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Microbiology

Subject : engineering
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1. How do bacterial capsules function






2. How are rickettsiae transmitted






3. Intestinal flora that causes lobar pneumonia in alcoholics and diabetics when aspirated






4. What are the key features of systemic mycoses






5. Work in the renal dialysis unit is risk factor For what nosocomial infection






6. Can be DNA or RNA - never both






7. What species causes bloody diarrhea is a protozoan






8. Where do DNA viruses replicate






9. What does vibrio cholerae do to Gs






10. Bacillus - coccus - and spiral






11. What OI's are HIV pos patients at risk for with CD4 < 50






12. tissue nematode causing skin inflammation and ulceration - org - transmission - tx






13. What are the 2 most common causes of nosocomial infections






14. PNA in immunCised






15. Requires absence of oxygen






16. interstitial PNA and biopsy reveals cells with intranuclear (owl's eye) inclusion bodies in HIV pos pt






17. What is S. aureus food poisoning due to...






18. Rodent viruses (not very common)






19. Study of viruses






20. Aerobic - anaerobic - facultative - microaerophilic






21. chronic granulomatous disease






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






23. Diploid - 2 genes for every trait; humans have 46 chromosomes or 23 pairs






24. 1745 - Believed microorganisms could develop spontaneously






25. What bacteria in particular have the ability to transform






26. What does rhinovirus do






27. What associations go with listeria monocytogenes






28. Unimmunized child with a rash beginning at his head and moving down with postauricular lymphadenopathy






29. Where does HIV virus duplicate during latent phase






30. Contains genetic material






31. bilateral bells palsy






32. meningitis in HIV pos patient with india ink stain revealing yeast with narrow based budding and large capsule






33. Infects prosthetic devices and intravenous catheters by producing adherent biofilms - what bacteria and where do you normally find it






34. Why is anthrax called woolsorters disease






35. exchange o- f genes between 2 chromosomes by crossing over within regions of significant base sequence homology






36. What are the findings for pressure - cell type - protein and sugar in the CSF with a fungal/TB meningitis






37. What other disease can mesenteric adenitis mimic






38. What is the course of illness with food poisoning from S. aurues and B. cereus






39. Antiviral drugs exist but are usually very ____






40. Fungus grows on bird droppings - humans inhale spores which infect lungs






41. Where can salmonella typhi remain chronically






42. Water moves out of the cell - causing cytoplasm to shrink (plasmolysis)






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






44. enveloped ssRNA with segmented genome (8)






45. What viruses make up the PaRaMyxovirus family and What do they do






46. Unimmunized child with a rash beginning at head and moving down - preceded by cough coryza and conjunctivitis and blue white spots on buccal mucosa






47. fungal infection in diabetic






48. Which are the HHAPPPPy viruses






49. What does polyomavirus cause






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