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A 20-year old college male presented at the student health clinic with swollen salivary glands and...

A 20-year old college male presented at the student health clinic with swollen salivary glands and was diagnosed with mumps. This diagnosis was based upon the characteristic symptom known as____________.

Question 1 options:

	Goiters
	Parotitis
	Koplic's spots
	Buboes

Which of the following pathogens does NOT cause a respiratory illness?

Question 3 options:

	Streptococcus pneumonieae
	Influenza virus
	Clostridium difficile
	Mycobacterium tuberculosis

The presence of gram-positive diplococci in a sputum sample most likely indicates an infection by?

Question 4 options:

	Streptococcus pneumoniae
	Streptococcus pyogenes
	Bordetella pertussis
	Neisseria meningitidis

Which statement is TRUE?

Question 7 options:

	Syphilis is a viral infection
	Chicken pox is a bacterial infection
	Rabies is a viral infection
	Tuberculosis is a viral infection

Which illness is caused by a bacterial infection?

Question 9 options:

	Plantar warts
	Cold Sores
	West Nile Encephalitis
	Lyme disease

A college student experiencing sudden onset of headache, vomiting, and a stiff neck with gram-negative diplococci in their cerebrospinal fluid would be suffering from?

Question 10 options:

	Meningitis caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae
	Encephalitis caused by West Nile Virus
	Influenza caused by Influenza virus
	Meningitis caused by Neisseria meningitides

Expert Solution

1. viral infections like flu and mumps can cause swelling of salivary glands . Parotid glands are the major salivary glands. parotitis is a condition in which swelling of salivary glands is commonly associated with mumps. Option is parotitis

2. Clostridium difficle is a bacteria that infect bowel and causes diarrhoea. It does not cause respiratory illness. Option is Clostridium difficle.

3. The presence of gram-positive diplococci in a sputum sample most likely indicates an infection by streptococcus pneumoniae

4. Syphilis, Tuberculosis are the bacterial infections, and chickenpox is a viral infection. So the correct statement is Rabies is a viral infection.

5. Lyme disease is caused by the borrelia bacterium. Option is Lyme disease.

6. Sudden onset of headache, vomiting, and a stiff neck with gram-negative diplococci in their cerebrospinal fluid would be suffering from Meningitis caused by neisseria meningitis.

Sydney Mullin answered 1 year ago

Organism that causes swollen salivary (patrotid) glands

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