An abscess that begins as a red nodule in a hair follicle that ultimately becomes painful and full of pus is a:
a. folliculitis.
b. furuncle.
c. carbuncle.
d. erythrasma.
The most predominant anaerobe isolated in animal bites is:
a. Veillonella spp.
b. Clostridium spp.
c. Prevotella spp.
d. Fusobacterium spp.
An infection of the epiglottis and other soft tissues above the vocal cords, whose presentation typically includes fever and difficulty in swallowing because of the pain, drooling, and respira-tory obstruction with inspiratory stridor, is:
a. epiglottitis.
b. pharyngitis.
c. Vincent angina.
d. rhinitis.
The biochemical description of B. bronchiseptica is:
a. oxidase positive, motile, and rapid urease positive.
b. indole positive, nonmotile, and has a fruity odor.
c. resistant to vancomycin and will grow on MacConkey agar at 42C.
d. nonmotile and both urea positive and phenylalanine deaminase positive.
Isolates from cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) or respiratory tract specimens that are gram-negative coccobacilli grow on chocolate agar in CO2 but not on blood agar, and are porphyrin-negative and nonhemolytic on rabbit or horse blood may be identified as:
a. H. parainfluenzae.
b. Haemophilus parahaemolyticus.
c. H. haemolyticus.
d. H. influenzae.