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Microbiology

Subject : engineering
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Ringworm - athlete's food - jock itch






2. Lowercase/italics or underlined






3. This fungi can be found in bird/bat droppings or within macrophages and causes pneumonia - Where is it endemic






4. Which are the RNA nucelocapsid viruses






5. What does neg PPD indicated






6. Unimmunized child with fever - dysphagia - drooling - and difficulty breathing due edematous cherry red epiglottis






7. when viruses with a segmented genomes (influenza virus) exchange segments - high frequency recombination - cause of worldwide influenza pandemics






8. yeast - molds - mushrooms






9. Water movement with hypotonic solution or hypertonic solution






10. Where do most enveloped viruses acquire their envelopes from and What are the exceptions






11. Size - cell structure - replication






12. What toxins does S. aureus secrete






13. PNA in neonates < 4wks - orgs






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






15. Through treated sleeping nets and mosquito control






16. Bats can carry _____ - but birds do not






17. How can you distinguish enterococci from nonenterococcal group D






18. What kind of genome does HIV have






19. What kind of exotoxin does V. cholerae have and What does it do






20. A molecule unique to bacteria that gives the cell strength to resist breakage






21. What titer can detect recent s pyogenes infection






22. Alcohol dehydrates peptidoglycan - CV-I crystals do not leave






23. What are the ToRCHeS infxns and What are the nonspecific signs common to ToRCHeS infxns






24. Which kind of viral vaccine requires a booster






25. burns or air






26. Help bacteria to attach to one another






27. What does echovirus do






28. What is the fxn and chemical composition of the plasma membrance in bacteria






29. Mitosis and meiosis + cytokinesis






30. intestinal nematode causing inflammation of muscle - periorbital edema - org - transmission - dx - tx






31. Capsid is put around nucleic acid






32. What does Rubella virus cause






33. Of the sereptypes of chlamydia trachomatis - which cause urethritis/PID ectopic pregs - neonatal pneumonia with staccato cough - or neonatal conjunctivitis






34. How many segments in influenza virus and to what family does it belong






35. Which DNA virus is not double stranded






36. What bug produces a yellow pigment






37. Allows nutrients in - waste out






38. When is the AIDS dx made






39. Gas gangrene - organism grows in tissues which have poor blood supply - toxin kills cells - necrosis






40. Segment of DNA that can jump from one location to another - can transfer genes from plasmid to chromosome and vice versa






41. When do gram pos rods form spores






42. What are PE signs of PID






43. What is the treatment for rickettsiae






44. Reassortment of viral genome (human flu A virus recombines with swine flu A virus






45. Is there person to person transmissino of legionella and What is the TX






46. What is pontiac fever






47. Which neisseria has a polysaccharide capsule






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






49. What is the main complication of mumps






50. What does pertusses toxin do to Gi