Pathology EMQ template.

Name: Rahul Mudannayake

Theme: Pathology of infection

 

OPTION LIST

 

A	Campylobacter jejuni	I	Streptococcus pneumonie
B	Clostridium difficile	J	Streptococcus pyogenes
C	Escherichia coli	K	Shigella flexneri
D	Vibrio cholera	L	Shigella dysenteriae
E	Neisseria meningitidis	M	Mycobaterium tuberculosis
F	Klebsiella	N	Mycobaterium avium-intracellulare
G	Salmonella typhi	O
H	Staphylococcus aureus	P

 

 

For each scenario below, choose the most appropriate answer from the list above. Each option may be used once, more than once or not at all.

 

1. A man presents and his male partner present with cramps, tenesmus, frequent small-volume bloody mucoid stools.

 

 

2. Gram negative helical rod that causes a prodrome of fever, HA, followed in 12 hours by loose, bloody diarrhea and abdominal pain.

 

 

3. A lactose fermenting organism that has an O and K antigen in its capsule that causes a cavitating pneumonia

 

 

4. A recent army recruit develops a low fever, a sterile arthritis, and pustular skin lesions.

 

 

5. A HIV positive elderly male presents with fevers, diarrhoea, and anaemia. Upon endoscopy he has diffuse granulomatous disease of his intestines.

 

 

 

ANSWERS

1. K

2. A

3. F

4. E

5. N