Cutaneous Bacterial Infections
- Previous year questions on Cutaneous Bacterial Infections for NEET PG (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test - Postgraduate), from the Dermatology section of the exam.
- Most questions here come from previous-year papers of Indian postgraduate medical entrance and licensing exams; where a paper and year are recorded the question carries them. The image-based questions are original vignettes written around an openly licensed figure, and were never asked in any exam.
- 30 live questions in Cutaneous Bacterial Infections.
- 1 of 30 questions carries a verified exam year: 2019.
- Dermatology is worth about 6 of 300 questions on the exam. See every subject’s weightage.
- Question set last updated 19 Aug 2026.
Q1.Cellulitis is a.
- ANonsuppurative and non-invasive
- BSuppurative and non-invasive
- CNonsuppurative and invasive✓ Correct answer
- DSuppurative and invasive
Q2.Following a boating injury in an industrial-use river, a patient begins to display fever, tachycardia, and a rapidly expanding area of erythema, blistering, and drainage from a flank wound. An x-ray shows gas in the soft tissues. Which of the following measures is most appropriate?
- AAdministration of an antifungal agent
- BAdministration of antitoxin
- CWide debridement✓ Correct answer
- DAdministration of hyperbaric O2
Q3.Which of the following is done for the quick diagnosis of Erythrasma-
- ABiopsy
- BKOH examination
- CCulture and sensitivity
- DWood's lamp examination✓ Correct answer
Q4.Scalded skin syndrome is caused by?
- AStaphylococci✓ Correct answer
- BPneumococci
- CStreptococci
- DMeningococci
Q5.Bacillary angiomatosis is caused by:
- AB. henselae✓ Correct answer
- BB. pertussis
- CR. Conorii
- DA. action mycetemcomitans
Q6.Erysipeloid is transmitted by :
- ADroplet
- BFeco-oral
- CMosquito bite
- DContact with animal✓ Correct answer
Q7.Veldt sore is most common in ?
- AHilly areas
- BTropical climate
- CRainy areas
- DDeses✓ Correct answer
Q8.Which of the following are bacterial infection of skin?
- APyoderma gangrenosum
- BPiedra
- CImpetigo contagiosa✓ Correct answer
- DImpetigo herpetiformis
Q9.Hot tub folliculitis is caused by:
- APseudomonas aeruginosa✓ Correct answer
- BPityrosporumovale
- CAeromonashydrophila
- DVibriovulnificans
Q10.Erythasma is caused by:
- ACorynebacterium minutissimum✓ Correct answer
- BDiphtheriae
- CC. ulcerans
- DC. vaginale
Answer key
Q1: C. Nonsuppurative and invasive; Q2: C. Wide debridement; Q3: D. Wood's lamp examination; Q4: A. Staphylococci; Q5: A. B. henselae; Q6: D. Contact with animal; Q7: D. Deses; Q8: C. Impetigo contagiosa; Q9: A. Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Q10: A. Corynebacterium minutissimum.
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