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Microbiology

Subject : engineering
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1. In what instance does primary TB become progressive lung disease and what happens






2. What does accumulation of PrPsc result in






3. gram pos - weakly acid fast aerobe in soil - causing pulmonary infection in immuncompromised patients






4. Bacillus (aerobic) and clostridium (anaerobic); both are soil organisms (can survive lack of water)






5. trypanosoma - tricky Ts






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






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






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






9. What is the pathophys of tinea versicolor






10. Rapidly fatal meningoencephalitis after swimming - dz - transmission - dx and tx






11. Where do DNA viruses replicate






12. Unicellular and facultative






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






14. What are the laboratory findings of legionella






15. What are the lab findings for candida albicans






16. Long network of tubules continuous with the nuclear envelope






17. What question mark shaped bacteria is found in water contaminated with animal urine and What does it cause






18. Entamoeba histolytica - spread to humans through contaminated food or water - feeds on tissue in the gastrointestinal tract






19. Where does the rickettsiae rash start and Where does the typhus rash start






20. What components make up the eveloped helical viral structure






21. What are PE signs of PID






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






23. What bug grows on eaton's agar






24. Many protein subunits called capsomeres






25. Smallest a person can see with unaided eye - pen dot






26. which mycobacterium is also pulmonary with TB- like symptoms and not M. tuberculosis






27. What other organism is involved in vaginosis from gardnerella






28. Locomotion (wavelike motion)






29. How do pneumocystis appear microscopically






30. What is the triad of HUS






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






32. intestinal nematode causing anal pruritis - scotch tape test - org - transmission - tx






33. What is the fever cycle for p. falciparum






34. Substance inside the plasma membrane (80% water)






35. Sporulation






36. Which are the segmented viruses and what feature do they all share






37. What bugs are obligate aerobes






38. Which bacteria have no cell wall






39. cestode causing neurocysticercosis - org - transmission - tx






40. Osteomyelitis in most people is caused from






41. What are prion disease caused by






42. Virus that infects bacteria






43. What kind of microbes cause recurrent infections in patients with chronic granulomatous disease and why






44. What does parvovirus cause






45. What bug grows on tellurite plate - lofflers media






46. Plasmodium (4 different species) - transmitted to humans by Anopheles mosquito - organism is on a biology clock (multiple of 24 hours)






47. Microbes (yeast) are responsible for fermentation






48. Nucleic acid is replicated; capsids and tails are made






49. Undulant fever - transmitted in dairy products - contact with animals






50. Which DNA viruses are not linear