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Microbiology

Subject : engineering
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1. What bug secretes scarlet fever erythrogenic toxin and What does it cause






2. What kind of virus is HCV and How is transmitted






3. What kind of exotoxin does b. anthracis have






4. rash beginning at the head and moving down - rash is preceded by cough coryza and conjunctivitis and blue white spots on the buccal mucosa - agent and dz






5. Provides structure






6. Dimorphic/biphasic






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






8. What kind of exotoxin does bordetella pertussis have and What does it do






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






10. Acetone - alcohol - antibiotics






11. 80S = 60S + 40S






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






13. What is the TX for rickettsiae






14. cestode causing B12 deficiency and anemia - org - transmission - tx






15. What test is done with a smear of an openedskin vesicle to detect multinucleated giant cells and What is used for






16. What is the TX for pseudomonas






17. Non - enveloped virus is engulfed by host cell; enveloped virus fusion of the envelope with cell membrane






18. What is the fxn and chemical composition of bacterial flagellum






19. 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)






20. Aerobic - anaerobic - facultative - microaerophilic






21. gummas - tabes dorsalis - general paresis - aortisis - argyll robertson pupils - org and dz






22. What OI's are HIV pos patients at risk for with CD4 < 400






23. What is only exception of DNA viruses that are not double stranded






24. surgical wound






25. SIV does not infect humans - HIV does






26. Prefers less oxygen than the levels found in the atmosphere






27. What is the fxn and chemical composition of bacterial spore






28. ___ of cancers are known to be _____ induced






29. gram pos - spore forming - obligate anaerobes






30. Water aerosols are a risk factor For what nosocomial infection






31. What are PE signs of PID






32. What serum makers are present in acute HBV






33. Decaying meat produces maggots - ponds produce frogs






34. Where do VZV cells remain latent






35. What animals carry rabies virus






36. What are the top bugs for PID and what distinguishes them






37. Which are the DNA enveloped viruses






38. What are the 4 phases of HIV






39. How are rickettsiae transmitted






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






41. Where are spores of C. botulinum found






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






43. Hypothesis that living organisms arise from nonliving matter - a 'vital force' forms life






44. Herpes - warts






45. What does a UTI that ascends to the kidneys result in






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






47. Basic shapes - arrangements - motility - staining - oxygen requirements






48. Which bacteria are spirochetes






49. Circular and haploid - only one per cell - no nucleus






50. What causes typhus - tricky Ts