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Which drug is used for the treatment of anthrax?

Which of the following is a major virulence factor of Streptococcus pneumoniae?

Puerperal fever is a streptococcal infection of the ______________

All are true about Streptococcus except:

A person from the village is complaining about the development of pustules. Extract from pus has shown gram-positive cocci, showing hemolysis, catalase -ve, identified as a group of streptococci. The following test is used:

Which component of St.pyogenes has cross-reactivity with the synovium of humans?

Eight months after prosthetic valve replacement, the most common organism causing infective endocarditis is:

A boy with skin ulcer on leg, culture revealed beta hemolysis. School physician said that similar hemolysis was seen in the organism from a sore throat, what is the similarity between both?

In the case of neonatal meningitis, the etiologic bacteria was found to have properties of -hemolysis, bacitracin resistance, CAMP positive. Which of the following is the most likely causative agent?

Streptococci causing dental caries:

Which is false regarding gram-positive cocci?

A patient of RHD developed infective endocarditis after dental extraction. The most likely organism causing this is:

Most common cause of artificial heart valve infection: in the first 3 months

Which of the following immunity is protective against infection by S.pyogenes?

Scarlet fever is similar to the pharyngitis in all respects.

Which of the following microbe does not belong to Group D enterococci group?

Streptococus pyogenes comprises which Lancefield group?

Antibiotics can easily reach the staphylococci.

Which of the following microorganism causes lesions in the form of abscesses?

Blood culture is positive in which infection of staph.aureus:

Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome is caused by:

A cook is habitual of nose-picking while cooking. His clients are at risk for food poisoning with:

Catalase positive coagulase-negative -hemolytic bacteria:

Catalase positive, beta-hemolytic-staphylococcus:

Gas gangrene is most likely associated with infection with:

The leading cause of preventable blindness in the world is caused by:

Bacterial conjunctivitis (inflammation of the eye conjunctiva) can be caused by:

The bacteria that multiply in blocked skin pores, metabolize sebum, and can lead to the development of acne are:

Burn patients often develop nosocomial infection caused by:

Test to differentiate staphylococci from micrococci:

Most common site for staphylococcus carrier:

Best available option to prevent MRSA infection in a hospital:

Staphylococcus aureus does not cause which of the following skin in infection:

Coagulase test differentiates:

Protein A of staphylococcus binds to:

For phage typing, how many phages of staphylococcus aureus are used:

All cause Fournier gangrene except:

Food poisoning case with diarrhea within 6 hours:

Which of the following Staphylococcal haemolysins does not cause lysis of human RBCs?

Staphylococcal food poisoning usually manifests itself following ingestion of contaminated food after

The pus producing skin infections (pyoderma) can be caused by

Which of the following is not the characteristics of impetigo?

Scalded skin syndrome is caused by exotoxin (exfoliatins) produced by:

Which of the following microorganisms causes scarlet fever?

A massive lesion caused by the spread of Staphylococcus aureus infection (often on the neck and upper back) is called:

Most strains of Staphylococcus aureus indicate

The most common cause of cystitis (after Escherichia coli) in healthy sexually active women is

Which of the following Staphylococcal haemolysins does not possess leucocidal activity?

The toxin of Staphylococcus aureus that may result into scalded skin syndrome is

Most common nosocomial infection is: