MYCOBACTERIUM QUIZ

Culture of tubercle bacilli may be positive if number of bacteria in the specimen is

as few as 10-100 per ml

as few as 5-9 per ml

as few as 1-4 per ml

as few as 125-200 per ml

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Example of a Saprophytic bacteria is

M marinum

M xenopi

Mycobacterium chelonei

Msmegmatis

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Which of the phage types of Mycobacterium tuberculosis occurs most frequently in India?

Type B

Type C

Type A

Type I

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Members of the genus Mycobacterium are

gram-positive

acid-fast

all of these

non-motile

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Which of the following species of Mycobacterium is positive for nitrate reduction test?

All of these

M fortuitum

M chelonei

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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The bacteria which is microaerophilic on primary isolation, is

none of these

M bovis

M fortuitum

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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Rough and buff colonies on LJ medium are characteristic of

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

M fortuitum

M bovis

M chelonei

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False negative Mantoux test is observed in

Severe malnutrition

early tuberculosis

Advanced tuberculosis

All of these

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Which of the following bacteria is susceptible to thiophen-2-carboxylic acid hydrazide?

M bovis

M chelonei

M fortuitum

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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The causative agent of Buruli ulcer is

M ulcerarts

M marinum

M chelonei

M fortuitum

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