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WorksheetsMicrobial Diseases: Nervous System
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 5mins
What are the initial symptoms of meningitis?
Nausea
Difficulty swallowing and general weakness
Triad of fever, headaches, and a stiff neck
All of the above
What are the three major causes of meningitis?
Liseria monocytogenes, Clostridium tetani, tetanospasmin
Haemophilus influenza, Neisseria meningitidis, and Streptococcus pneumoniae
Clostridium botulinum, Myobacterium leprae, Polivirus
None of the above
What is a spore-forming, obligate anaerobe found in soil?
Clostridium tetani
Cryptococcus neoformans
Aspergillus
Fusarium genera
Listeriosis are caused by?
Endotoxin that is produced rapidly
Trypanosoma Brucei
Listeria monocytogenes
Prions
What is needed diagnosis for meningitis?
Obtaining a sample of cerebrospinal fluid by a spinal tap, or lumbar puncture
Inoculating mice with samples from patient serum, stool, or vomitus specimens
Isolation of virus from feces, throat secretions
Serological tests
Botulism is a rare but serious condition caused by toxins from a bacteria called Clostridium botulinum. Which of the following are the symptoms of Botulism?
Progressive flaccid paralysis for 1 to 10 days and may result in respiratory and cardiac failure
Spasms of the muscles of the mouth and pharynx and hydrophobia
Headache, sore throat, fever and nausea
None of the above
It is a very rare kind of botulism in which spores get into an adult's intestines, grow, and produce the toxin.
Infant botulism
Foodborne
Wounds
Adult intestinal toxemia
This is a bacterium that causes leprosy and grows best in cooler body regions.
Bacillus Thuringiensis
Clostridium Botulinum
Mycobacterium Leprae
Clostridium Difficile
It is a disabling and life-threatening disease that infects a person's spinal cord, causing paralysis.
Leprosy
Poliomyelitis
Cryptococcis
Tetanus
How does the transmission of Poliomyelitis occur?
Prolonged contact with an infected person
Ingestion of contaminated food
Bacteria get into a wound and make toxins
None of the above
A type of disease that almost always results in fatal encephalitis.
Rabies
African trypanosomiasis
Amoebic meningoencephalitis
Classic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
What are the symptoms of rabies in animals?
Weakness and confusion
Seizures and fearfulness
Mental deterioration and seizures
Furious and paralytic
What should we do after being bitten by a rabid animal?
Wipe the wound and apply alcohol, get postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) using vaccine and human rabies
Wash the wound and postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) using vaccine and human rabies
All of the above
African trypanosomiasis/ sleeping sickness is caused by?
Naegleria fowleri
Rabies
Trypanosoma brucei gambiense
T. brucei rhodesiense
These are caused by Prions. These are neurodegenerative, rapidly progressive, and always fatal diseases.
Classic Creautzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD)
Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE)
African trypanosomiasis
Amoebic meningoencephalitis
