relapsing fever
c. Lyme disease
d. Ehrlichiosis

2. A patient complained of heart murmur, night sweats, shortness of breath and chest pain when breathing. The blood test
shows a shortage of healthy red blood cells & the electrocardiogram (ECG) revealed an abnormal heart rate? What is
your diagnosis?
a. Rheumatic heart fever
b. Pericarditis
c. Streptococcal septicaemia
d. Endocarditis

3. The patient was hospitalized with severe fever and rapid breathing. Streptococcus pyogenes were observed in her
blood. What is your diagnosis?
a. Septicemia
b. Perricarditis
c. Rheumatic heart fever
d. Rocky mountain spotted fever

4. Twenty-one workers in a farm developed flu-like symptoms, coughing up blood, painful swallowing and mild chest
discomfort. The most likely method of transmission of this disease is
a. A vector
b. Water
c. Close contact with animals
d. A puncture wound

5. A patient present with sharp, piercing chest pain over the center of the chest, shortness of breath, heart palpitations and
abdominal swelling. Beta-hemolytic Streptococci was observed in bacterial cultures of blood. What is your diagnosis?
a. Rheumatic heart fever
b. Pericarditis
c. Streptococcal septicaemia
d. Endocarditis

6. Mia was pierced by a pointed object in her arm. The wound has an initial redness and swelling. After sometime, the
infected area produces blisters and foul smelling discharge. What is your diagnosis?
a. Brucellosis
b. Gangrene
c. Anthrax
d. Plague

7. A patient present with eye pain, eye redness, eye selling and an ulcer to the eyelid. The blood test test and stool test
came out positive for Francisella tularensis. What is your diagnosis?
a. Ulceroglandular Tularemia
b. Oropharyngeal tularemia
c. Typhoidal tularemia
d. Oculoglandular tularemia
8. A man who loves to eat half-cooked meat and drink unpasteurized milk complain for fever, chills, loss of appetite,
sweats, weakness, fatigue, headache and joint & muscle pain. What is your diagnosis?
a. Brucellosis
b. Tularemia
c. Anthrax
d. Ehrlichiosis

9. A patient was hospitalized because of continuing fever and progression of symptoms including headache, fatigue and
back pain. The patient also has a bull’s eye rash in the arms. Tests for antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi were negative.
What is your diagnosis?
a. Plague
b. Relapsing fever
c. Lyme disease
d. Ehrlichiosis

10. A pregnant woman was infected by Richettsia typhi after being bitten by fleas on rats. What is the best treatment for
the woman’s infection?
a. Antibiotic Tetracycline
b. Antibitic doxycycline
c. Chloramphenicol
d. Gentamicin