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Microbiology

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1. What are the 3 structural proteins coded for by the HIV genome






2. What is chlamydia trachomatis - tricky Ts






3. What is the nl flora in the nose






4. What kind of genome does HIV have






5. What is the only live attenuated vaccine that can be given to HIV pos pts






6. What organisms are encapsulated






7. Low grade fever - cough - hepatosplenomegaly in HIV pts with oval yeast cells within macrophages






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






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






10. What are PE signs of PID






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






12. What are prion disease caused by






13. Retinitis in HIV pos pts with cotton wool spots on fundoscopic exam






14. Some strains of this organism causing UTI produce red pigment - they are often nosocomial and drug resistant






15. How does tetanus toxin cause tetanus






16. Spaghetti and meatball appearance on KOH prep - dz - organism






17. What stain shows legionella






18. meningitis from 6 -60 yrs






19. What OI/disease occurs in the skin of AIDS pts






20. Bacteriophage






21. 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






22. tissue nematodes tha causes blockage of the lymphatic vessels (elphantitis) - org - transmission - clinical course - tx






23. What are the lab findings for cholera






24. Locomotion by rotation of basal body






25. What kind of exotoxin does C. tetani have and What does it do






26. What is HBeAg






27. In the bunyavirus family which are arboviruses and which are not






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






29. gram pos anaerobe - causes oral - facial abscesses that may drain through sinus tracts of skin - yellow sulfur granules - nl oral flora






30. How can you distinguish enterococci from nonenterococcal group D






31. Mitosis and meiosis + cytokinesis






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






33. hematuria - bladder cancer - parasite






34. Study of protozoans






35. Where are spores of C. botulinum found






36. Dilated cardiomyopathy - megacolon - megaesophagus in south america - dz - organism - transmission - dx and tx






37. Lytic phage infects bacterium - cleavage of bacterial DNA and synthesis of viral proteins - parts of bacterial chromosome may become packaged in viral capsid






38. What is the fever cycle for p. vivax/ovale






39. SIV does not infect humans - HIV does






40. Will show special structures






41. Site of protein synthesis; some are free in cytoplasm - others are bound to the rough ER






42. portal HTN - parasite






43. microcytic anemia - parasite






44. Long rods that can be rigid or flexible






45. How is listeria acquired - What does it form - and How is motility characterized






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






47. In which age group is the peak incidence for mononucleosis - and how are the reactive cytotoxic T cells termed?






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






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






50. What species causing bloody or watery diarrhea produces a pseudomembranous colitis