GRAM-POSITIVE COCCI QUIZ #1

Total points 20/20

Choose the best answer.

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What is the principal virulence factor of S. aureus? * 1/1

Catalase

Hyaluronidase

B-lactamase

Coagulase

Urine cultured from the catheter of an 18-year old female patient 1/1
produced more than 100,000 col/mL on a CNA plate. Colonies were
catalase positive, coagulase negative by the slide and tube method. The
best single test for identification is: *

Lactose fermentation

Urease

Catalase

Novobiocin susceptibility
Toxic shock syndrome is attributed to infection with: * 1/1

Staphylococcus epidermidis

Staphylococcus lugdunensis

Staphylococcus saprophyticus

Staphylococcus aureus

The following results were observed by using a tube coagulase test: * 1/1

Staphylococcus saprophyticus

Staphylococcus epidermidis

Staphylococcus aureus

Staphylococcus hominis
Micrococcus and Staphylococcus species are differentiated by which 1/1
test(s) *

Catalase Test

OF Test

Gram Stain

All of the choices

In young female, staphylococcus saprophyticus is the cause of: * 1/1

impetigo

UTI

otitis media

furuncles
A 32-year-old woman became ill 4 days after the onset of her menstrual 1/1
period. She presented in the emergency room with fever (104°F; normal
= 98.6°F), elevated white blood cell count (16,000/mm3; normal =4,000
to 10,000/mm3), and an erythematous, sunburnlike rash on her trunk and
extremities. She complained of fatigue, vomiting, and diarrhea. She had
recently eaten at a fast-food restaurant, but otherwise had prepared all
her meals at home. The patient described most likely has: *

Staphylococcal food poisoning

saclded skin syndrome

toxic shock syndrome

infection with Staphylococcus saprophyticus

We can recover Staphylococcus epidermidis from which of the following 1/1

sources *

Prosthetic heart valves

Intravenous catheters

Urinary Tract

All of the options

One of these characteristics is not true of Staphylococcus epidermidis * 1/1

ferments mannitol

coagulase negative

catalase positive

none of the above

In gram stain, the counter stain is * 1/1

gentian violet

safranin

carbolfuchsin

methylene blue

A specimen of choice for the recovery of some agents of upper 1/1

respiratory infections *

CSF

Blood

Throat swab

Nasopharyngeal swab
An 18-month-old child was brought the pediatrician's office with what 1/1
appeared to be a sunburn, although the parents denied that the child
had been overexposed to the sun. The parents did recall seeing an area
of redness and small blisters on the child's arm the night before. Which
of the following virulence factors is critical to this disease manifestation?
*

Enterotoxin F

PV Leukocidin

Exfoliatin

Protein A

A 57-year-old man arrives at the emergency room complaining of 1/1

weakness, fatigue, and intermittent fever that has recurred for several
weeks. The patient had a cardiac valvular prosthesis implanted 5 years
earlier. Physical examination reveals petechiae (pinpoint, nonraised,
purplish red spots caused by intradermal hemorrhage) on the chest and
stomach. Blood cultures grew catalase-positive, coagulase negative,
cocci. The gram-positive organisms failed to ferment mannitol, and their
growth was inhibited by novobiocin. What is the most likely infectious
agent? *

Staphylococcus aureus

Staphylococcus epidermidis

Staphylococcus saprophyticus

Staphylococcus ludgunensis
Which of the following tests differentiates coagulase-negative 1/1
staphylococci? *

Bacitracin susceptibility test

Novobiocin sensitivity test

PYR test

Voges-Proskauer test

Which of the following enzymes contribute to virulence of S. aureus * 1/1

Cytochrome oxidase

Lecithinase and catalase

Hyaluronidase and B-lactamase

Urease and lecithinase

A reliable test for distinguishing Staphylococcus aureus from 1/1

Staphylococcus epidermidis *

OF glucose test

Catalase test

Coagulase test

Novobiocin test
Bacteria that grow only in an oxygen-free atmosphere * 1/1

Obligate aerobes

Obligate anaerobes

Both

Neither

Biofilm production is associated with which Staphylococcus species * 1/1

S. aureus

S. epidermidis

S. saprophyticus

S. intermedius

The reagent used to distinguish staphylococci from streptococci * 1/1

Hydrogen peroxide

Fibronectin

Oxidase

Fibrinogen
Exfoliatin toxin produced by Staphylococcus aureus is responsible for 1/1
causing: *

Enterocolitis

Carbuncles

Scalded Skin Syndrome

Staphylococcal pneumonia

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