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Microbiology

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1. Is pneumocystis a fungus or a protazoan






2. Where does reactivation TB usually go - and What can precipitate reactivation






3. How do rabies virus reach the CNS






4. What are the two forms for chlamydiae






5. What species causes bloody diarrhea - is lactose neg - and had flagellar motility






6. In which pts is it dangerous to give live vaccines to...






7. 10 - 100 micrometers






8. what bug grows blue black colonies on eosin - methylene blue agar with metallic sheen






9. What is the fxn and chemical composition of bacterial periplasm






10. What does catalase do






11. Processes - sorts - and packages proteins and lipids






12. What are the symptoms of Rocky Mountain spotted fever






13. Study of bacteria






14. Adsorption - penetration - uncoating - replication - assembly - release






15. In who do you see meningitis from h flu type b






16. portal HTN - parasite






17. Rodent viruses (not very common)






18. What is the difference in mechanism between cholera - pertussis and E. coli with anthrax






19. What bug grows on chocolate agar with factors V (NAD+) and X (hematin)






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






21. vaginitis - strawberry colored mucosa - corkscrew motility on wet prep - org and dz






22. Osteomyelitis after prosthetic replacement






23. Trichomonas






24. What sugars do the various neisseria bacteria ferment and what enzyme do they both produce






25. Survival structure produced when food and water are unavailable - dormant - not a life cycle stage






26. fungal infection in diabetic






27. What does group B strep produce and What does it cause






28. perianal pruritis - parasite






29. What malignancy is pseudomans associated with in diabetics






30. What species causing bloody diarrhea often causes outbreaks in days care centers and can cause pseudoappendicitis






31. Look like molds - but cells are prokaryotic; have filamentous growth and some produce asexual spores; Streptomyces produces geosmin ('fresh dirt' smell) and many antibiotics






32. Contains genetic material (DNA) on chromosomes; largest organelle






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






34. What happens when macrophages activate macrophages






35. Allows bacterial cells to attach to surfaces - helps prevent phagocytosis






36. What toxin from E. Coli induces cAMP






37. Cell walls - but plants - algae - and fungi have cell walls made of carbohydrates






38. What kind of lesion is characteristic of secondary pulmonary tuberculosis






39. What happens in stage 1 of lyme disease






40. What kind of flora do neonates born by c section have






41. What is the lab diagnosis of C. dipetheria






42. Pleomorphic gram variable rod that causes vaginosis presenting as gray vaginal discharge with a fishy smell; non painful






43. What are the recombinant vaccines






44. What are patients at risk for during infection with influenza virus






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






46. 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






47. What do ADP- ribosylating A- B toxins do






48. 1665 - Reported life's smallest structural units were 'cells' - Cell Theory - lacked staining techniques and resolution to see microbes






49. In the bacterial growth curve - what happens in the death phase






50. Virus is engulfed by host cell