Explore topic-wise MCQs in Pseudomonas and Burkholderia.

Glander disease is caused by:

A 15-year-old boy comes into the clinic with pain in his right ear. He is on his school swim team and spends about 2 hours per day in the pool. Along with the pain in his ear, he has watery drainage coming from the ear canal. On exam his vital signs are normal, and he appears healthy, but his left external ear looks quite red and there is copious watery, slightly green drainage coming from the ear. The organism most likely causing this is:

You receive a urine culture report from the lab of a 45-year-old patient who is a quadriplegic with an indwelling urinary tract catheter. The urine culture is growing>100,000 oxidase-positive gram-negative bacilli. The most likely organism is:

Local application of the following drug is used for eradication of Pseudomonas from wounds:

Melioidosis is caused by:

Most common organism associated with cystic fibrosis:

The fluoroquinolone resistance seen with increasing frequency in pseudomonas aeruginosa infections is best explained by which of the following mechanisms?

A severely burned firefighter develops a rapidly disseminating bacterial infection while hospitalized. Green pus is noted in the burned tissue and cultures of both the tissue and blood yield small oxidase-positive gram-negative rods. Which of the following statements most accurately conveys information about this organism?

All of the following statements are true about pseudomonas except:

Rat-bite fever is caused by:

An anaerobic culture of peritoneal fluid grows Bacteroides fragilis. What are its primary mechanisms for resisting phagocytosis?

Anaerobic infection with B.fragilis is characterized by which one of the following?

Which of the following is a wrong statement?

Which of the following subspecies of Francisella tularensis is the most virulent for humans?

An 8-year-old boy was bitten by a stray cat. Two days later, the wound was red and swollen and drained purulent fluid. Pasteurella multocida was cultured from the wound. The drug of choice to treat the infection is:

Dogs are implicated more commonly than cats in human Pasteurella infections?

Pasteurella multocida is oxidase and catalase positive, and does not grow on MacConkey agar?

Pasteurella multocida responds well to clindamycin?

Pasteurella multocida was discovered by Louis Pasteur.

Which bacteria acts by inhibiting protein synthesis:

The substance(s) which can be produced by strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa is/are

Which of the following infection(s) can be caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa?

Glanders is caused by:

A patient in ICU and on a ventilator develops cough with fever. The gram-staining on microscopy will show:

Pyocyanin is formed by:

Bacteria that can grow even in the presence of antiseptic:

Which of the following is non-motile:

Pseudomonas exotoxin inhibits protein synthesis by:

Selective media for Pseudomonas:

Ecthyma gangrenosum is caused by:

Pseudomonal infection, not cleaned by:

Pseudomonas aeruginosa can be diagnosed from the pigment, known as

Burkholderia capacity is resistant to:

Name the bacteria used as bioremediation agents that have the ability to degrade organic solvents such as toluene.

Which of the following gram-negative bacteria is an important plant pathogen?

All of the following statements regarding Acinetobacter baumanii are correct, Except?

The following bacteria is an opportunistic pathogen that is commonly isolated from the hospitalized patients with chronic lung infections, is also primary plant pathogen

Capnophiles are microorganisms that can grow in high concentrations of..............

Which of the following bacteria is a small, capnophilic, gram-negative, oxidase-positive bacillus that can be isolated from human bite infections.

Acinetobacter baumannii is most commonly found in.......................

Which of the following are the most common gram-negative bacteria found in a specimen that can grow in burned wounds or skins?

P. aeruginosa is becoming more resistant to antibiotics over the years, select all the important drugs used in the treatment of urinary tract infections caused by the bacteria

Which one of the following is not the general characteristic of the HACEK ( Haemophilus, Aggregatibacter, Cardiobacterium, Eikinella, Kingella) organisms?

All of the following gram-negative bacteria are common pathogens associated with nosocomial infections, Except?

The main structural component 'pili' is important in the virulence factor of P. aeruginosa. Which of the following is Not the most common pathogenic factor?

All of the following statements about Pseudomonas aeruginosa are true, except;

P. aeruginosa is responsible for one of the common nosocomial infections primarily seen in immunocompromised patients. Which of the following route is a high risk for the transfer of the pathogen to the susceptible patient?

Patients with cystic fibrosis infection suffer from a chronic lung infection caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The bacterial growth results in the formation of..................in the host cells.

Which of the following temperature and incubation periods is the most optimal for the bacteria?

A diabetic person presents with multiple abscesses in the leg. Microscopic examination of pus shown gram (-) ve bacilli. On staining with methylene blue bacteria shows bipolar staining. The most likely causative agent is: