AAMI Microbiology for Embalmers Final
The causative agent of scarlet fever is staphylococcus aureus?
True
The Meningococcus enters the body by nose and mouth
True
Which of the following organisms enters the body by the genital system?
Neisseria Gonorrhea/gonococcus
Opthalmia neonatorum is caused by the Gonococcus.
True
A nosocomial infection is one that originates in hospitals
Toxic shock syndrome is caused by?
Staphylococcus aureus
The infection, puerperal sepsis is caused by an organism that enters the body by way of hands or instruments
The beta hemolytic streptococcal organism causes milder infections than the alpha hemolytic strep.
False
Which organism causes lesions called abscesses?
Staphylococcus aureus
Crede's method is associated with which organism?
Neisseria gonorrhea
Staphylococcus aureus causes
Boils, furuncles, carbunlces, pimples
There is a permanent naturally acquired active immunity to Gonorrhea
False
What infections have a rash?
Scarlet fever
The Pneumococcus typically enters the body by way of a wound
False
The Meningococcus is transmitted via droplet infection through aerosols or nasopharyngeal discharge from an infected person or carrier.
True
The organisms do not have to enter the body to cause a food intoxication as in a type of food poisoning.
True
Which of the following organisms have a capsule?
Pneumococcus
Which infections are transmitted by droplet infection?
Neisseria meningitidis
Neisseria meningitidis produces an endotoxin.
True
Bronchopneumonia is milder then lobar pneumonia.
True
Which organism is well known for causing nosocomial infections?
Staphylococcus aureus
An organism that must obtain its oxygen from oxygen containing compounds is an aerobe.
True
The ethological agent that is rod shaped, a strict aerobe and causes pseudomembranes is?
Corynebacterium diptheriae
This agent causes an infection in birds and opportunistically infects people with AIDS
Mycobacterium avium
Puerpertal sepis is caused by Neisseria gonorrheae
False
Gonorrhea localizes in the urethra in both men and women
True
The infection known as 'lockjaw' is caused by?
A bacillus that produces an exotoxin
Food intoxication can be caused by?
Clostridium perfringens
Anthrax is a zoonotic infection
True
The pathogenicity of tetanus is primarily associated with a neurotoxin
True
The portal of entry of the agent that causes diphtheria is?
Mouth and nose
Mycobacteria that are classified as acid-fast have a high lipid content in their cell walls
The portal of exit of Clostridum botulinum is feces.
False
The toxin is colorless and tasteless, it is swallowed and eventually causes asphyxia. What is the disease process called?
Botulism
The etiological agent of gas gangrene is?
Clostridium perfringes
A granulommatous infection that infects the lungs, intestines and kidneys is?
Tuberculosis
Which of the following organisms is a coccus controlled by the Crede's method?
Neisseria gonorrheae
The anthrax bacillus is rod-shaped
True
The portal of exit of Tuberculosis is often feces and urine
True
Which organism's pathogenicity is greater because of the high lipid content of their cell wall?
Mycobacterium
Staphylococcus aureus is known for causing which of the following
Puerperal sepsis, abscesses
Organisms that are ______ must obtain their oxygen from oxygen containing compounds, while ________ need free atmospheric oxygen.
Anaerobes, aerobes
Gonorrhea is often transmitted via infected objects, because the organism Neisseria gonorrhea survives well outside the body.
False
The anthrax bacillus can enter the body in which of the following ways
Inhalation, would contamination, ingestion
The tetanus toxin is less potent than the botulinum toxin.
True
What is the scientific name of plague bacillus?
Yersinia pestis
Which of the following organisms localizes in the gastrointestinal tract?
Salmonella, shigella dysenteriae, escherichia coli, mycobacterium tuberculosis
Proteus vulgaris is known to complicate the open wounds of burn victims.
True
Botulism is non-communicable.
True
The etiological agent of rabbit fever is Francisella tularensis
Most zoonic infections are transmitted from animals to humans but can not be transmitted from human to human
True
The etiological agent of Toxic Shock Syndrome is Streptococcus pyogenes
False - Staphylococcus aureus
An attack of Tularemia results in a permanent Naturally Acquired Active Immunity.
True
Gonorrhea reacts well to antibiotics which makes it easy to control this sexually transmitted disease.
False
An atypical type of pneumonia that has been isolated from water supplies, humidifiers and air conditioning equipment is caused by
Legionella pneumonphilia
Unlike any other genus all species of the genus Salmonella are capable of producing disease.
True
Typhoid fever can be transmitted by the
Fly
this is an important etiological agent of summer diarrhea
Salmonella Typhi
A vaccine is available for diphtheria
True
Lobar pneumonia is the chronic type of this respiratory infection
False
The meningococcus usually causes septicemia before it reaches the meninges
True
Tetanus is non-communicable as the causative agent that does not have to enter the body
True
The portal of entry of most enteric organisms is the mouth.
True
The portal of exit for most respiratory infections is feces and urine.
False
The genus of the etiological agent of lymes disease is
Borrelia
Treponema pallidum is the causative agent for syphilis.
True
The etiological agent of cholera affects the Intestines
The bacterial gastroenteritis that can lead to vomiting, profuse diarrhea, or death is caused by a comma shaped organism known as
Vibrio cholerae
Tertiary stage of syphilis is marked by a lesion called Gumma
Lyme disease is transmitted by the tick
Leptospirosis is a zoonic infection that can be transmitted from person to person
False
The etiological agent of Primary Atypical Pneumonia (PAP) is
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Vibrio cholerae exists the body by way of nasal and buccal secretions.
False
Droplet spray or droplet infection is the primary way respiratory infections are transmitted.
True
The major symptom of Weils disease is a fever
True
Copper colored rash, loss of hair and influenza like symptoms are evident when infected with
Treponema pallidum
Yersinia pestis is transmitted by way of
The bite of a rat flea
Legionellosis is not normally transmitted from person to person
True
Blood tests will be positive for syphilis in the latent stage
True
The bulls eye rash is associated with which of the following infections
Lymes disease
General paresis is associated with which of the following infections
Syphillis
The agent that causes cholera is spirochete.
False
Of the following bacteria infections which is cause by a rod shaped organism
Gas gangrene
Neisseria can cause venereal disease and infection in the blood and eventually the brain.
True
The etiological agent that is rod-shaped, anaerobic and causes food intoxication is
Clostridium perfinges
Lobar pneumonia is the acute form of this infection.
True
Which of the following microbes will cause the plague
Yersinia pestis
The enteric infectious agent shaped like a comma that is often transmitted by raw or partially infected fish or shelfish is
Vibrio Cholerae
Rickettsia rickettsii normally localizes in the blood vessel
The etiological agent causing endemic typhus is
Rickettsia prowazekii
Most Rickettsia are not transmitted from human to human
True
The infectious agent known to be transmitted by a vector that bites the host and causes a "bulls eye" rash is
Borrella burgdorferi
Spores that are in the process of returning to the vegetative state are described as
Germinating
Obligate aerobes require an environment without free oxygen for survival
False
What is the genus of the organism causing Opthalmia neonatorum
Neisseria
What is the species of the zoonotic organism whose cell wall has a high lipid content, described as acid fast, and is found as an opportunist in AIDS
Avium
Tularemia commonly localizes in the lymph nodes of the body and may be transmitted by the tick, flies, lice, horseflies and deer flies
True
The causative agent of ornithosis is a member of the genus
Clamydia
What is the vector associated with Rickettsia typhi
Flea
Which stage is syphilis may be characterized by flu like symptoms
Secondary
Which species is the reason for the most common nosocomial infections
Aureus
Cellulitis is the typical lesion for the species
Pyogens
The smallest free living self replicating units that do not have a cell wall are members of the Genus Mycoplasma
True
Facultative anaerobe prefers an environment with oxygen, but may live without it
True
Tuberculosis in adults will normally spread to the lungs, lymph nodes, joints and meninges
False
Tetanus is non-communicable
True