Qnt351 Week 3 Quiz
Question 1
5 out of 5 points Consider the following three common agents of bacterial meningitis: Neisseria meningitidis, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and Haemophilus influenzae B. Which of the following would be most helpful in differentiating these three agents?
Answer
Selected Answer: gram-stain morphology
Question 2
5 out of 5 points The current first choice of antibiotic for bacterial meningitis is ________.
Answer
Selected Answer: cephalosporin Question 3
5 out of 5 points Vaccination is recommended to prevent epidemic meningitis among college students and military recruits resulting from infection with ________.
Answer
Selected Answer:
Neisseria meningitidis
Question 4
5 out of 5 points The most …show more content…
Answer
Selected Answer:
Sabin oral polio vaccine
Question 13
5 out of 5 points A migrant farmworker has been brought into the emergency room showing early symptoms of tetanus. He indicates that he had received a puncture wound in his hand a week before the onset of symptoms. When asked about vaccination or booster, he did not know whether he had ever been vaccinated. Which of the following should be administered to the patient as soon as possible?
Answer
Selected Answer: tetanus immune globulin
Question 14
5 out of 5 points A 10-month-old infant has become constipated and demonstrates muscular weakness by her inability to sit up or crawl. Her muscle tone is continuing to deteriorate, and she is beginning to have difficulty holding her head up. While questioning her mother to get more information, the doctor noted that the infant's cereal had been sweetened with honey for the last 10 days. What is a likely diagnosis?
Answer
Selected Answer: infant botulism
Question 15
5 out of 5 points What is the best way to control West Nile encephalitis?
Answer
Selected Answer:
Eliminate the vector.
Question 16
5 out of 5
5 out of 5 points Consider the following three common agents of bacterial meningitis: Neisseria meningitidis, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and Haemophilus influenzae B. Which of the following would be most helpful in differentiating these three agents?
Answer
Selected Answer: gram-stain morphology
Question 2
5 out of 5 points The current first choice of antibiotic for bacterial meningitis is ________.
Answer
Selected Answer: cephalosporin Question 3
5 out of 5 points Vaccination is recommended to prevent epidemic meningitis among college students and military recruits resulting from infection with ________.
Answer
Selected Answer:
Neisseria meningitidis
Question 4
5 out of 5 points The most …show more content…
Answer
Selected Answer:
Sabin oral polio vaccine
Question 13
5 out of 5 points A migrant farmworker has been brought into the emergency room showing early symptoms of tetanus. He indicates that he had received a puncture wound in his hand a week before the onset of symptoms. When asked about vaccination or booster, he did not know whether he had ever been vaccinated. Which of the following should be administered to the patient as soon as possible?
Answer
Selected Answer: tetanus immune globulin
Question 14
5 out of 5 points A 10-month-old infant has become constipated and demonstrates muscular weakness by her inability to sit up or crawl. Her muscle tone is continuing to deteriorate, and she is beginning to have difficulty holding her head up. While questioning her mother to get more information, the doctor noted that the infant's cereal had been sweetened with honey for the last 10 days. What is a likely diagnosis?
Answer
Selected Answer: infant botulism
Question 15
5 out of 5 points What is the best way to control West Nile encephalitis?
Answer
Selected Answer:
Eliminate the vector.
Question 16
5 out of 5