Pathology EMQ template.

Name: Sarah Quinn

Candidate number: 457335

Theme: Pathology of infection

OPTION LIST

A	Clostridium difficile	I	Treponema pallidum
B	Cryptosporidium parvum	J	Vibrio cholerae
C	E. coli	K
D	Mycobacterium tuberculosis	L
E	Plasmodium falciparum	M
F	Staphylococcus aureus	N
G	Streptococcus pyogens	O
H	Toxoplasma gondii	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 patient with known HIV infection presents with a fever. Focal neurological signs are noted on examination. Serology reveals protazol infection.

2. Organism implicated as a cause of diarrhoea. It appears as gram negative curved rods on microscopy. Disease caused by release of an enterotoxin which binds receptors on gut epithelium.

3. Following and abnormal x-ray, a biopsy of a lung lesion reveals caseous necrosis.

4. Patient presents with a sore throat, general lymphadenopathy and snail-track ulcers in the mouth. If left untreated neurological complications may develop

5. A gram positive bacterium which releases coagulase to resist phagocytosis.

ANSWERS

1. H

2. J

3. D

4. I

5. F