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Microbiology

Subject : engineering
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1. Histoplasmosis






2. Water moves into the cell; cell wall is strong = contains the swelling - cell wall is weak = osmotic lysis






3. What happens in EBV mononucleosis - and what cells does it infect






4. What does echovirus do






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






6. Protozoans - primitive algae (single cell)






7. What does pertusses toxin do to Gi






8. Acetone - alcohol - antibiotics






9. How does tetanus toxin cause tetanus






10. The host cell's plasma membrane






11. 3rd leading cause of UTI - large mucoid capsule and viscous colonies






12. Blue






13. Anthrax (wool sorter's disease)






14. 80S = 60S + 40S






15. What features are unique to salmonella






16. Problem with food preservation - canning






17. Mycotoxin






18. ulcers - lymphadenopathy - rectal strictures - org and dz






19. What can cause food poisoning in reheated meat dishes






20. what dpes gp120 do






21. What happens in stage 3 of lyme disease






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






23. How do you treat actinomyces or nocardia






24. Where do DNA viruses replicate






25. When do gram pos rods form spores






26. How many segments are typically in reoviruses






27. What shape are s pneumo - do they have a capsule and what protease do they have






28. Where does HIV virus duplicate during latent phase






29. What toxigenic infections does s pyogenes cause






30. Unimmunized child with a rash beginning at head and moving down - preceded by cough coryza and conjunctivitis and blue white spots on buccal mucosa






31. Which bacteria have no cell wall






32. Surrounds the capsid in some viruses






33. Bacteriophage






34. African sleeping sickness: enlarged lymph nodes - recurring fever - organism - transmission - dx - tx






35. What is Anti - HBeAg






36. produces tetanospas an exotoxin causing tetanus






37. 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






38. What are the laboratory findings of legionella






39. Which hepatitis causes post - transfusion hepatitis






40. Mitosis and meiosis + cytokinesis






41. What bugs are urease pos






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






43. What are the two forms for chlamydiae






44. 1 - 10 micrometers






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






46. What bacteria requires acid fast stain to visualize






47. What species producing bloody diarrhea has a serotype O157:H7 - can cause HUS and makes shiga like toxin






48. Pink






49. This bacteria is usually transmitted from pet feces - contaminated milk or pork - What does it cause






50. What organism causes syphillis and what happens in primary syphillis