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Microbiology

Subject : engineering
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1. Where does the rickettsiae rash start and Where does the typhus rash start






2. How do you treat lyme disease






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






4. Allows nutrients in - waste out






5. What color is the sputum in klebsiella infxn an besides pneumonia - what else can it cause






6. Are there carriers for HDV






7. What features are common to both salmonella and shigella






8. Same organism must be found in all cases of disease

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






10. What drug is give as prophylaxis for close contacts of of meningococci






11. What are the black skin lesions in anthrax caused by






12. rubeola - lots of spots






13. What kind of temperatures do m. leprae like - What tissues do they infect - and What is the resevoir in the US






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






15. Capitalized/italics or underlined






16. The receptor sites for host cell in an enveloped virus






17. Extrachromosomal piece of genetic information - can be genetically engineered






18. What features are unique to salmonella






19. They grow better in acidic environments - are more resistant to osmotic pressure (can tolerate high sugar and salt concentrations) - can better tolerate low moisture - can digest more complex carbohydrates - require less nitrogen






20. Came up with the Endosymbiotic Theory






21. Where does group B strep colonize






22. Which gram neg bacteria are spiral






23. What HIV parameter allows providers to monitor effect of durg therapy






24. What bug produces a yellow pigment






25. What happens when endotoxin activates hagemans factor






26. Bats can carry _____ - but birds do not






27. What cell wall structures are common to both gram pos and gram neg bacteria






28. What bug grows on chocolate agar with factors V (NAD+) and X (hematin)






29. 1 - 10 micrometers






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






31. What is legionnaires disease






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






33. Are atypical lymphocytes actually atypical?






34. 1765 - experiment - Nutrient broth placed in flask - sealed - then heated => no microbial growth






35. What is Treponema - tricky Ts






36. Allgin and carrageenan






37. Herpes - warts






38. Capsule outside cell wall - usually sticky - composed of polysaccharide and/or polypeptide






39. Antibiotics which kill normal flora bacteria allowing yeast to overgrow






40. Contains genetic material






41. What are possible sequelae of measles infxn






42. Tightly coiled






43. What bug grows on lowenstein jensen agar






44. Study of algae






45. Binary fission + cytokinesis






46. What gram pos rods form spores in soil






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






48. What bacteria in particular have the ability to transform






49. What does Rubella virus cause






50. What toxigenic infections does s pyogenes cause