Pathology EMQ template.

Name: Mit Shah

Theme: Urinary Tract Infections

 

OPTION LIST

 

A	Eschericia coli	I
B	Proteus mirabilis	J
C	Staphylococcus aureus	K
D	Staphylococcus auricularis	L
E	Staphylococcus saphrophyticus	M
F		N
G		O
H		P

 

Please choose the likeliest pathogen for each scenario.

 

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. 30 year old gentleman presenting with fever, loin pain, tenderness. Bacteruria also found on investigation.

 

2. 25 year old male banker suffering from flu-like symptoms, backache and a tender prostate on examination

 

3. 40 year old male presenting with ‘loin to groin’ spasms that come and go, with associated nausea and vomiting.

 

4. 27 year old female found to have a renal abscess.

 

5. 20 year old female presenting after honeymoon with gram positive, coagulase negative bacteria on investigation

 

 

ANSWERS

1. A

2. A

3. B

4. C

5. E