MMSC438 UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS COMPLETE
STUDY GUIDE
●● Listeria monocytogenes
Answer: pregnant women, raw milk, cold foods
●● Cutibacterium acnes
Answer: anaerobic GPR, "spider"
●● Mycobacterium avium complex
Answer: HIV/AIDS patients
●● Dental procedures
Answer: HACEK, endocarditis
●● PYR +
Answer: Strep pyogenes, Enterococcus, Staph haemolyticus
●● Bile solubility +, GPDC
Answer: Strep pneumo
,●● Pericardial fluid
Answer: Enterovirus (coxsackieviruses)
●● Uncomplicated UTI
Answer: healthy women, no structural or functional abnormalities, E.
coli
●● Pyelonephritis
Answer: fever & flank pain, ascending = E.coli
●● Staph saprophyticus
Answer: sexually active women under 40
●● Toxin production
Answer: C. diphtheriae, B. pertussis
●● College student, tired, not eating well, close quarters, GNDC like
kidney beans
Answer: N. meningitidis
●● Pharyngitis
Answer: school-age children, NO cough, group A strep (strep pyogenes)
, ●● Pseudomembrane (thick white patches in throat)
Answer: Diphtheria
●● Laryngitis
Answer: croup (barking cough), young children, viral causes
●● Epiglottitis
Answer: pre-school age children (2-4 y/o), NO barking cough
●● Sinusitis
Answer: improper Neti pot usage, facial pain/pressure, cause differs by
age
●● Pertussis
Answer: whooping cough
●● Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Answer: community acquired pneumonia (CAP), walking pneumonia,
doesn't show on gram stain
●● Strep pneumo
Answer: Capsule appearance (moist), CAP
AND CORRECT ANSWERS COMPLETE
STUDY GUIDE
●● Listeria monocytogenes
Answer: pregnant women, raw milk, cold foods
●● Cutibacterium acnes
Answer: anaerobic GPR, "spider"
●● Mycobacterium avium complex
Answer: HIV/AIDS patients
●● Dental procedures
Answer: HACEK, endocarditis
●● PYR +
Answer: Strep pyogenes, Enterococcus, Staph haemolyticus
●● Bile solubility +, GPDC
Answer: Strep pneumo
,●● Pericardial fluid
Answer: Enterovirus (coxsackieviruses)
●● Uncomplicated UTI
Answer: healthy women, no structural or functional abnormalities, E.
coli
●● Pyelonephritis
Answer: fever & flank pain, ascending = E.coli
●● Staph saprophyticus
Answer: sexually active women under 40
●● Toxin production
Answer: C. diphtheriae, B. pertussis
●● College student, tired, not eating well, close quarters, GNDC like
kidney beans
Answer: N. meningitidis
●● Pharyngitis
Answer: school-age children, NO cough, group A strep (strep pyogenes)
, ●● Pseudomembrane (thick white patches in throat)
Answer: Diphtheria
●● Laryngitis
Answer: croup (barking cough), young children, viral causes
●● Epiglottitis
Answer: pre-school age children (2-4 y/o), NO barking cough
●● Sinusitis
Answer: improper Neti pot usage, facial pain/pressure, cause differs by
age
●● Pertussis
Answer: whooping cough
●● Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Answer: community acquired pneumonia (CAP), walking pneumonia,
doesn't show on gram stain
●● Strep pneumo
Answer: Capsule appearance (moist), CAP
