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Microbiology

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1. What organisms are encapsulated






2. What HIV parameter allows providers to monitor effect of durg therapy






3. What are agryll roberston pupils






4. What shape are s pneumo - do they have a capsule and what protease do they have






5. What shape are campylobacter and What are the lab findings






6. Repeating disaccharide: NAG and NAM






7. Non - hodgkin lymphoma large cell type often in oropharynx (waldeyer's ring) of HIV pos pt






8. What does cyrptococcus result in clinically






9. Chains






10. Hypothesis that living organisms arise from preexisting life (what we know is true)






11. lysogenic phage infects bacterium - viral DNA incorporated into bacterial chromosome - when phage DNA is excised can bring portions of bacterial chromosome into capside






12. Name the live attenuated vaccines


13. What is diptheria exotoxin coded by and What does it do






14. Pink






15. Antiviral drugs exist but are usually very ____






16. Allows attachment of bacteria to surfaces






17. What is the presentation and mechanism of toxin in EHEC






18. What is the TX for chlamydia






19. This infxn causes rash - lymphadenopathy and arthritis in the mom and PDA (or pulmonary artery hypolplasia) - cataracts and deafness +/- blueberry muffin rash - org and transmission






20. Study of algae






21. Simple - special - and differential






22. 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






23. How much more frequently do women have UTIs than men - why - and What are predisposing factors






24. Prokaryotes






25. What bug grows on sabouraud's agar






26. What gram pos rods form spores in soil






27. roseola - lots of spots






28. Where do RNA viruses replicate






29. What kind of genome does HIV have






30. How is Hfr made






31. What cancers are associated with EBV virus






32. What diseases can HSV 1 cause and What is the route of transmission






33. What toxin from E. Coli induces cAMP






34. Tetanus - toxin prevents relaxation of muscles






35. What is HBeAg






36. tissue nematode causing granulomas (blindness if in the retina) and visceral larva migrans - org - transmission - tx






37. What is endotoxin






38. Which bacteria are alpha hemolytic






39. cestode causing cysts in liver - anaphylaxis when released from cysts - org - transmission - pre - surgical tx - and tx






40. How is the presumptive HIV diagnosis made






41. Low grade fever - cough - hepatosplenomegaly in HIV pts with oval yeast cells within macrophages






42. trematode causing inflammation of the biliary tract leading to pigmented gallstones - org - transmission - associated cancer - tx






43. What serum markers are present in the window period of HBV infxn






44. What makes a virus a retrovirus - name two






45. Aerobic - anaerobic - facultative - microaerophilic






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






47. Eukaryotic and non - photosynthetic; can produce asexual and sexual spores






48. Extreme heat/cold - dehydration - radiation (UV light) - toxic chemicals






49. What bacteria has protein A and What does it do






50. Bugs in hospital acquired PNA