Micro for Emb week 2 part 1

Clostridium tetani is the etiological or causative agent for the bacterial infection that leads to

• food poisoning

• tissue gas

• colitis

• lockjaw

• gas gangrene

What is the causative agent for gas gangrene?

• Clostridium

• Staphylococcus

• Streptococcus

• Corynebacterium

Which of the following is infectious, but not commnicable?

• tularemia

• gas gangrene

• tetanus

• botulism

Which of the following is the main cause of nosocomial infections?

• Clostridium difficle

• Clostridium tetani

• Clostridium perfringes

• Corynebacterium

The pathogenicity of tetanus is primarily associated with a neurotoxin.

• true

• false

What is the mode of transmission for tetanus?

• puncture wound

• foodborne

• mechanical vector

• biological vector

Clostridium perfringes can cause food intoxication

• True

• False

What is the infection known as lockjaw caused by?

• A bacillus that produces an endotoxin

• A bacillus that produces an exotoxin

• A coccus that produces an exotoxin

• A coccus that produces an endotoxin

What is the post mortem disease associated with C. perfringes called?

• gas gangrene

• tissue gas

• dry gangrene

• abdominal gas

Regarding botulism, how does the organism enter the body?

• True

• False