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Microbiology

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1. Urinary catheterization is a risk factor For what nosocomial infection






2. What sugars do the various neisseria bacteria ferment and what enzyme do they both produce






3. What is the fxn and chemical composition of bacterial pilus/fimbria






4. What is a capsule conjugated with a protein






5. What species causing bloody diarrhea invades colonic mucosa






6. What s. aureus infection is an imporant cause of serious nosocomial and community- acquired infections






7. Unicellular and facultative






8. Leading cause of UTI - colonies show metallic sheen on EMB agar






9. Allows bacterial cells to attach to surfaces - helps prevent phagocytosis






10. What enzyme breaks down lactose and Which bacteria produces it






11. Paramecium






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






13. What are the positive stranded RNA viruses






14. What is the fxn and chemical composition of peptidoglycan






15. What feature of influenza virus promotes it entry into cells






16. How do rabies virus reach the CNS






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






18. Study of viruses






19. What are spores highly resistant to - and What can be done to overcome it






20. Which of the togoviruses are arboviruses and which are not






21. Which are the enteroviruses






22. ___ percent of infected illnesses are caused by ___






23. Severe diarrhea in AIDS - mild disease with watery diarrhea in immunoCtent - dz - transmission - dx - and tx






24. Which form of Hansens disease is lethal






25. What are the serum markers of Chronic hep B with low infectivity






26. Many sided; most common is icosahedron






27. What does the chylamidial cell wall lack






28. What is the only bacterium with a polypeptide capsule and and What does it cause






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






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






31. Extreme heat/cold - dehydration - radiation (UV light) - toxic chemicals






32. portal HTN - parasite






33. 1876 - Germ Theory of Disease - he proved that a specific microbe causes a specific disease; proved that a bacterium caused anthrax and provided Koch's postulates






34. burns or air






35. In what population does HCV cause hepaitits






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






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






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






39. What species causes bloody diarrhea is a protozoan






40. How do group B strep respond to bacitracin






41. varicella - lots of spots






42. This infxn is usually asymptomatic in mom or has vesicular lesions and causes temporal encephalitis - and vesicular lesions in the neonate - org and transmission






43. What is the fxn and chemical composition of plasmid






44. Which flaviviruses are also arboviruses and which are not






45. What is the TX for mycoplasma pneumonia






46. This infection has a variable presentation in mom - and can cause recurrent infection and chronic diarrhea in the neonate - org and transmission






47. What viruses make up the PaRaMyxovirus family and What do they do






48. What are the AST/ALT relationships in viral hepatitis vs alcoholic hepatitis






49. What can cause food poisoning in undercooked meat






50. fever - lymphadenopathy - skin rashes - condylomata lata - org and dz