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Microbiology

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1. What OI/disease occurs in the brain of AIDS pts






2. What does parainfluenza cause






3. What serum markers indicate Hep B recovery






4. What happens in stage 2 of lyme disease


5. Pairs






6. Bacteria and cyanobacteria (prokaryotes)






7. Opportunistic infections - KS - lymphoma - orga and dz






8. What prophylactic treatment is given to AIDS pts to prevent M. avium intracellulare






9. Nucleic acid is injected into host cell from the capsid through tail sheath - penetrating host cell membrane by contraction of tail (similar to a syringe)






10. What is the most important global cause of infantile gastroenteritis - what kind of virus is it - and What is the pathophys






11. What does botulinum toxin do and What is it characterized by






12. Which are the enteroviruses






13. Why are ELISA/Western blot test falsely positive in babies born to mothers infected with HIV






14. Osteomyelitis in diabetics and drug addicst






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






16. What does norwalk virus do






17. Which kind of viral vaccine requires a booster






18. cestode causing cysticercosis - org - transmission - tx






19. What disease can HSV 2 cause and What is the route of transmission






20. surgical wound






21. What happens when endotoxin activates the complement pathway






22. What treatment is required for cholera






23. What causes granuloma inguinale (donovanosis)






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






25. fungal infection in diabetic






26. Mitosis and meiosis + cytokinesis






27. What toxigenic infections does s pyogenes cause






28. bilateral bells palsy






29. With strep grown on optichin - which are sensitive and which are resistant






30. Long rods that can be rigid or flexible






31. What organisms stain with silver stain






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






33. What associations go with listeria monocytogenes






34. Meningitis in newbord (0 - 6 months)






35. Which two bacteria are gram pos rods forming long braching filaments resembling fungi






36. 48 hr cyclic fever - HA - splenomegaly - dz - organism - transmission - dx and tx






37. What is the difference between F+ x F- and Hfr x F- conjugation






38. Newborn nursery is a risk factor For what nosocomial infections






39. What drug is give as prophylaxis for close contacts of of meningococci






40. Which kind of neisseria is sexually transmitted






41. yeast infection






42. Glycocalyx - flagella - fimbriae - pili - cell wall






43. Which DNA virus is not icosahedral






44. Which bacteria make catalase and which do not


45. Which are the DNA enveloped viruses






46. Bacteriophage






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






48. burns or air






49. 1665 - Reported life's smallest structural units were 'cells' - Cell Theory - lacked staining techniques and resolution to see microbes






50. What is the TX for h pylori