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Cert ID(SA) Path Practice Questions - CMSA Sub-specialty Certificate in Infectious Diseases Cert ID(SA) Path - South Africa Exam

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Prepare with the Cert ID(SA) Path Practice Questions - CMSA Sub-specialty Certificate in Infectious Diseases Cert ID(SA) Path - South Africa Exam practice quiz. This question bank includes 100 questions covering resistance, patient, isolate, agar, and reveals. Use it to review important concepts, identify knowledge gaps, and build confidence for the related exam, course, or assessment.

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Question 1
A 54-year-old splenectomised man presents with overwhelming sepsis 3 days after sustaining a minor dog bite. Blood cultures flag positive for fusiform, spindle-shaped gram-negative bacilli that demonstrate gliding motility on agar. Which organism is the most likely cause?
Pasteurella multocida
Eikenella corrodens
Streptobacillus moniliformis
Capnocytophaga canimorsus
Question 2
Which combination of phenotypic characteristics is most characteristic of Candida auris when evaluated in a clinical diagnostic mycology laboratory?
Failure to produce pseudohyphae on Cornmeal agar, thermotolerance at 42°C, and growth in 10% NaCl broth
Rapid urease positive, capsule formation on India ink, and phenoloxidase positive on Niger seed agar
Germ tube positive, chlamydospore production on Cornmeal agar, and pink colonies on CHROMagar
Arthroconidia formation on Cornmeal agar, urease positive, and failure to grow at 37°C
Question 3
A cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) specimen from an HIV-infected patient with subacute meningitis reveals encapsulated budding yeast cells. Which histochemical stain specifically highlights the mucopolysaccharide capsule of Cryptococcus neoformans in red?
Mayer's mucicarmine stain
Ziehl-Neelsen stain
Grocott's methenamine silver (GMS) stain
Periodic acid-Schiff (PAS) stain
Question 4
Microscopic examination of a mold culture incubated at 25°C from a bone marrow biopsy specimen shows delicate hyphae with large, round, thick-walled tuberculate macroconidia. What is the identity of this dimorphic fungus?
Paracoccidioides brasiliensis
Histoplasma capsulatum
Blastomyces dermatitidis
Coccidioides immitis
Question 5
A 6-year-old child presents with intense perianal pruritus, particularly at night. Which is the diagnostic method of choice to detect the causative parasite?
Duodenal aspirate microscopy for trophozoites
Microscopic examination of a perianal cellulose tape (Scotch tape) swab collected early in the morning
Formol-ether concentration of a routine stool sample for ova and parasites
Serological detection of specific IgE antibodies in serum

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Cert ID(SA) Path Practice Questions - CMSA Sub-specialty Certificate in Infectious Diseases Cert ID(SA) Path - South Africa Exam

This practice set contains 100 questions from the matching question bank and focuses on resistance, patient, isolate, agar, and reveals. Work through each question carefully, review the provided solutions, and revisit topics that need more study before your next attempt.

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