Bacteriology Comprehensive Examination Questions With
Complete Solutions
"NECKLACE BACILLUS" sting of beans appearance
Correct Answers Streptobacillus moniliformis
A bacteria that can cause pelvic inflammatory
disease that results to ectopic pregnancy referred
to as Fitz-Hugh-Curtis-Syndrome Correct Answers
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
A bacteria that cause a chronic middle ear
infections
a. Micrococcus
b. Kocuria
c. Stomatococcus mucilaginosus
d. Alloiococcus otitidis Correct Answers d.
Alloiococcus otitidis
A bacteria that cause a disease associated
endocarditis, septicemia, osteomyelitis and joint
infection
a. S. hyicus
b. S. schleiferi
c. S. delphini Correct Answers b. S. schleiferi
A bacteria that cause a disease associated with
medical devices such as catheters and prosthetic
cardiac valces
a. S. haemolyticus
,b. S. lugdunensis
c. S. epidermidis Correct Answers c. S.
epidermidis
A bacteria that cause a disease associated with
rarely implicated infections to
immunocompromised host (meningitidis,
pneumonia, and brain abscess) and known as
contaminants of clinical specimens
a. Micrococcus spp
b. Kocuria spp.
c. Kytococcus spp.
d. None of the above
e. All of the above Correct Answers e. All of the
above
A bacteria that cause a disease associated with
scalded skin syndrome, food poisoning, toxic shock
syndrome and bacteremia
a. S. haemolyticus
b. S. saprophyticus
c. S. aureus Correct Answers c. S. aureus
A bacteria that cause a disease associated with
young female that is sexually active
a. S. haemolyticus
b. S. saprophyticus
c. S. aureus Correct Answers b. S. saprophyticus
, A bacteria that is tightly twisted that shows
corkscrew appearance Correct Answers
Treponema spp
Also causes a sever systemic disease known as
Brazilian Purpuric Fever (BPF) and primarily in
pediatric population Correct Answers
Haemophilus influenzae Biogroup aegyptius
Also known as Pfeiffer's bacillus Correct Answers
Haemophilus influenzae
Appears water droplets in Middlebrook media that
only grows in 35-37 Correct Answers
Mycobacterium bovis
Associated with bull's eye infection or erythema
chronicum migrans Correct Answers Borrelia
burgdorferi
associated with Legonnaires disease , Pontiac fever
that is commonly isolated in ACU, cooling towers,
humidifiers, and nebulizers Correct Answers
Legionella pneumophila
associated with pittsburg pneumonia Correct
Answers Legionella micdadei
Associated with severe burn patients, destructive
eye infection, swimmer's eye, jacuzzi/hot tube
Complete Solutions
"NECKLACE BACILLUS" sting of beans appearance
Correct Answers Streptobacillus moniliformis
A bacteria that can cause pelvic inflammatory
disease that results to ectopic pregnancy referred
to as Fitz-Hugh-Curtis-Syndrome Correct Answers
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
A bacteria that cause a chronic middle ear
infections
a. Micrococcus
b. Kocuria
c. Stomatococcus mucilaginosus
d. Alloiococcus otitidis Correct Answers d.
Alloiococcus otitidis
A bacteria that cause a disease associated
endocarditis, septicemia, osteomyelitis and joint
infection
a. S. hyicus
b. S. schleiferi
c. S. delphini Correct Answers b. S. schleiferi
A bacteria that cause a disease associated with
medical devices such as catheters and prosthetic
cardiac valces
a. S. haemolyticus
,b. S. lugdunensis
c. S. epidermidis Correct Answers c. S.
epidermidis
A bacteria that cause a disease associated with
rarely implicated infections to
immunocompromised host (meningitidis,
pneumonia, and brain abscess) and known as
contaminants of clinical specimens
a. Micrococcus spp
b. Kocuria spp.
c. Kytococcus spp.
d. None of the above
e. All of the above Correct Answers e. All of the
above
A bacteria that cause a disease associated with
scalded skin syndrome, food poisoning, toxic shock
syndrome and bacteremia
a. S. haemolyticus
b. S. saprophyticus
c. S. aureus Correct Answers c. S. aureus
A bacteria that cause a disease associated with
young female that is sexually active
a. S. haemolyticus
b. S. saprophyticus
c. S. aureus Correct Answers b. S. saprophyticus
, A bacteria that is tightly twisted that shows
corkscrew appearance Correct Answers
Treponema spp
Also causes a sever systemic disease known as
Brazilian Purpuric Fever (BPF) and primarily in
pediatric population Correct Answers
Haemophilus influenzae Biogroup aegyptius
Also known as Pfeiffer's bacillus Correct Answers
Haemophilus influenzae
Appears water droplets in Middlebrook media that
only grows in 35-37 Correct Answers
Mycobacterium bovis
Associated with bull's eye infection or erythema
chronicum migrans Correct Answers Borrelia
burgdorferi
associated with Legonnaires disease , Pontiac fever
that is commonly isolated in ACU, cooling towers,
humidifiers, and nebulizers Correct Answers
Legionella pneumophila
associated with pittsburg pneumonia Correct
Answers Legionella micdadei
Associated with severe burn patients, destructive
eye infection, swimmer's eye, jacuzzi/hot tube
