AAMI Microbiology for Embalmers QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Final

AAMI Microbiology for Embalmers QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Final 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