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Microbiology

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1. How do you distinguish EHEC from other kinds of E. Coli






2. What toxigenic infections does s pyogenes cause






3. roseola - lots of spots






4. Osteomyelitis in most people is caused from






5. yogurt - bread (yeast) - cheese - beer and wine - sauerkraut






6. Allows attachment of bacteria to surfaces






7. Thick peptidoglycan layer with teichoic acids






8. What are the killed viral vaccines






9. Which gram neg bacteria have pleomorphic morphology






10. What are the lab findings in gardnerella






11. How is atypical rickettsiae transmitted






12. portal HTN - parasite






13. What kind of exotoxin does E. coli have and What does it work






14. What is the treatment for rickettsiae






15. Thrush






16. What kind of temperatures do m. leprae like - What tissues do they infect - and What is the resevoir in the US






17. branching rods in oral infection - sulfur granules






18. What kind of virus is the seasonal influenza virus






19. Transmitted by ticks - flulike symptoms with spotted rash; damages cardiovascular system and affects permeability of capillaries resulting in spotted rash






20. What is the pathophys of tinea versicolor






21. What species producing bloody diarrhea has a serotype O157:H7 - can cause HUS and makes shiga like toxin






22. Long rods that can be rigid or flexible






23. What can PID cause






24. PNA in neonates < 4wks - orgs






25. What are the obligate anaerobes and What do they lack (and hence suscpetible to)






26. What are gp120 and gp41 together






27. What organism secretes streptolysin O and What is it used for






28. Tail fibers attach to outside of host cell






29. Non - enveloped virus usually lyses the host cell; enveloped virus takes portion of host cell membrane as envelope which may or may not result in cell lysis






30. Trichamonas vaginalis - tricky Ts






31. Rodent viruses (not very common)






32. 70S = 30S + 50S






33. What is the most invasive H flu disease caused by and what virulence factor does it produce






34. osteomyelitis after cat and dog bites or scratches






35. What does pertusses toxin do to Gi






36. What is the organism for rocky mountain spotted fever (tick)






37. A semipermeable phospholipid bilayer containing proteins - carbohydrates - and sterols






38. 1876 - Germ Theory of Disease - he proved that a specific microbe causes a specific disease; proved that a bacterium caused anthrax and provided Koch's postulates






39. Rash begins on trunk - spreads to face and extremities with lesions of different age - agent and dz






40. What does M protein do - who has it






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






42. 3rd leading cause of UTI - large mucoid capsule and viscous colonies






43. Atypical pneumonia - transmitted by aerosal - two organisms chlamydiae






44. What is present in the condylomata and chancres in primary and secondary syphillis






45. Related to a fungus






46. This fungi forms broad based buds - causes inflammatory lung diease and can disseminate to skin and bone - forms granulomatous nodules - Where is endemic






47. foul - smelling greenish vaginal discharge - itching - burning - protozoa - transmission - dx and tx






48. Which DNA virus does not replicate in the nucleus






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






50. What are PE signs of PID