Medical Microbiology - Campylobacter & Helicobacter
Test Your Knowledge: Campylobacter & Helicobacter
Challenge yourself with our comprehensive quiz on Campylobacter and Helicobacter! This quiz covers essential topics ranging from microbiology, infections, and associated diseases to diagnostic methods.
Whether you’re a student, an aspiring healthcare professional, or simply interested in medical microbiology, this quiz is designed for you.
- 22 insightful questions
- Multiple choice format
- Available for all knowledge levels
Which of the following is microaerophilic:
Campylobacter
Vibrio
Bacteroides
Pseudomonas
A 35-year-old patient complains of abdominal cramps along with profuse diarrhea. The treating physician wants to process the stool specimen for isolation of Campylobacter jejuni. Which of the following is the method of choice for the culture of stool:
Culture on TCBS medium incubated at 37°C under aerobic conditions
Culture on Skirrow’s medium incubated at 42°C under micro-aerophilic conditions.
Culture on MacConkey medium incubated at 42°C under anaerobic conditions
Culture on Wilson and Blair’s medium incubated at 37°C under micro-aerophilic conditions
Which of the following is gram-negative curved rods with polar flagella (“gulls’ wings”)
V. colera
C. jejuni
H. pylori
Yersinia enterocolitica
Which of the following is associated with Guillain-Barré syndrome?
H. pylori
V. cholera
C. jejuni
Yersinia enterocolitica
C. jejuni is transmitted by:
Fecal- oral rout
Contaminated Skirrow agar
Under-cooked poultry
All of the above
Diarrhea caused by which one of the following agents is characterized by the presence of fecal leukocytes?
Clostridium perfringens
Campylobacter jejuni
Escherichia coli
Rotavirus
The main reservoir for C. jejuni is:
Humans
Cats
Dogs
Poultry
The following is NOT a feature of C.jejuni:
Has a high infectious dose.
Microaerophilic.
Grows at 42°C.
None of the above.
Which of the following virulence factors is NOT associated with C. jejuni serogroup O19 ?
GBS
Invasins
Adhesions
S-layer protein “microcapsule”
Which of the following statement regarding Campylobacter jejuni is not correct?
It is the commonest cause of campylobacteriosis
Humans act as important reservoirs
It is associated with Guillian Barre syndrome
Poultry is a common source of infection
Campylobacter jejuni is one of the most common causes of food poisoning, which also has been associated with post diarrheal syndrome, the syndrome is called..........…......?
Toxic shock syndrome
Guillain-Barre syndrome
Short bowel syndrome
Rett syndrome
Human is the reservoir for:
C. Jejuni subsp doylei
C. fetus
C. coli
None of the above
It was shown that metronidazole and clarithromycin resistant H. pylori strains become susceptible if they are administered together with: (Case report Question)
A) Bismuth
B) Erythromycin
C) Tetracycline
D) None of the above
Which of the following species of Helicobacters is isolated from homosexual men with HIV?
H. pylori
H. fennelliae
H. cinaedi
all except H. pylori
H. cinaedi can cause : (case report Question)
Proctocolitis
Cellulitis
Ovarian abscess
All of the above
Which of the following is diagnosed by urea breath test?
C.jejuni
H. pylori
V. cholera
Bacteroides fragilis
The following is a distinguishing feature of H.pylori but NOT C. jejuni:
Oxidase positive
Urease positive
Microaerophilic
Grows on Campy or Skirrow agar
Acute inflammatory demyelinating neuropathy (85% of cases) from cross reaction with:
A) Schwann cells
B) Myelin
C) Axonal membrane
D) Both a and b
Which of the following account for 15% of GBS caused by cross reactivity with C. jejuni oligosaccharides ?
Acute inflammatory demyelinating neuropathy
Acute axonal form
Both
None of them
Endoscopic biopsy is positive for urease test and organism grows on Skirrows media. Identify the organism.
H. pylori
C. jejuni
V. cholera
None of them
Reactive arthritis is a consequence of C.jejuni infections in patients:
A) Having HLA-B28
B) infected by serotype O:19
C) Having HLA-B27
D) infected by serotype O:17
A patient is admitted to the hospital because of a bleeding duodenal ulcer. Culture at 37°C reveals a urease-positive, gram-negative, curved rod. Which of the following is a likely complication due to infection with the causal agent?
A) Diarrhea
B) Stomach cancer
C) Kidney stones
D) Vomiting
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