Pathology EMQ template.

Name: Matthew Rajan       

Theme: Respiratory Tract Infections

 

OPTION LIST

 

A	Streptococcus pneumoniae	I	Chlamydia psittaci
B	Pneumocystis. jerovecii	J	Aspergillus fumigatus
C	Mycoplasma pneumoniae	K	Escherichia coli
D	Leigonella pneumophila	L	Cytomegalovirus
E	Mycobacterium tuberculosis	M	Influenza
F	Haemophilus influenza	N	Coxiella burnetii
G	Mycobacterium Avium Intracellulare	O	Neisseria meningitidis
H	Staphylococcus aureus	P	Respiratory Syncitial Virus

 

 

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. HIV positive man presents with persistent cough

 

 

2. A woman with several pet birds presents with a cough

 

 

3. South-east Asian woman presents with a productive cough. Her      grandmother has recently come to visit

 

 

4. 40 year old man presents with a fever and myalgia. His wife has also had similar symptoms recently

 

 

5. 35 year old man presents with a cough producing rusty brown sputum. Gram positive diplococci are cultured from the sputum.

 

 

 

ANSWERS

1. B

2. I

3. E

4. M

5. A