Name: AJ Hamilton

Theme: GI Infections

 

OPTION LIST

 

A

Bacillus cereus

I

Staphylococcus aureus

B

C. difficile

J

 

C

Cholera

K

 

D

Clostridium botulinum

L

 

E

E. Coli

M

 

F

Giardia lamblia

N

 

G

Salmonella

O

 

H

Shigella

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.      An organism commonly linked to antibiotic-associated diarrhoea

 

 

2.      Different geographical populations of this organism often give rise to traveller’s diarrhoea

 

 

3. A toxin-mediated organism that does not damage or invade the gastrointestinal epithelium

 

 

4. An organism linked with food poisoning from Chinese fried rice

 

 

5. An organism that gives rise to ‘rice water stools’ upon infection

 

 

 

 

ANSWERS

1. B

2. E

3. C

4. A

5. C