| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| 3rd most common bacterial STI | 3rd most common bacterial STI | 0%
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| Frequently seen in nosocomial infections especially in intensive care units (ICU) isolated from catheters, ventilators, wounds, and medical equipment
| Acinetobacter spp. | 0%
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| Most frequently isolated species in human infections, particularly in cervicofacial actinomycosis (lumpy jaw) | Actinomyces israelii | 0%
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| Causes gastroenteritis, bacteremia or necrotizing fasciitis (fishhook injuries or exposure to contaminated water) | Aeromonas hydrophila | 0%
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| Associated with localized aggressive periodontitis (LAP) characterized by rapid destruction of the periodontal ligaments and bone supporting the teeth, often leading to tooth loss | Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans | 0%
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| dental plaque, brain abscesses, and sinusitis | Aggregatibacter aphrophilus | 0%
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| Human granulocytic anaplasmosis | Anaplasma phagocytophilum | 0%
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| Most commonly associated with pharyngitis in adolescents | Arcanobacterium haemolyticum | 0%
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| Most highly virulent and widely recognized Bacillus spp. | Bacillus anthracis | 0%
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| association with food poisoning outbreaks linked to reheated or improperly stored rice dishes | Bacillus cereus | 0%
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| Most common cause of anaerobic infections in humans, including intra-abdominal infections, abscesses, and bacteremia | Bacteroides fragilis | 0%
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| Oroya fever and Carrion disease | Bartonella baciliformis | 0%
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| associated with cat scratch disease, bacteremia, bacillary peliosis hepatitis or splenic peliosis | Bartonella henselae | 0%
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| causative agent of trench fever which is characterized with relapsing fever, headaches, and bone pain | Bartonella quintana | 0%
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| Primarily affects animals, especially dogs where it causes kennel cough, a highly contagious respiratory infection characterized by a harsh, dry cough | Bordetella bronchiseptica | 0%
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| Causative agent of pertussis or whooping cough, which primarily affects infants and young children | Bordetella pertussis | 0%
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| Causative agent of Lyme disease, which is transmitted to humans through the bite of infected deer ticks (Ixodes spp.) and must remain attached for 36-48 hours to transmit the bacteria | Borrelia burgdorferi | 0%
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| Most commonly reported tick-borne illness in the U.S. | Borrelia burgdorferi | 0%
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| Causes endemic relapsing fever (tick-borne relapsing fever) transmitted by soft tick (Ornithodoros spp.) | Borrelia hermsli and Borrelia parkeri | 0%
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| Causes epidemic relapsing fever (louse-borne relapsing fever) transmitted by human body louse (Pediculus humanus) | Borrelia recurrentis | 0%
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| Mediterranean fever, Malta fever, Gibraltar fever, Bang diseae, Cyprus fever, and undulant fever | Brucella spp. | 0%
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| Agent of glanders primarily found in horses, mules, and donkeys | Burkholderia mallei | 0%
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| Agent of melioidosis (aggressive granulomatous pulmonary disease) | Burkholderia pseudomallei | 0%
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| 1st bacteria mentioned to be linked to Guillain-Barre Syndrome | Campylobacter jejuni | 0%
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| Septicemia in the granulocytopenic or neutropenic patients; bacterial version of rabies | Capnocytophaga spp. | 0%
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| Cause bacteremia and endocarditis, particularly in patients with pre-existing cardiovascular disease (large vegetations on the heart valves) | Cardiobacterium hominis | 0%
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| Most common bacterial STI in adults 15 to 49 years of age worldwide | Chlamydia trachomatis | 0%
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| Formerly known as TWAR strain (Taiwan Acute Respiratory syndrome) | Chlamydophila pneumoniae | 0%
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| Causative agent of parrot fever (Psittacosis) | Chlamydophila psittaci | 0%
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| Opportunistic pathogens that primarily cause UTI, especially in hospitalized patients and with indwelling catheters | Citrobacter spp. | 0%
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| A leading cause of hospital-acquired infections (HAI) and is strongly associated with antibiotic use | Clostridioides difficile | 0%
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| Produces botulism toxin (most potent bacterial toxin) which blocks the release of acetylcholine at the neuromuscular junction, causes flaccid paralysis | Clostridium botulinum | 0%
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| Most common cause of bacterial food poisoning in United States, particularly following the consumption of improperly cooked or reheated meat dishes | Clostridium perfringens | 0%
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| Produces tetanospamin (neurotoxin) which causes lock jaw, risus sardonicus (devil's grin), opisthotonos (arched back), and spastic paralysis (contracted) associated with hypocalcemia | Clostridium tetani | 0%
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| Causes the death of cells in the upper respiratory tract, leading to the formation of a thick, graying pseudomembrane composed of dead cells, fibrin, and inflammatory exudate | Corynebacterium diphtheriae | 0%
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| One of the most frequently isolate non-toxigenic diphtheroids | Corynebacterium jeikeium | 0%
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| Q fever | Coxiella burnetii | 0%
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| Most frequently isolated anaerobic gram-positive rods (GPR) | Cutibacterium spp. | 0%
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| Most common anaerobic contaminant of blood cultures, particularly in hospital settings, because they are normal skin flora that can accidentally be introduced during blood collection | Cutibacterium spp. | 0%
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| Zoonotic pathogen found in fish, reptiles, and amphibians | Edwardsiella tarda | 0%
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| Human monocytic ehrlichiosis | Ehrlichia chaffeensis | 0%
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| Canine granulocytic ehrlichiosis | Ehrlichia ewingii | 0%
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| Associated with infection following traumatic inoculation from the oral cavity (clenched fist wounds) and is found in abscesses from human bite wounds | Eikenella corrodens | 0%
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| Associated with nosocomial pneumonia, bacteremia, wound infections, and UTIs, especially in immunocompromised patients | Enterobacter spp. | 0%
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| First clinically relevant group of gram-positive cocci to acquire and disseminate resistance to vancomycin | Enterococcus spp. | 0%
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| associated with individuals employed as farmers, slaughterhouse workers, food handlers, and veterinarians | Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae | 0%
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| Most common cause of uncomplicated UTI | Escherichia coli | 0%
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| Most commonly isolated anaerobic bacteria from human infections | Finegoldia magna | 0%
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| water borne tularemia in individuals who have has near drowning incidents | Francisella philomiragia | 0%
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| Tularemia (rabbit fever, deer fly fever, market men’s disease) | Francisella tularensis subsp. tularensis (Type A) | 0%
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| Chartreuse (yellow green) fluorescence under UV light; Lemierre’s syndrome | Fusobacterium spp. | 0%
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| Causative agent of bacterial vaginosis characterized by a gray white, homogenous, malodorous vaginal discharge with no inflammation | Gardnerella vaginalis | 0%
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| agent of infective bacterial endocarditis | HACEK | 0%
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| Contagious conjunctivitis | Haemophilus aegypticus | 0%
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| genital ulcer disease (GUD) that produces chancroid (soft chancre) and buboes (swollen unilateral inguinal lymph nodes) | Haemophilus ducreyi | 0%
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| Major cause of meningitis in children under 5 years of age | Haemophilus influenzae | 0%
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| Brazilian purpuric fever | Haemophilus influenzae biogroup aegypticus | 0%
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| cause of chronic gastritis, peptic ulcers, and duodenal ulcers | Helicobacter pylori | 0%
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| Leading cause of osteoarticular infections (OAI) such as osteomyelitis/septic arthritis in children aged <4 years | Kingella kingae | 0%
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| Most common isolate and a major cause of UTIs, liver abscesses, and nosocomial infections | Klebsiella spp. | 0%
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| Natural inhabitants of the human vagina | Lactobacillus acidophilus | 0%
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| Wiga’s agent of pneumonia | Legionella bozemanii | 0%
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| Legionnaires’ disease (severe) and Pontiac fever/broad street pneumonia (mild) | Legionella maltophila | 0%
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| Legionella maltophila | Legionella micdadei | 0%
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| Most clinically significant species are responsible for leptospirosis, a zoonotic disease transmitted through contact with urine or water contaminated by infected animals | Leptospira interrogans | 0%
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| Generally, a non-pathogenic environmental bacterium but can cause infections in immunocompromised individuals, such as catheter-related bloodstream infections and pneumonia | Micrococcus luteus | 0%
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| Commensal bacteria of the upper respiratory tract | Moraxella catarrhalis | 0%
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| commonly associated with UTI and wound infections, particularly in hospitalized patients | Morganella morganii | 0%
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| Most common nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) infections, particularly in immunocompromised individuals | Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex (MAC) | 0%
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| Causative agent of bovine tuberculosis infects humans and animals (cattle), acquired through ingestion of unpasteurized dairy products or direct contact with infected animals | Mycobacterium bovis | 0%
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| Primarily causes pulmonary disease, with symptoms that mimic tuberculosis, including cough, hemoptysis, fever, and weight loss | Mycobacterium kansasii | 0%
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| Agent of Hansen disease or leprosy | Mycobacterium leprae | 0%
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| Primary agent of human tuberculosis (TB), one of the leading causes of infectious disease-related deaths worldwide | Mycobacterium tuberculosis | 0%
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| Causative agent of Buruli ulcer, an NTD characterized by painless, slow-growing skin nodules that eventually ulcerate (necrotic ulcer) | Mycobacterium ulcerans | 0%
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| Opportunistic pathogen linked to PID (pelvic inflammatory disease) in sexually active adults | Mycoplasma hominis | 0%
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| Causative agent of primary atypical pneumonia, commonly referred to as | Mycoplasma pneumoniae | 0%
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| Second most common bacterial STI in adults 15 to 49 years of age worldwide | Neisseria gonorrhoeae | 0%
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| Leading cause of meningitis in young adults and children | Neisseria meningitis | 0%
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| Sennetsu fever | Neorickettsia sennetsu | 0%
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| Pleomorphic, partially acid-fast, branching, Gram positive bacilli in chains resembling a “beading” or fungal like arrangement | Nocardia asteroides | 0%
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| Most important Nocardia spp. in the tropical and subtropical areas | Nocardia brasiliensis | 0%
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| Grow as satellite colonies around other bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus) and require sulfhydryl compounds like Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) or cysteine for bacterial growth | NVS | 0%
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| Scrub typhi | Orientia tsutsugamushi | 0%
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| Agent of pasteurellosis characterized cellulitis and blood drainage primarily from the bites or scratches of dogs and cats | Pasteurella multocida | 0%
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| self-limiting gastroenteritis | Plesiomonas shigelloides | 0%
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| Frequently associated with head and neck infections, including dental abscesses and periodontal infections, as well as lower respiratory tract infections like aspiration pneumonia | Prevotella melaninogenica | 0%
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| Exhibits “swarming” motility (due to hyperflagellation) and produce a “burnt chocolate” odor | Proteus spp. | 0%
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| otitis externa (swimmer’s ear), contact lens keratitis (contaminated contact lens solutions or improperly cleaned lenses), osteomyelitis, ecthyma gangrenosum (necrotic ulcers with a central black eschar), and hot tub folliculitis (pruritic, erythematous papules) | Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 0%
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| Tick-borne fever | Rickettsia conorii | 0%
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| Mediterranean Spotted Fever | Rickettsia conorii | 0%
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| Epidemic typhus | Rickettsia prowazekii | 0%
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| Brill-Zinsser disease | Rickettsia prowazekii | 0%
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| Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever | Rickettsia rickettsia | 0%
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| Flea-borne disease | Rickettsia typhi | 0%
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| Transmitted by ingestion of contaminated water and undercooked food (chicken or poultry) the most implicated food) | Salmonella spp. | 0%
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| Produces a distinctive red pigment (prodigiosin), which is enhanced at 25C and reduced at 37C | Serratia spp. | 0%
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| Most communicable and highly pathogenic bacterial diarrhea (extremely low infectious dose of 10-100 organisms) | Shigella spp. | 0%
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| Normal flora in the anterior nares of humans (30% of healthy individuals are asymptomatic carriers) | Staphylococcus aureus | 0%
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| Most common cause of hospital-acquired urinary tract infection | Staphylococcus epidermidis | 0%
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| Significant only in UTI’s in sexually active females (honeymoon cystitis), as it frequently occurs following sexual intercourse due to bacterial migration into the urinary tract | Staphylococcus saprophyticus | 0%
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| Most common cause of neonatal septicemia and neonatal meningitis (high morbidity and mortality) | Streptococcus agalactiae | 0%
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| Major cause of otitis media in children and meningitis in adults | Streptococcus pneumoniae | 0%
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| Responsible for the majority of invasive and non-invasive streptococcal infections worldwide | Streptococcus pyogenes | 0%
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| Associated with nongonococcal urethritis (genital mycoplasma) | Ureaplasma urealyticum | 0%
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| profuse watery diarrhea, which can lead to severe dehydration and electrolyte imbalance | Vibrio cholerae | 0%
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| Cause wound infections, particularly after exposure to contaminated seawater or shellfish, which may rapidly progress to necrotizing fasciitis | Vibrio vulnificus | 0%
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| Frequent cause of subacute bacterial endocarditis and bacteremia | Viridans streptococci | 0%
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| associated with contaminated pork, milk, tofu, and blood transfusion-related septicemia | Yersinia enterocolitica | 0%
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| black plague | Yersinia pestis | 0%
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