Pathology EMQ

Name: Cosmo Scurr

Candidate number: 00354635

Theme: Respiratory

OPTION LIST

A	S. pneumoniae	I	MRSA
B	H. influenzae	J	Anaerobic infection
C	M. Catarrhalis	K	Klebsiella spp
D	S. aureus	L	Burkholderia cepacia
E	M tuberculosis	M	PCP/ P jiroveci
F	Legionella pneumophila	N
G	Chlamydia psittaci	O
H	Chlamydia pneumoniae	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 80 year old clown appears at the GP having been discharged from hospital for a complicated bowel resection with a stint in the ITU. He has a cough and fever and is prescribed a macrolide antibiotic.

2. A 55 year old female clown, recovering from a cold, is found to have a cavitating lesion on CXR and a productive cough.

3. An 18 year old trainee clown is being seen in the cystic fibrosis clinic and is found to be colonised with a particularly persistent organism.

4. A 40 year old clown specialist is found to have a lobar pneumonia which on culture grew Gram +ve diplococci.

5. A 35 year old clown who is a specialist in bird/clown comedy is found to have an atypical pneumonia which is treated with Augmentin and Clarythromicin.

ANSWERS

1. I

2. D

3. L

4. A

5. G