Bacterial Diseases

Q.

Identify the correct pair representing the causative agent of typhoid fever and the confirmatory test for typhoid.

1. Plasmodium vivax / UTI test.

2. Streptococcus pneumoniae / Widal test.

3. Salmonella typhi / Anthrone test.

4. Salmonella typhi / Widal test.

Q.

Widal test is to confirm

1. Malaria

2. Typhoid

3. Pneumonia

4. Jaundice

Q.

How do I know if my cough is bacterial or viral?

Q.

The disease, in which thick cough stops the passage of throat and forms a layer of mucous membrane, is called

1. Tuberculosis

2. Tetanus

3. Diptheria

4. Pertussis

Q. Widal Test relies on the detection of

1. S.Typhi specific antibodies in the patient's blood serum
2. Antibodies in the patient's blood serum
3. An antigen-antibody complex in the patient's blood serum
4. Inactivated Salmonella antigens in the patient's blood serum

Q. Salmonella is related with :

1. Typhoid
2. Polio
3. TB
4. Tetanus

Q. A person was suffering from a particular disease, say X. The doctor carried out a test for detection of the disease. He found that the person's blood serum has a lot of antibodies which react with Salmonella Typhi antigens. Identify the disease and the detection test carried out by the doctor.

1. Typhoid, Widal test
2. Pneumonia, Widal test
3. Common cold, Widal Test
4. Typhoid, Fehling's test

Q. Which of the following sets of diseases are caused by bacteria?

1. Herpes and influenza
2. Cholera and tetanus
3. Typhoid and smallpox
4. Tetanus and mumps

Q.

How do you test for silicosis?

Q. Which of the following diseases is not transmitted by a vector?

1. Plague
2. Typhus
3. Typhoid
4. None of the above

Q. Widal test is used for the detection of

1. Tetanus
2. Whooping cough
3. Typhoid
4. Widal disease

Q.

Name three diseases caused by bacteria as infectious agents.

Q. Out of the following diseases, identify those that are caused due to bacterial infection?
a. Typhoid
b. Elephantiasis
c. Cholera
d. Tuberculosis

1. a & b only
2. b & c only
3. a, c & d only
4. a, b, c & d

Q. The Widal test is used to identify the presence of Salmonella typhi.

1. False
2. True

Q. A patient has prolonged fever, headache and joint pain. Rose-coloured spots, mainly on the trunk, appeared during the second week. These symptoms led the doctor to ask for a Widal test. What does he suspect is the causative agent?

1. Salmonella typhi
2. Streptococcus pneumoniae
3. Wuchereria bancrofti
4. Entamoeba histolytica