Here are some MCQs relating to the bacterium Pasteurella multocida. Have a go and then click below for answers with brief explanations.

 

1) Pasteurella multocida was discovered by Louis Pasteur? T/F

2) Pasteurella multocida can be a pathogen in unpasteurised milk? T/F

3) Pasteurella multocida is a human pathogen only? T/F

4) Pasteurella multocida is oxidase and catalase positive, and does not grow on MacConkey agar? T/F

5) Pasteurella multocida tend to be pleomorphic in nature on the Gram Stain.

6) Pasteurella multocida contains a polysaccheride capsule? T/F

7) Pasteurella multocida can colonise the lower respiratory tract in humans? T/F

8) Pasteurella multocida responds well to clindamycin? T/F

9) Dogs are implicated more commonly than cats in human Pasteurella infections? T/F

10) Pasteurella multocida is a recognised cause of meningitis in humans? T/F

 

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