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Microbiology

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1. What is the mode of transmission of salmonella and shigella






2. 2nd leading cause of community acquired UTI among sexually active women






3. Which are the herpesviruses






4. ___ of cancers are known to be _____ induced






5. What kind of exotoxin does bordetella pertussis have and What does it do






6. parotitis - meningitis - orchitis or oophoritis in young adults - agent and dz






7. Blue






8. What does inflammatory diseases do staph aureus cause






9. Which are the RNA nucelocapsid viruses






10. This cause of UTI is often nosocomial and drug resistant






11. How do bacterial capsules function






12. Which virus determines infectivity of the phenotypically mixed virus - and what will the progeny of this infection have






13. PNA in CF - burn






14. Which bacteria grow pink colonies on MacConkey's agar






15. What is the organism for endemic typhus (fleas)






16. This infxn is usually asymptomatic in mom or has vesicular lesions and causes temporal encephalitis - and vesicular lesions in the neonate - org and transmission






17. What are the viral causes of meningitis






18. hemoptysis - parasite






19. Cell bursts when cell wall is weak or damaged and is in a hypotonic solution






20. What species causing watery diarrhea is comma shaped organism producing a rice water diarrhea






21. What can cause food poisoning in reheated meat dishes






22. What is the resevoir for chlamydiae psittaci






23. branching rods in oral infection - sulfur granules






24. What happens in secondary syphillis






25. What kind of exotoxin does C. tetani have and What does it do






26. 80S = 60S + 40S






27. protozoa causing spiking fevers - hepatosplenomegaly - pancytopenia - dz - org - transmission - dx - tx






28. What doe HBV and HCV infxn predispose to...






29. When 1 of 2 viruses that infects the cell has a mutation that results in nonfxnal protein - What is called when the nonmutated makes a fxnal protein that serves both viruses






30. How are mucor and rhizopus diagnosed in the lab






31. Respiratory therapy equipment is risk factor For what nosocomial infection






32. What is the nl flora of the colon






33. What color is the sputum in klebsiella infxn an besides pneumonia - what else can it cause






34. What Abx does the gram neg outer membance inhbit entry of - but which derivatives of that same class might they be sensitive to...






35. Rapidly fatal meningoencephalitis after swimming - dz - transmission - dx and tx






36. What does a UTI that ascends to the kidneys result in






37. Why are ELISA/Western blot test falsely positive in babies born to mothers infected with HIV






38. Agar






39. tissue nematode that causes swelling in the skin and can see worms crawling in the conjunctiva - org - transmission - tx






40. Which of the togoviruses are arboviruses and which are not






41. trichinella spiralis - tricky Ts






42. What are the findings for pressure - cells type - protein and surgar in the CSF with a viral meningitis






43. Capsid is removed to release nucleic acid






44. What happens when endotoxin activates the complement pathway






45. What malignancy is pseudomans associated with in diabetics






46. Capsule outside cell wall - usually sticky - composed of polysaccharide and/or polypeptide






47. What test is done with a smear of an openedskin vesicle to detect multinucleated giant cells and What is used for






48. What viruses cause watery diarrhea






49. Tail fibers attach to outside of host cell






50. Which DNA virus is not icosahedral