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Microbiology

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






2. Other than the ToRCHeS infxns - what other infectious agents can cause meningitis in neonates






3. What does c perfringens produce and What does it do






4. Filled six jars with decaying meat; three covered jars => no maggots; three uncovered jars => maggots






5. They take over the synthesizing machinery to multiply






6. What virus is in the filovirus family and What does it do






7. What are the obligate anaerobes and What do they lack (and hence suscpetible to)






8. Which bacteria do not gram stain well because they are intracellular






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






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






11. What is present in the condylomata and chancres in primary and secondary syphillis






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






13. superficial vascular proliferation in an HIV pos pts where biopsy reveals neutrophilic inflammation






14. Why are pregnant women told to avoid cats






15. Genes for which 5 bacterial toxins are encoded in a lysogenic phage






16. Which flaviviruses are also arboviruses and which are not






17. Unimmunized child with fever - dysphagia - drooling - and difficulty breathing due edematous cherry red epiglottis






18. Mitosis and meiosis + cytokinesis






19. The mild heating of a substance to kill spoilage organisms (bacteria)






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






21. How many serologic type of rhinovirus are there and What can destroy it






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






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






24. Where does HIV virus duplicate during latent phase






25. Can be DNA or RNA - never both






26. What is a positive Monospot test






27. What serum makers are present in acute HBV






28. Water moves out of the cell - causing cytoplasm to shrink (plasmolysis)






29. Which are the HHAPPPPy viruses






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






31. What toxin from E. Coli induces cAMP






32. What is the nl flora of a dental plaque






33. What is the TX for candidiasis






34. In What age group is mycoplasma seen - and what groups are outbreaks common






35. which viruses are kind of diploid and What are the others






36. Ringworm - athlete's food - jock itch






37. Nucleic acid is copied and capsid pieces are made






38. How does miliary TB occur and what happens






39. What does candida result in with diabetic pts and Abx usage






40. What test screens for syphillis and What test confirms it






41. What does parainfluenza cause






42. 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






43. Patient serum mixed with proteus antigen - and anti - rickettsial antibodies cross react to proteus O antigen and agglutinate






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






45. What bug grows on lowenstein jensen agar






46. Protein coat surrounding nucleic acid






47. What is the TX for leprosy and What is the toxicity of this TX






48. What are the gram neg coccus (genus)






49. Segment of DNA that can jump from one location to another - can transfer genes from plasmid to chromosome and vice versa






50. Non - enveloped virus usually lyses the host cell; enveloped virus takes portion of host cell membrane as envelope which may or may not result in cell lysis