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morphology?
SHIFTING EXAMS 7. Vibrio, Campylobacter ...etc...

a. Vibrio- comma-shaped gram-negative monotrichous bacilli

b. Helicobacter- spiral-shaped gram-negative lophotrichous bacilli
c. Corynecbacterium- club-shaped gram-positive bacilli in palisading
Started on Tuesday, 23 March 2021, 12:01 PM arrangement
State Finished 
d. Campylobacter- barrel-shaped short gram-negative monotrichous bacilli
Completed on Tuesday, 23 March 2021, 12:22 PM
Time taken 21 mins 11 secs
Marks 13.00/15.00 The correct answer is: Campylobacter- barrel-shaped short gram-negative
Grade 86.67 out of 100.00 monotrichous bacilli

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Which water temperatures are most suitable for the growth of legionella bacteria?
What culture medium can be used to identify Vibrio cholerae?
a. 20-45 degrees C 

b. 90-100 degrees C a. Skirrow’s agar

c. 10-0 degrees C b. Potato-blood-glycerol
d. 5-15 degrees C c. Thiosulfate-citrate-bile salt-sucrose agar 

d. Chocolate agar

The correct answer is: 20-45 degrees C

The correct answer is: Thiosulfate-citrate-bile salt-sucrose agar
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If the patient’s stool is voluminous and characterized as rice-water like, what is the The bacterium responsible for this microbial disease gets extruded from the host cell
most probable etiologic agent? by budding through the cell membrane and remains enveloped in the host cell
membrane as it infects other cells:
a. Campylobacter jejuni
 a. Scrub typhus 
b. Vibrio cholerae
c. Escherichia coli b. RMSF
d. Shigella dysenteriae c. Rickettsial pox
d. Legionellosis

The correct answer is: Vibrio cholerae

The correct answer is: Scrub typhus

Question 5

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Which of the following Rickettsial disease is correctly matched with its corresponding
causative agent? True of Coxiella burnetti:

a. RMSF- Rickettsia rickettsii  a. Humans are the primary reservoir

b. Murine typhus- Rickettsia prowazekii b. Transmitted by arthropod vector 

c. Rickettsial pox- Rickettsia australis c. Clinically characterized by rash, fever and vasculitis
d. Epidemic typhus- Rickettsia typhi d. Obligate intracellular parasite found in ticks

The correct answer is: RMSF- Rickettsia rickettsii The correct answer is: Obligate intracellular parasite found in ticks
Question 8 Question 10

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A 14-year old male patient with watery diarrhea, vomiting and dehydration sought 30-year-old male came to the ER because of fever, generalized rash, severe headache,
consult and claimed that he has been infected with Vibrio cholera. What is the best muscle pain, vomiting and abdominal discomfort. He claimed that the rashes
method for immediate treatment? appeared after a tick bite that initially appeared on his extremities and subsequently
on the trunk. The ER physician is favoring RMSF over a viral exanthema. He requested a
a. Zinc supplementation CBC, which will likely shows anemia, thrombocytopenia and a WBC count that is?
b. Give proton-pump inhibitors
a. Variable
c. Give Doxycycline
 b. Decreased
d. Rehydrate with lactated ringers solution
c. Normal 

d. Increased
The correct answer is: Rehydrate with lactated ringers solution

The correct answer is: Normal

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AC, who was listening attentively in class about prevention of Rickettsiae, was asked by
his classmate to repeat how Rickettsial pox can be prevented. AC answers:
Glycan component of Campylobacter spp. linked to Guillaine-Barre Syndrome:
a. Clearing from campsites
 a. Lipoologosaccharide 
b. Use of protective clothing such as high boots and socks worn over trousers
c. Delousing with insecticides b. Tripartite cytolethal distending toxin
d. Elimination of rodents and their parasites from human domiciles c. T4SS
d. Surface layer

The correct answer is: Elimination of rodents and their parasites from human domiciles
The correct answer is: Lipoologosaccharide
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Which one of the following infections that once established usually lasts for life and Which is the following enteric eubacteria is a gram-negative, spiral-shaped rod that
exhibits carcinogenicity, which induces gastric cancer through chronic atrophic grows in a microaerophilic environment?
gastritis?
a. Campylobacter
a. HPV b. Aeromonas
b. Campylobacter c. Vibrio
c. Hepatitis B d. Helicobacter 

d. Helicobacter 

The correct answer is: Helicobacter

The correct answer is: Helicobacter

Question 15
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Which of the following is a typical clinical feature of cholera?

A 55-year old female goat and sheep rancher on immunosuppressive drugs due to
lover transplant is admitted to the ER following a 1 week history of consistent fatigue, a. Hyperglycemia
fever and recurrent chest pain, and diagnosed with infective endocarditis secondary to b. Elevated urine specific gravity 
chronic Q fever. Blood culture is negative for Staphylococcus, Streptococcus pyogenes
c. Too many leukocytes in stool
or Brucella. Which among the following is the likely the causative agent?
d. Metabolic alkalosis

a. Coxiella burnetii 

b. Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
The correct answer is: Elevated urine specific gravity
c. Campylobacter fetus
d. Rickettsia rickettsii

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Select one:
a. Klebsiella pneumoniae
b. Yersinia enterocolitica
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d. Shigella dysenteriae
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Marks 14/20 The correct answer is: Shigella dysenteriae
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Which of the following is responsible for the color of the pus characteristic of P.
Which of the following is mismatched?
aeruginosa infection?

Select one:
Select one:
a. red-pigment - Serratia marcescens
a. pyorubin
 b. motility - Enterobacter cloacae
b. pyoverdin
c. hemolytic uremic syndrome - Salmonella 
c. fluorescei
d. ecthyma gagrenosum - Pseudomonas aeruginosa
d. pyocyanin

The correct answer is: hemolytic uremic syndrome - Salmonella

The correct answer is: pyocyanin
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Escherichia coli can be classified by their characteristic virulence properties and Pseudomonas aeruginosa can be distinguished from other closely related species by
different mechanisms that cause disease. Which of the following do not match? its ability to grow at

Select one: Select one:

a. EHEC - binding to 60 S ribosomal subunit a. 60 C
b. neonatal meningitis - P fimbriae  b. 42 C 

c. EPEC - A/E histopathology c. 37 C

d. ETEC - activation of guanylate cyclase d. 22 C

The correct answer is: neonatal meningitis - P fimbriae The correct answer is: 42 C

Question 5 Question 7

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Which is associated with donkeys that can cause lymphangitis and sepsis? Several children are hospitalized with bloody diarrhea and severe hematological
abnormalities. A 4-year-old girl dies of kidney failure shortly after admittance. An
Select one: epidemiological investigation establishes that all of the patients developed symptoms
a. Burkholderia gladioli following consumption of a certain food. Which of the following is the most likely food
that could be implicated in these cases?
b. Burkholderia pseudomallei
c. Burkholderia mallei 
Select one:
d. Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
a. pork barbecue
b. garden salad

The correct answer is: Burkholderia mallei c. soft boiled egg

d. hamburger 

The correct answer is: hamburger

Question 8 Question 10

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The capsule of P. aeruginosa is associated with A 40 y/o male presents with fever and leukocytosis with consolidation of the upper
lobes of the lungs. Subsequently cavities develop which appear like TB on chest film.
Select one: Lab tests revealed motile, gram negative bacilli, showing bipolar staining with Wright's.
a. inhibition of protein synthesis The most likely cause of this condition is

b. resistance to antibiotics 
Select one:
c. endotoxic activity
a. Burkholderia cepacia
d. impaired ciliary function
b. Burkholderia mallei
c. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
The correct answer is: resistance to antibiotics d. Burkholderia pseudomallei 

The correct answer is: Burkholderia pseudomallei

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Question 11

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Which of the following is a frequent cause of osteomyelitis in patients with sickle cell Mark 1 out of 1

anemia?

Select one: Which of the following enables Salmonella Typhi to resist killing by macrophages?
a. Shigella dysenteriae
Select one:
b. Streptococcus pyogenes
a. H Ag
c. Proteus vulgaris
b. Vi Ag 
d. Salmonella enterica 
c. endotoxin
d. O Ag
The correct answer is: Salmonella enterica

The correct answer is: Vi Ag

Question 12 Question 14

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Which of the following contributes to most of the systemic signs and symptoms of Which of the following statements is LEAST accurate?
Pseudomonas infection?
Select one:
Select one: a. In shigellosis, antibiotic treatment is useful especially in the prevention of person-
a. beta lactamase  to-person spread of the disease.
b. pili b. Salmonellosis is preventable by thorough cooking of poultry and cooking egg
c. Exotoxin A until the yolk is hard.
c. Nontyphoid salmonella gastroenteritis is usually not treated because 
d. alginate capsule
antibiotics have not been shown to alter the course of the infection.
d. A vaccine is available against shigellosis to protect travelers to endemic areas of
The correct answer is: Exotoxin A the world.

The correct answer is: A vaccine is available against shigellosis to protect travelers to
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endemic areas of the world.
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Which of the following is usually acquired from the hospital environment and is an
important cause of pneumonia in cystic fibrosis patients? Mark 1 out of 1

Select one:
a. Burkholderia cepacia  A specimen of thick, bloody sputum from a hospitalized 80-year-old patient with
diabetes mellitus and difficulty in breathing is sent for laboratory analyses. The tests
b. Alkaligenes fecalis
yield heavy growth of a lactose-positive, gram negative rod with a large capsule.
c. Kingela kingae
Which of the following is most likely to be the cause of the pulmonary problem?
d. Burkholderia mallei
Select one:
a. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
The correct answer is: Burkholderia cepacia 
b. Klebsiella pneumoniae
c. Escherichia coli
d. Yersinia pseudotuberculosis

The correct answer is: Klebsiella pneumoniae

Question 16 Question 18

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The O antigens that are used to help characterize members of the Enterobacteriaceae This organism was isolated from the sputum of an elderly patient after being
are found on hospitalized for 7 days. The organism is a small gram negative coccobacillus which is
often mistaken for Neisseria species and is oxidase negative. The most likely organism
Select one: is
a. capsules
 Select one:
b. LPS
a. Moraxella catarrhalis
c. endotoxin
b. Eikenella corrodens
d. flagella
c. Acinetobacter species 

d. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
The correct answer is: LPS

The correct answer is: Acinetobacter species

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A 72-year-old patient with an episode of acute urinary retention was catheterized.

Three days later, he developed fever and suprapubic pain. Culture of the urine revealed
a thin film of bacterial growth over the entire blood agar plate, and was urease test During a gynecologic office visit, a positive leukocyte esterase test of the urine along
positive. The most likely cause of this infection is with a voiding symptom prompts the physician to order a urine culture. The bacterium,
which was isolated in clinically significant numbers, grows profusely on MacConkey
Select one: agar and ferments lactose. Which of the following cellular attributes is most important
a. Escherichia coli  in determining virulence and classifying this microbe as a uropathogen?

b. Proteus mirabilis
Select one:
c. Enterobacter cloacae
a. urease
d. Morganella morgani
b. lactose fermentation
c. A/E histopathology 

The correct answer is: Proteus mirabilis d. hemolysin

The correct answer is: hemolysin

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Which is NOT true concerning Pseudomonas aeruginosa?

Select one:
a. thrive in moist areas of the hospital
b. oxidase negative
c. exhibits resistance to many disinfectants
d. does not ferment glucose 

The correct answer is: oxidase negative

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a. Growth in an anatomic site where anaerobic organisms thrive.
b. Secretion of a potent exotoxin
c. Elaboration of a polysaccharide capsule that inhibits phagocytosis
d. The structures and the interactive proteins that mediate adhesion to host cells 
Started on Tuesday, 30 March 2021, 12:00 PM
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KA, 5-years old, was brought to the clinic because of a chronic cough. Her mother
Tularemia can be acquired thru: noticed a whooping sound after a series of her coughing spells. His older sibling also
had a chronic cough. If his brother was the source of infection, at what stage is he most
a. Any of the choices infectious?
b. aerosols
c. tick-bite a. convalescent
d. ingestion  b. incubation 

c. catarrhal
d. paroxysmal
The correct answer is: Any of the choices

The correct answer is: catarrhal

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The causative agent of buboes is transmitted by:

a. ingestion
b. flea bites 

c. blood transfusion
d. inhalation

The correct answer is: flea bites

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Culture isolation of Haemophilus influenza is enhanced in the presence of: The most virulent subspecie of Francisella tularensis is:

a. urea a. philomiragia
b. hemin  b. mediasiatica
c. citrate c. tularensis 

d. potato broth d. holarctica

The correct answer is: hemin The correct answer is: tularensis

Question 6 Question 9

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All of the following statements about trachoma are correct EXCEPT Which of the following statements describes Chlamydia spp. reticulate body (RB)?

a. It follows chronic or recurrent eye infection with Chlamydia trachomatis. a. It is environmentally-stable.

b. It is readily prevented by a chlamydial vaccine.  b. Its membrane proteins are cross-linked.
c. Face washing, hygiene, and environmental sanitation is important in its c. It is the replicative form. 

elimination. d. It has a high-affinity to host’s epithelial cells.

d. Progression of trachoma can be slowed by intermittent treatment with
azithromycin.
The correct answer is: It is the replicative form.

The correct answer is: It is readily prevented by a chlamydial vaccine.

Question 7

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TRUE of the etiologic agent of Brucellosis:

a. It is sporeforming.
b. It is anaerobic.
c. It is facultative intracellular pathogen. 

d. It is motile.

The correct answer is: It is facultative intracellular pathogen.

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HB, 3 years old, was brought to the ER because of a rapid onset of difficulty in breathing. The virulence factor responsible for the lymphocytosis in pertussis is:
He was leaning forward and unable to speak. The attending physician has already
considered tracheal intubation because of the severe inflammation of his epiglottis. If a. filamentous hemeagglutinin 
the above infection is due to Haemophilus influenza, virulence is primarily due to: b. pertussis toxin
c. hemolysin
a. release of toxins
d. tracheal cytotoxin
b. coagulase
c. PRP capsule 

d. intracellular pathogenicity The correct answer is: pertussis toxin

The correct answer is: intracellular pathogenicity

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Question 11

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Mark 0.00 out of 1.00 Which of the following statements about the pathogenesis of plague caused by
Yersinia pestis is correct?

The serotype of f Haemophilus influenza most likely associated to meningitis is: a. There is no risk for pneumonia caused by person-to-person transmission.
b. After the bite of an infected flea, infection seldom, if ever, disseminates beyond
a. type A 
the
b. type C c. Y. pestis is transmitted to animals (and humans) in flea feces excreted when the
c. non-typeable flea is feeding.
d. type B d. Y. pestis produces a coagulase when incubated at 28°C. 

The correct answer is: type B The correct answer is: Y. pestis produces a coagulase when incubated at 28°C.
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Which of the following is a true characteristic of Bordetella pertussis?

a. It is strict aerobe. 

b. It can be transmitted thru fecal-oral route.

c. It is a gram-positive bacilli.
d. Human and canines are its reservoir.

The correct answer is: It is strict aerobe.

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Time taken 24 mins 30 secs
Marks 23.00/25.00
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Question 1
Correct

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Enterococcus can grow in:

a. High temperature environment

b. High NaCl, high bile environment 

c. High pH environment

d. High carbon dioxide environment

The correct answer is: High NaCl, high bile environment

Question 2
Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

What is the most isolated organism from catheters?

a. Streptococcus pyogenes

b. Neisseria gonorrheae

c. Streptococcus epidermidis 

d. Staphylococcus aureus

The correct answer is: Streptococcus epidermidis

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Which statement is true regarding Staphylococcus?

a. Non-pathologic Staphylococcus may stain as gram negative

b. Staphylococcus will grow in MacConkey agar

c. Staphyloxanthin production indicates a pathologic strain 

d. Staphylococcus are obligate anaerobes.

The correct answer is: Staphyloxanthin production indicates a pathologic strain

Question 4
Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Wound management for a non-tetanus prone wound on a 5-year-old child with complete vaccination for tetanus:

a. Vaccine

b. No vaccine indicated 

c. TIG

d. Vaccine and TIG

The correct answer is: No vaccine indicated

Question 5
Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Characteristic of a prokaryotic cell:

a. Has a circular DNA 

b. Contains highly structured cytoplasm

c. Has linear chromosomes

d. Genetic materials are enclosed in a nuclear envelope

The correct answer is: Has a circular DNA

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This is the major virulence factor of Bacillus anthracis:

a. Poly-D-glutamic acid capsule

b. Lipopolysacchride

c. Enterotoxin

d. Lethal toxin 

The correct answer is: Lethal toxin

Question 7
Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Bull neck is a clinical finding of:

a. Diptheria 

b. Anthrax

c. Erysipeloid

d. Early onset Listeriosis

The correct answer is: Diptheria

Question 8
Correct

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Confer the gram’s reaction of a bacteria:

a. Plasma membrane

b. Cell membrane

c. Capsule

d. Cell wall 

The correct answer is: Cell wall

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Lipid content of Mycobacterium that is responsible for caseous necrosis:

a. Muramyl dipeptide 

b. Polysaccharides

c. Phospholipids

d. Mycolic acid

The correct answer is: Muramyl dipeptide

Question 10
Incorrect

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What is the primary diagnostic test for TB infection?

a. Xpert MTB/ Rif 

b. DSSM

c. Culture

d. Chest X-ray

The correct answer is: DSSM

Question 11
Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Lepromatous type of leprosy:

a. Cell-mediated immunity is intact

b. Positive for lepromin test

c. Multibacillary 

d. Asymmetric nerve involvement

The correct answer is: Multibacillary

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A 20-year-old male presented with flu like symptoms for 4 days. The patient then developed high fever, nuchal rigidity and
petechial rash that does not blanche with pressure. Which statement is true regarding this case?

a. This is self-limiting and will resolve in one week

b. Prompt empiric antibiotic treatment is needed.

c. Give high dose steroid and get a cranial MRI as soon as possible 

d. This is a sexually transmitted disease

The correct answer is: Prompt empiric antibiotic treatment is needed.

Question 13
Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Have mycolic acid in their cell wall:

a. Corynebacterium

b. Erysipelothrix

c. Listeria

d. Nocardia 

The correct answer is: Nocardia

Question 14
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A 3-day old baby was seen with redness of both eyes with thick discharge. Which management is NOT appropriate for this
case?

a. Get complete sexual history of mother

b. Silver nitrate eyedrops given to the baby 

c. Ceftriaxone IM given to the baby and mother

d. Gram stain of the discharge

The correct answer is: Silver nitrate eyedrops given to the baby

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Blocking inhibitory transmitter like glycine is the action of this toxin?

a. Lethal toxin

b. Tetanospasmin 

c. Botulinum toxin A

d. Edema toxin

The correct answer is: Tetanospasmin

Question 16
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On stained smears, this organism tends to lie parallel to one another or in palisading arrangement:

a. Mycobacterium leprae

b. Listeria monocytogenes

c. Corynebacterium diptheriae 

d. Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae

The correct answer is: Corynebacterium diptheriae

Question 17
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Produces endospores:

a. Corynebacterium

b. Moraxella

c. Klebsiella

d. Bacillus 

The correct answer is: Bacillus

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Which statement is true regarding Neisseria?

a. Causes a neonatal conjunctivitis from placental transfer

b. Gram positive intra-cellular diplococci

c. Selective medium of choice is the Lowenstein-Jensen agar

d. Adult gonococcal conjunctivitis is sexually transmitted 

The correct answer is: Adult gonococcal conjunctivitis is sexually transmitted

Question 19
Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Which statement is TRUE regarding Streptococcus?

a. Streptolysin production yields gamma hemolysis on BAP

b. Lancefield grouping is based on specific sugars on the bacteria 

c. May be distinguished from Staphylococcus via KOH test

d. Presence of protein M indicates a non-pathologic strain

The correct answer is: Lancefield grouping is based on specific sugars on the bacteria

Question 20
Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

In what disease does the organism spreads in the body of the host (invasive)?

a. Botulism

b. Anthrax

c. Myonecrosis 

d. Tetanus

The correct answer is: Myonecrosis

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Question 21
Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

A 20-year-old man underwent surgery for ruptured appendix. After a few days post-surgery, he developed chills and fever.
Blood cultures show growth of Gram-positive cocci in chains. No hemolysis on BAP. Sensitivity testing shows multiple
resistance to antibiotics. What is the most probable cause of the infection?

a. Streptococcus pyogenes

b. Enterococcus faecalis 

c. Streptococcus viridans

d. Staphylococcus epidermidis

The correct answer is: Enterococcus faecalis

Question 22
Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

The following organisms have capsule EXCEPT:

a. Klebsiella pneumoniae

b. Bacillus anthracis

c. Coxiella burnetti 

d. Streptococcus pneumoniae

The correct answer is: Coxiella burnetti

Question 23
Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

This ultrastructure is responsible for bacterial conjugation.

a. Glycocalyx

b. Flagella

c. Axial filaments

d. Pili 

The correct answer is: Pili

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Question 24
Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Treatment for a newly diagnosed miliary tuberculosis?

a. 2HRZES/ 1HRZE/ 5HRE

b. 2HRZES/ 1HRZE/ 9HRE

c. 2HRZE/ 4HR 

d. 2HRZES/ 10HR

The correct answer is: 2HRZE/ 4HR

Question 25
Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Gram positive cocci:

a. Streptomyces

b. Streptococcus 

c. Clostridium

d. Neisseria

The correct answer is: Streptococcus

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Dec 2020- Jan 2021 Microbiology & Parasitology Gram Negative

Started on Saturday, 12 December 2020, 12:01 PM

State Finished
Completed on Saturday, 12 December 2020, 12:20 PM
Time taken 19 mins 36 secs
Marks 25.00/25.00
Grade 100.00 out of 100.00

Question 1
Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

A 40 year old man came in to the emergency room complaining of fever and abdominal pain. He also claimed it is
associated with watery, bloody foul smelling stools. Cultures were done and it grew on Skirrows media. Microbiologic test
show it is positive for oxidase and catalase test. Which is mostly likely the organism causing the disease?

a. Campylobacter jejuni 

b. Vibrio chlorae

c. Salmonella typhi

d. Shigella sonnei

The correct answer is: Campylobacter jejuni

Question 2
Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

A 35 year old female was brought to the emergency room. She was hypotensive, tachycardic and febrile. There was note of
purpuric lesions on the lower extremities. Complete blood count showed anemia and thrombocytopenia. Coagulation
panel was also deranged. Which is most likely true of the organism that caused this?

a. It grows on Charcoal Yeast Extract Agar

b. It ferments glucose and maltose 

c. It grows on Regan-Lowe Charcoal Agar

d. It requires NAD and Hemin

The correct answer is: It ferments glucose and maltose

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Question 3
Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

A 7 month old baby girl who is living in the rural areas was brought to the emergency room. She was seen to have difficulty
of breathing and bouts of fever for the past 5 days. On xray she was noted to have thumb’s sign. She was diagnosed with
epiglotitis and was started on Ceftriaxone. Which is true of the organism that caused this?

a. It grows on Regan-Lowe Charcoal Agar

b. It requires NAD and Hemin 

c. It ferments glucose and maltose

d. It grows on Charcoal Yeast Extract Agar

The correct answer is: It requires NAD and Hemin

Question 4
Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

A 6 year old boy was brought to the emergency room. He had rhinorrhea, poor appetite and febrile episodes for the past
week. Now it was noted that he has paroxysms of hacking cough. Few minutes, prior to consult he was seen to have
upward rolling of eyeballs and stiffening of extremities. Which is true of the organism that caused this?

a. It requires NAD and Hemin

b. It grows on Regan-Lowe Charcoal Agar 

c. It ferments glucose and maltose

d. It grows on Charcoal Yeast Extract Agar

The correct answer is: It grows on Regan-Lowe Charcoal Agar

Question 5
Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

A 35 year old female consulted the clinic due to urinary frequency and dysuria. The was no fever or any other symptoms.
Urinalysis was done which showed pyuria, bacteuria and magnesium ammonium phosphate crystals. Which is true of the
organism that caused this infection?

a. It is a lactose fermenter

b. It produces greenish pigment

c. It exhibits swarming phenomenon on culture media 

d. It grows on Borget-Gengou Agar

The correct answer is: It exhibits swarming phenomenon on culture media

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Question 6
Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

57 year old jeepney driver was brought to the emergency room. He was noted to have productive cough and
undocumented fever for the past 3 days. Few minutes prior to consult he was noted to have currant jelly like sputum and
was brought to the hospital. Which most likely caused this infection?

a. Hemophilus influenza

b. Escherichia coli

c. Klebsiella pneumonia 

d. Pseudomonas aeruginosa

The correct answer is: Klebsiella pneumonia

Question 7
Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Which of the following is associated with “ecthyma gangrenosum”?

a. Pseudomonas aeruginosa 

b. Salmonella typhi

c. Shigella sonnei

d. Serratia marcescens

The correct answer is: Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Question 8
Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Which of the following gram negative bacilli is oxidase positive?

a. Escherichia coli

b. Pseudomonas aeruginosa 

c. Klebsiella pneumonia

d. Proteus mirabilis

The correct answer is: Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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Question 9
Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

What color do colonies of lactose fermenters appear on McConkey Agar?

a. Colorless

b. Yellow

c. Green

d. Pink 

The correct answer is: Pink

Question 10
Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Which is associated with chronic diarrhea among patients with HIV?

a. STEC

b. EAEC 

c. ETEC

d. EPEC

The correct answer is: EAEC

Question 11
Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Which of these appear as comma shaped, gram negative rods which are actively motile and grow well at very high PH?

a. Pseudomonas aeruginosa

b. Escherichia coli

c. Vibrio cholerae 

d. Salmonella typhi

The correct answer is: Vibrio cholerae

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Question 12
Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

A 34 year-old female came to the emergency room due to high grade fever for more than a week, associated with
headache, myalgia and constipation. On physical exam there was note of erythematous spots on the abdomen and chest
area. Complete blood count had normal white blood cell count. Blood culture was done. Which bacteria will most likely be
isolated from this patient?

a. Proteus mirabilis

b. Salmonella typhi 

c. Escherichia coli

d. Klebsiella pneumoniae

The correct answer is: Salmonella typhi

Question 13
Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Which of the following does not ferment lactose?

a. Escherichia coli

b. Klebsiella pneumoniae

c. Salmonella typhi 

d. Enterobacter cloacae

The correct answer is: Salmonella typhi

Question 14
Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Neiseria gonorrheae is the most common cause of pelvic inflammatory disease. Complications include sterility, chronic
pelvic pain and perihepatitis. Perihepatitis is also known as which syndrome?

a. Widal Duval Syndrome

b. Waterhouse Friedrichsen Syndrome

c. Fitz Hugh Curtis syndrome 

d. Curtis Smith Syndrome

The correct answer is: Fitz Hugh Curtis syndrome

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Question 15
Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Which is a common cause of travelers diarrhea?

a. EAEC

b. ETEC 

c. STEC

d. EPEC

The correct answer is: ETEC

Question 16
Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

A 57 year old dialysis patient developed fever, productive cough and difficulty of breathing. Chest xray showed infiltrates
on left lung field. Sputum specimen was sent to the laboratory for culture. The organism grew well at 37-24C and produced
characteristic sweet grape-like odor. Which is likely the cause of the patient’s pneumonia?

a. Escherichia coli

b. Bordetella pertussis

c. Pseudomonas aeruginosa 

d. Haemophilus influenzae

The correct answer is: Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Question 17
Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Which is the most common cause of urinary tract infection?

a. Escherichia coli 

b. Pseudomonas aeruginosa

c. Vibrio cholerae

d. Salmonella typhi

The correct answer is: Escherichia coli

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Question 18
Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

A 2 year old boy was brought to the emergency room due to seizure episodes. He was febrile and was noted to have
decrease activity and increased sleeping time for the past 3 days. Lumbar tap was done and on gram stain there was note
of kidney-bean diplococci. Which is true of this organism?

a. It requires NAD and Hemin

b. It grows on Regan-Lowe Charcoal Agar

c. It ferments glucose and maltose 

d. It grows on Charcoal Yeast Extract Agar

The correct answer is: It ferments glucose and maltose

Question 19
Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Which is the most common cause of epidemic dysentery?

a. Salmonella typhimurium

b. Shigella dysenteriae 

c. Shigella sonnei

d. Salmonella typhi

The correct answer is: Shigella dysenteriae

Question 20
Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Which of the following is associated with antral gastritis and peptic ulcer disease?

a. Escherichia coli

b. Helicobacter pylori 

c. Campylobacter jejuni

d. Vibro cholerae

The correct answer is: Helicobacter pylori

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Question 21
Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Which of the following grow on Thayer-Martin Medium?

a. Neisseria gonorheae 

b. Klebsiella pneumoniae

c. Escherichia coli

d. Legionella pneumophila

The correct answer is: Neisseria gonorheae

Question 22
Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Which of the following causes Pontiac fever?

a. Neisseria gonorheae

b. Legionella pneumophila 

c. Klebsiella pneumoniae

d. Escherichia coli

The correct answer is: Legionella pneumophila

Question 23
Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

A 27year old pregnant woman was brought to the emergency room and was having “rice water stools” for 2 days. She was
severely dehydrated and with electrolyte imbalance based on blood tests done. Intravenous fluid replacement was
immediately started. Which of the following is true of this organism?

a. It produces yellow colonies in Thiosulfate Citrate Bile Sucrose 

b. It produces black colonies in Xylose Lysine Deoxycholate Agar

c. It produces pink colonies in Mc Konkey

d. It produces blue green colonies Hektoen Enteric Agar

The correct answer is: It produces yellow colonies in Thiosulfate Citrate Bile Sucrose

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Question 24
Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Which is the most common serotype of E.coli producing Shiga toxin?

a. 0157:H5

b.
0571:H7

c.
0571:H1

d. 
0157:H7

The correct answer is:

0157:H7

Question 25
Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Which is associated with mild non-bloody diarrhea, hemorrhagic colitis and hemolytic uremic syndrome?

a. EPEC

b. EAEC

c. STEC 

d. ETEC

The correct answer is:

STEC

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4. Gram (+) Bacilli, Mycobacterium, Anaerobic Bacteriology

Started on Tuesday, 21 September 2021, 12:02 PM

State Finished
Completed on Tuesday, 21 September 2021, 12:25 PM
Time taken 22 mins 38 secs
Marks 11.00/20.00
Grade 55.00 out of 100.00

Question 1
Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

This is a gram negative, anaerobic bacilli that is abundant in the mouth:

a. Bifidobacterium
b. Prevotella 
c. Actinomyces
d. Bacteroides

The correct answer is: Prevotella

Question 2
Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Superoxide dismutase, that is present in aerobic organism is responsible for:

a. Protection from oxygen toxicity 

b. Hemolysis of red blood cells
c. Abscess formation
d. Sepsis

The correct answer is: Protection from oxygen toxicity

Question 3

Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

A 36 year old construction worker was diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis. He has asthma and is maintained
on montelukast. He was also diagnosed with PTB 2 years ago but took anti-koch's medication for only 4 months.
What is the recommended TB regimen for this patient?

a. 2HRZES/ 10HR
b. 2HRZES/ 1HRZE/ 9HRE
c. 2HRZES/ 1HRZE/ 5HRE 
d. 2HRZE/ 4HR

The correct answer is: 2HRZES/ 1HRZE/ 5HRE

Question 4
Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

This is TRUE on a leprosy patient with a positive lepromin skin test:

a. Has macular skin lesions 

b. Has a symmetric nerve involvement
c. Has an abundant AFB in the skin (multibacillary)
d. Has a deficient cell mediated immunity

The correct answer is: Has macular skin lesions

Question 5
Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

A 36 year old butcher sought consult for an inflamed lesion on his right hand. The lesion was painful and pruritic.
Upon inspection the lesion has a raised violaceous edge and a central clearing. Gram staining of the causative
agent will appear:

a. Long filamentous gram negative rods

b. Gram positive bacilli in singly, in parallel or in globular masses
c. Long filamentous gram positive bacilli 
d. Gram positive bacilli with cocobacillary cells and branching filaments

The correct answer is: Long filamentous gram positive bacilli

Question 6

Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

A 9 year old boy developed diarrhea after clindamycin intake for a throat infection. Only Toxin A was detected in
the stool. Intestinal microabscesses was noted on endoscopy. What is treatment of choice for this patient?

a. Penicillin
b. Metronidazole 
c. Antibiotics not indicated
d. Azithromycin

The correct answer is: Metronidazole

Question 7
Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

A 36 year old male patient presented with lateral neck abscess. Culture of the abscess revealed an anaerobic
bacteria. What is the preferred antibiotic in this patient?

a. Metronidazole
b. Vancomycin
c. Clindamycin 
d. Penicillin

The correct answer is: Clindamycin

Question 8
Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

TRUE of Poly-D-glutamic acid:

a. Major virulence factor of Bacillus anthracis

b. Virulence factor of Bacillus cereus
c. Provides protection againts heat
d. Has an anti-phagocitic action 

The correct answer is: Has an anti-phagocitic action

Question 9

Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Productive type of TB lesion that undergoes caseation necrosis is called:

a. Tubercle 
b. Cavitary TB
c. Granuloma
d. Fibrosis

The correct answer is: Tubercle

Question 10
Incorrect

Mark 0.00 out of 1.00

A 9 year old boy obtained a puncture wound on this right hand from an unidentified object while playing on their
backyard. His parents brought the child to you for a possible anti-tetanus injection. The parents claimed that the
boy had complete vaccination and the last booster dose was given when he was 2 years old. What will you give
the patient?

a. Tetanus toxoid only

b. Tetanus immunoglobulin only 
c. Both
d. None

The correct answer is: Tetanus toxoid only

Question 11
Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

A 36 year old male patient with cough for 2 weeks was worked up to a possible TB infection. Chest x-ray was
consistent with TB but DSSM was negative. The patient can be labelled as:

a. Primary TB
b. Clinically diagnosed TB 
c. Presumptive TB
d. Bacteriologically confirmed TB

The correct answer is: Clinically diagnosed TB

Question 12

Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

What is the recommended first line therapy for elderly patients with Hansen's disease?

a. Fluoroquinolones
b. Rifampicin
c. Dapsone 
d. Clofazimine

The correct answer is: Dapsone

Question 13
Incorrect

Mark 0.00 out of 1.00

A 36 year old male, suddenly develop vomiting and abdominal cramps. He claimed that the last meal he had is at
a chinese restaurant and ordered sweet and sour fish and fried rice. He did not take any medications and was
feeling better after 2 days. Which is TRUE about the most likely causative agent in this case?

a. Appearance on BAP is non-hemolytic gray to white colonies with a rough texture and a ground-glass
appearance.
b. Associated with contaminated food in the refrigerator and has a transplacental spread.
c. A motile, hemolytic aerobic, gram positive bacilli
d. None of the above 

The correct answer is: A motile, hemolytic aerobic, gram positive bacilli

Question 14
Incorrect

Mark 0.00 out of 1.00

Which of the following is a presumptive TB?

a. A 20 year old male with cough for 3 weeks, chest x-ray is suggestive of PTB, AFB smear is negative.
b. A 5 year old boy, with on and of fever, loss of appetite and weight loss, chest x-ray suggestive of PTB,
started on anti-Koch's medication.
c. A 37 year old female, with a normal chest x-ray, cough for 5 days, fever, night sweats and weight loss.
d. ALL of the above 

The correct answer is: A 37 year old female, with a normal chest x-ray, cough for 5 days, fever, night sweats and
weight loss.
Question 15

Incorrect

Mark 0.00 out of 1.00

What is the mechanism of action of tetanospasmin?

a. Blocks the release of acetylcholine spastic paralysis

b. Blocks the release of GABA causing flaccid paralysis 
c. Blocks the release of GABA causing spastic paralysis
d. Blocks the release of acetylcholine causing flaccid paralysis

The correct answer is: Blocks the release of GABA causing spastic paralysis

Question 16
Not answered

Marked out of 1.00

This is TRUE regarding anaerobic infections:

a. They are often polymicrobial

b. Infections are away from a mucosal surface
c. Grape like odor of the abscess
d. All of the above

The correct answer is: They are often polymicrobial

Question 17
Not answered

Marked out of 1.00

A 36 year old male farmer who raise cows consulted you for a lesion in his right hand. it was itchy and
erythematous at first, and change to a vesicle with a necrotic center after a week. There is also edema around the
lesion. The causative agent is:

a. Gram positive, anaerobic bacilli

b. Gram positive, aerobic bacilli
c. Gram positive, Microaerophilic bacilli
d. Gram positive, facultative anaerobic bacilli

The correct answer is: Gram positive, aerobic bacilli

Question 18

Not answered

Marked out of 1.00

A 9 year old boy developed fever 5 days ago, with cough and colds. After 3 days he complained of throat pain,
and the mother noticed a whitish material covering his right tonsils. There were also several enlarged cervical
lymph nodes. Which is statement is TRUE regarding the causative agent of this case?

a. It can be found in the respiratory tract, in wounds,or on the skin of infected persons or normal carriers.
b. Produces a heat stable toxin that can be absorbed in the skin and cause a chronic inflammatory response.
c. Colonies are small, white, with smooth borders and non-hemolytic on BAP.
d. ALL of the above

The correct answer is: It can be found in the respiratory tract, in wounds,or on the skin of infected persons or
normal carriers.

Question 19
Not answered

Marked out of 1.00

Double zone or target hemolysis on blood agar plate can be observed in this organism:

a. Bacillus anthracis
b. Clostridium difficile
c. Clostridium perfringens
d. Bacillus cereus

The correct answer is: Clostridium perfringens

Question 20
Not answered

Marked out of 1.00

This culture medium is used for anaerobic organisms:

a. Meuller Hinton agar

b. Blood agar
c. Lowenstein Jensen agar
d. Trypticase soy agar

The correct answer is: Trypticase soy agar

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Time taken 21 mins 6 secs
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Question 1
Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Acute Bacterial Meningitis is a devastating disease with a high case fatality rate and leading to serious long-term
complications which is commonly due to the following bacteria, EXCEPT:

a. Streptococcus pneumoniae
b. Streptococcus agalactiae
c. Viridans streptococci 
d. Neisseria meningitidis

The correct answer is: Viridans streptococci

Question 2
Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

PU recently wanted to isolate a Gram (+) cocci and performed catalase test that was negative and culture that
showed greenish discoloration of blood agar medium. These findings may suggest that the organism may be one
of the following:

a. Gram-negative lance-shaped diplococci arranged in chains

b. TSST1-secretor
c. Predominant colonizer of the nasopharynx 
d. Optochin-resistant

The correct answer is: Predominant colonizer of the nasopharynx

Question 3

Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

A 75 year old patient admitted at the ICU for 3 weeks with indwelling urinary catheter suddenly develop chills and
fever. Urinalysis revealed pus cells and numerous bacteria. A gram stain of the urine and tubing remove from the
patient revealed gram-positive cocci in cluster which is resistant to Novobiocin. What is the most probable
organism in this case?

a. S. saprophyticus 
b. Bacterial contaminant
c. S. epidermidis
d. S. aureus

The correct answer is: S. saprophyticus

Question 4
Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Which of the following component of Streptococcus pyogenes is the basis for Lancefield grouping?

a. ScpC enzyme
b. M protein antigen
c. T protein antigen
d. C-carbohydrate polymer 

The correct answer is: C-carbohydrate polymer

Question 5
Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Menactra, a conjugate vaccine used to prevent meningococcal infection caused by the following serogroups,
EXCEPT:

a. C
b. A
c. B 
d. W-135

The correct answer is: B

Question 6

Complete

Not graded

Which of the following staphylococcal enzymes and toxins is correctly matched with their action?

a. Hyaluronidase facilitates spread of infection

b. Beta-lactamase confers antibiotic resistance
c. Lipases is mainly responsible for abscess formation
d. Spingomyelinase C responsible for dissolving mucopolysaccharide matrix of the epidermis

The correct answer is: Spingomyelinase C responsible for dissolving mucopolysaccharide matrix of the epidermis

Question 7
Complete

Not graded

Aside from Coagulase, one of the tests that will differentiate Staphylococcus aureus from the rest of the
staphylococci species is?

a. Hemolytic test
b. Catalase test
c. Coagulase test
d. Novobiocin test

The correct answer is: Hemolytic test

Question 8
Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Meningococcemia is a bacteremia and sepsis syndrome with fever, petechiae, purpura, and hemodynamic
instability with serious and life-threatening sequelae during childhood but can be prevented by the following,
EXCEPT:

a. Crede’s prophylaxis 
b. Rifampicin chemoprophylaxis
c. Ciprofloxacin chemoprophylaxis
d. Menactra vaccination

The correct answer is: Crede’s prophylaxis

Question 9

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Most S. aureus strains isolated from patients with toxic shock syndrome produces a toxin called Toxic Shock
Syndrome Toxin-1 (TSST-1) which is a prototypical superantigen that binds specifically to?

a. MHC Class I molecules

b. MHC Class II molecules 
c. Class III molecules
d. Both MHC Class I and II molecules

The correct answer is: MHC Class II molecules

Question 10
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One of the following conditions is not clinically related to Neisseria gonorrhea?

a. Vulvovaginitis
b. Ophthalmia neonatorum
c. Waterhouse Friderichsen Syndrome 
d. Prostatitis

The correct answer is: Waterhouse Friderichsen Syndrome

Question 11
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What is the drug of choice for px with meningococcal disease who are allergic to penicillins?

a. Clonidine
b. Carbapenem
c. Cardipine
d. Chloramphenicol 

The correct answer is: Chloramphenicol

Question 12

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Best single test to identify pathogenic Staphylococcus aureus?

a. Coagulase test 
b. Protein A test
c. Leukocidin test
d. Mannitol fermentation test

The correct answer is: Coagulase test

Question 13
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Which of the following reagents is used to identify staphylococci from streptococci based on the effervescence of
gas or bubbles formation?

a. Coagulase
b. Oxidase 
c. Mannitol fermentation
d. Hydrogen peroxide

The correct answer is: Hydrogen peroxide

Question 14
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Which of the following Staphylococcal enzymes does not facilitate degradation of tissues?

a. Staphylokinase
b. Collagenase
c. Hyaluronidase
d. Coagulase 

The correct answer is: Coagulase

Question 15

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Which exotoxin produced by Streptococcus pyogenes causes lysis of hemolysis deep in the medium of the blood
agar plate?

a. Streptokinase
b. Streptolysin S
c. Streptolysin O 
d. Streptodornase

The correct answer is: Streptolysin O

Question 16
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A 24 y/o male complained of painful urination with yellow, creamy pus, with test results showing positive acid
formation in glucose and negative acid formation in maltose and sucrose. Which of the following is the most
probable cause of the complaint?

a. Neisseria meningitidis
b. Neisseria lactamica
c. Neisseria mucosa
d. Neisseria gonorrhea 

The correct answer is: Neisseria gonorrhea

Question 17
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What is the drug of choice for px with meningococcal disease who are allergic to penicillins?

a. Clonidine
b. Chloramphenicol 
c. Cardipine
d. Carbapenem

The correct answer is: Chloramphenicol

Question 18

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Necrotizing pneumonia in young patients with no known risk factors is associated with what Methicillin Resistant
Staphylococci (MRSA)?

a. VRSA
b. VISA
c. CA-MRSA 
d. HA-MRSA

The correct answer is: CA-MRSA

Question 19
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28 year-old Patient X submitted a urethral discharge to the laboratory. A gram stain presented Gram (-)
diploccoci. Catalase and Oxidase test produced a positive result. Growth was also seen on CAP with vancomycin.
The following are TRUE with this organism EXCEPT?

a. Non-pigmented
b. Resistant to presence of high concentration of carbon dioxide
c. Glucose oxidizer
d. Hemolytic 

The correct answer is: Hemolytic

Question 20
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The most common infection caused by B-hemolytic S. pyogenes?

a. Acute Glomerulonephritis
b. Rheumatic fever
c. Pharyngitis 
d. Streptococcal pyoderma

The correct answer is: Pharyngitis

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