Microbiology for Embalmers Week 2 Test Questions and Answers

Which organism is well known for causing nosocomial infections - Staphylococcus aureus An organism that requires free oxygen for growth and survival is an aerobe - True The ethological agent that is rod shaped, a strict aerobe and causes pseudomembranes is - corynebacterium diptheriae This agent causes an infection in birds and opportunistically infects people with AIDS - Mycobacterium avium Puerperal sepis is caused by Neisseria gonorrheae - False Gonorrhea localizes in the urethra in both men and women - True The infection know as lockjaw is caused by - A bacillus that produces an exotoxin Food intoxication can be caused by Myobacterium tuberculosis staphylococcus aureus clostridium perfringens neisseria meningitidis - two of the above Anthrax is a zoonotic infection - true The pathogenicity of tetanus is primarily associated with a neurotoxin - true