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Microbiology

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1. bilateral bells palsy






2. What is the fxn and chemical composition of the plasma membrance in bacteria






3. Eukaryotic - unicellular - identified by means of locomotion






4. Many sided; most common is icosahedron






5. Can be DNA or RNA - never both






6. Apiration PNA - orgs






7. Involved in photosynthesis (chlorophyll); contain 70S ribosomes; when hit by light - chlorophyll releases an electron






8. What features are common to both salmonella and shigella






9. How do pneumocystis appear microscopically






10. This substance binds directly to MHC II and T cell receptor simultaneously - activating large numbers of T cells to stimulate release of IFN gamma and IL-2






11. What are negri bodies and when are they seen






12. Spirochetes have axial filaments which wrap around the cell causing it to move in a corkscrew manner






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






14. What diseases can HSV 1 cause and What is the route of transmission






15. Atypical pneumonia - transmitted by aerosal - two organisms chlamydiae






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






17. PNA in elderly






18. yeast - molds - mushrooms






19. painful penile - vulvar cervical vesicles and uclers - can cause systemic symptoms such as fever - HA - myalgia - org and dz






20. What is the ability to take up DNA from evironment in bacteria






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






22. Sporulation






23. What cancers are associated with EBV virus






24. What is the organism for endemic typhus (fleas)






25. Help bacteria to attach to one another






26. What are the diagnostic markers of UTI






27. Unimmunized child with a rash beginning at his head and moving down with postauricular lymphadenopathy






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






29. What OI's are HIV pos patients at risk for with CD4 < 100






30. What does Anti HBsAg indicate






31. What feature of influenza can lead to worldwide pandemics of flu






32. Ringworm - athlete's food - jock itch






33. This infxn is usually asymptomatic in the mother with possible lymphadenopathy - causes chorioretinitis - hydrocephalus - and intracranial calcifications in the neonate - org and transmission






34. This cause of UTI is often nosocomial and drug resistant






35. Toxoplasma gondii - only sexual phase takes place in intestinal tract of the cat - organism ingested by the cat via infected rodents - humans infected by ingesting undercooked meats or by direct contact with cat feces






36. produces tetanospas an exotoxin causing tetanus






37. Rash begins on trunk - spreads to face and extremities with lesions of different age - agent and dz






38. What is diptheria exotoxin coded by and What does it do






39. Decaying meat produces maggots - ponds produce frogs






40. What treatment is required for cholera






41. Of the serotypes of chlamydia trachomatis - which cause lymphogranuloma venereum






42. What can cause food poisoning in undercooked meat






43. What is the nl flora on the skin






44. what bug grows pink colonies on MacConkey's agar






45. What happens when primary TB heals by fibrosis






46. gram pos - spore forming - obligate anaerobes






47. Virus sticks to host cell surfaces by means of receptor sites which are inherited characteristics of the host






48. What is the TX for rickettsiae






49. interstitial PNA and biopsy reveals cells with intranuclear (owl's eye) inclusion bodies in HIV pos pt






50. What is the treatment for rickettsiae