Chapter 4 Bacterial Diseasess

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    Patient develops diarrhea 5 days after starting antibiotic treatment for a serious staphylococcal infection. What is the most likely causative agent?

    • Clostridium perfringens
    • Clostridium difficile
    • Pseudomonas aeruginosa
    • Shigella sonnei
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This quiz assesses knowledge on bacterial diseases, focusing on identification, transmission, and prevention. It covers various scenarios including brain abscesses, pneumonia from animal exposure, and epiglottitis, crucial for medical professionals.

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  • 2. 

    A patient had surgery 2 months ago to put in a pace maker. He felt fine for 1 month, but over the past month, he has been feeling worse. He is running a low-grade fever, tires easily, and has worsening heart  murmurs. Which of the following staphylococcal organisms causes sub-acute bacterial endocarditis that occurs 2 months or more after heart surgery?

    • Staphylococcus aureus

    • Staphylococcus epidermidis

    • Staphylococcus haemolyticus

    • Staphylococcus saprophyticus

    Correct Answer
    A. Staphylococcus epidermidis
    Explanation
    Staphylococcus epidermidis is ubiquitous as part of the normal flora. Organisms are introduced into
    the host during invasive procedures. Staph.aureus is more likely to be acute, with high fever and damage
    developing more quickly

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  • 3. 

    A patient has a gastric ulcer not induced by non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents. Which characteristic appears to play a central role in the ability of the organism to survive transit of the lumen to colonize the stomach?

    • Phospholipase C production

    • Urease production

    • Micro aerophilic lifestyle

    • O antigens

    Correct Answer
    A. Urease production
    Explanation
    A major survival and virulence factor of Helicobacter pylori is urease, which neutralizes stomach acid
    to allow the organism to survive to reach the tissue.

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  • 4. 

    A patient presents with a brain abscess. The dominant organism is an anaerobe normally found as part of the oral flora. Which of the following best fits that description?

    • Nocardia

    • Actinomyces

    • Mycobacterium

    • Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    Correct Answer
    A. Actinomyces
    Explanation
    Only Actinomyces is anaerobic; the rest are aerobic. (And, of those mentioned, only Actinomyces is part of the normal flora. Nocardia can, however, cause brain abscesses as well, but it is acquired from the environment.)

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  • 5. 

    A54-year-old man develops a pyogenic infection along the suture line after knee surgery. The laboratory gives a preliminary report of a beta-hemolytic, catalase-positive, coagulase-positive, Gram-positive coccus. The most likely causative agent is

    • Moraxella catarrhalis

    • Staphylococcus aureus

    • Staphylococcus epidermidis

    • Streptococcus agalactiae

    • Streptococcus pyogenes

    Correct Answer
    A. Staphylococcus aureus
    Explanation
    Of the answer choices, only streptococci and staphylococci are Gram positive. The streptococci are
    catalase negative and staphylococci are catalase positive. Of the two staphylococci, Staphylococcus
    aureus is the beta-hemolytic, coagulase-positive organism.

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  • 6. 

    A 78-year-old man develops a high fever, cough producing a blood-tinged sputum, and difficulty breathing. Sputum shows organism consistent with Streptococcus pneumoniae. What is the most important virulence factor?

    • Endotoxin

    • A phospholipase allowing Streptococcus pneumoniae To escape the phagosome quickly

    • Polypeptide capsule

    • Polysaccharide capsule

    Correct Answer
    A. Polysaccharide capsule
    Explanation
    The Gram-positive organism Streptococcus pneumoniae contains no endotoxin. It is not phagocytosed
    in the immunologically naive, eliminating choice B. It is the capsule that is considered the most important
    virulence factor.

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  • 7. 

    Which of the following organisms grows in 40% bile?

    • Enterococcus faecalis

    • Streptococcus pneumoniae

    • Group B streptococci

    • Viridans streptococci

    Correct Answer
    A. Enterococcus faecalis
    Explanation
    Enterococci can be differentiated by their reactivity with group D antiserum, bacitracin resistance, and
    growth in 40% bile or pH 9.6.

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  • 8. 

    A 23-year-old male who has recently started working on a sheep farm in Nova Scotia develops pneumonia shortly after helping with lambing. His cough produces little sputum,  and a saline-induced sputum sample shows no predominant organism either with Gram stain or with acid-fast stain. It is established that he acquired the pneumonia from parturition products from the sheep. Which agent is most likely to be the cause of his pneumonia?

    • Rickettsia akari

    • Rickettsia typhi

    • Rickettsia rickettsii

    • Coxiella burnetii

    • Anaplasma phagocytophila

    Correct Answer
    A. Coxiella burnetii
    Explanation
    Coxiella burnetii is a rickettsia-like organism that can be spread via amniotic fluid, aerosols, or dust
    particles. It with stands drying and thus can be transmitted at least 10 miles by the wind.

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  • 9. 

    A 36-year-old immigrant who lived in a crowded resettlement camp before coming to the United States  now has a cough that has been bothering him for several weeks. He has also lost 10 pounds. Which of the following factors is known to be most important in triggering the granulomatous reaction to wall off  and contain the infection?

    • Cord factor

    • Mycolic acid

    • Purified protein derivative (PPD)

    • Sulfatides

    • Wax D

    Correct Answer
    A. Cord factor
    Explanation
    Cord factor helps trigger the Th1 response, which helps contain the infection.

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  • 10. 

    A 22-year-old cystic fibrosis patient presents with fever and increasing dyspnea. A Gram-negative organism is found in unusually high numbers in the mucus. Which virulence factor is most important in colonization and maintenance of the organism in the lungs?

    • Exotoxin A

    • Pyocyanin (blue-green pigment)

    • Polysaccharide slime

    • Endotoxin

    Correct Answer
    A. Polysaccharide slime
    Explanation
    Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa are two primary pulmonary colonizers that
    cause pneumonia in patients with cystic fibrosis. (Staph is usually only in young CF patients.) Of the two,
    Pseudomonas is Gram negative. Its slime material (alginate) produces the resistance to phagocytic
    killing and poor penetration of antibiotics to the site, which, in conjunction with the antibiotic resistance of
    Pseudomonas , make these serious infections.

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  • 11. 

    Exotoxin A most closely resembles the action of which other microbial toxin?

    • Heat-labile toxin (LT) of Escherichia coli

    • Shiga toxin

    • Diphtheria toxin

    • Vibrio cholerae toxin

    • Vero toxin

    Correct Answer
    A. Diphtheria toxin
    Explanation
    Both Pseudomonas exotoxin A and diphtheria toxin inhibit protein synthesis through the inhibition of
    elongation factor (EF-2). In correct choices include:Shigatoxin, which is a cytotoxin, enterotoxin,
    and neurotoxin. Vibrio cholera enterotoxin and E.coli labile toxin (LT) both result in increased cyclic
    adenosine monophosphate (cAMP).

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  • 12. 

    A patient recently returned from Africa has been febrile for several days and now has abdominal pain. His blood cultures grow out Salmonella typhi. What was the most likely source of his infection?

    • Raw chicken

    • Undercooked hamburger

    • Contact with baby goats on a farm and then eating without washing hands

    • A food preparer with bad personal hygiene

    • Undercooked pork

    Correct Answer
    A. A food preparer with bad personal hygiene
    Explanation
    Sal.typhi Has only human hosts

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  • 13. 

    A patient develops mild gastroenteritis a few days after having a variety of sushi at a party. There is no blood or pus in the stool. Which causative agent is most likely to have caused this illness?

    • Vibrio cholerae

    • Vibrio parahaemolyticus

    • Salmonella typhi

    • Shigella sonnei

    Correct Answer
    A. Vibrio parahaemolyticus
    Explanation
    Vibrio cholerae causes classic cholera, which is not generally mild or self-limited;
    Vibrio parahaemolyticus , in contrast, causes a relatively mild gastroenteritis. It is also found in raw fish.
    Sal.typhi is the causative agent of typhoid. Shigellae infections are always invasive and generally will have
    a little pus in the stool.

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  • 14. 

    Yersinia pestis may be transferred by

    • Dermacentor tick bite

    • Human body louse bite

    • Ixodes tick bite

    • Respiratory droplets

    Correct Answer
    A. Respiratory droplets
    Explanation
    Most transmission in the United States is from infected flea bite (a choice not given in the question).
    The other route of transmission is through respiratory droplets from patients who have developed
    pneumonic emboli and pneumonia.

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  • 15. 

    A 3 year old presents with difficulty breathing and will not lie down to be examined. You suspect acute bacterial epiglottitis and examine the child’s epiglottis, which is highly inflamed. Which vaccine are you most likely to find that the child is missing?

    • Diphtheria

    • Neisseria meningitidis

    • Polio

    • Streptococcus pneumoniae (conjugate vaccine)

    • Haemophilus influenzae

    Correct Answer
    A. Haemophilus influenzae
    Explanation
    Epiglottitis is a medical emergency requiring hospitalization. It can be fatal in 24 hours. Pediatric
    cases were almost always caused by H. influenzae type b and have been dramatically reduced by
    the conjugate vaccine.

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  • 16. 

    A previously healthy 6 month old now looks limp. He cannot hold his eyes  open, pupils do not react, and he cannot hold his head up. What is the proper treatment?

    • Send him home on amoxicillin and clindamycin (to stop the toxin production quickly)

    • Give him a dose of equine botulinum immunoglobulin

    • Monitored supportive care with antibiotics, and botulinum immunoglobulin

    • Monitored supportive care with human botulinum immunoglobulin

    • Monitored supportive care with no antibiotics and no antitoxin

    Correct Answer
    A. Monitored supportive care with human botulinum immunoglobulin
    Explanation
    Clostridium botulinum found in household dust or honey was ingested by the baby and the spores
    germinated in her GI tract because her normal flora was not sufficient to suppress the germination.
    It is the vegetative cells that produce the botulinum toxin. Antibiotics disrupt normal flora, prolonging
    the disease, but administration of human antitoxin can dramatically reduce the length of the hospital stay.

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  • 17. 

    A preterm (33-week) infant girl is born at home to a 16-year-old mom after 22 hours of labor after the  rupture of the membranes. A friend helped the mother deliver the baby. The now 4 day old infant now shows signs of sepsis. What is the best description for the most likely causative agent? All organisms in the answer choices are Gram-positive, catalase-negative cocci found in pairs or short chains.

    • Non-hemolytic organisms found as part of the normal fecal flora; resistant to bile and optochin; carries a high level of drug resistance

    • Alpha-hemolytic diplococcic sensitive to both bile and optochin

    • Beta-hemolytic cocci in chains and carrying Lancefield’s Group B antigen

    • Alpha-hemolyticcocci in chains; resistant to bile and optochin

    Correct Answer
    A. Beta-hemolytic cocci in chains and carrying Lancefield’s Group B antigen
    Explanation
    If the mother is young and has had multiple sexual partners, she is more likely to be colonized with
    Group B streptococci. If the labor is prolonged after rupture of the mem-branes, the baby is more
    likely to be infected. And, since she delivered before her due date and had her baby at home, she was
    not screened for Group B streptococci and did not receive intra-partum antibiotic stop revent infection
    of the baby. The other descriptions belong to:
    (A) Entero-coccus
    (B) Strep. pneumoniae ,and
    (D)Viridans strep.

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