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Microbiology

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1. Why aren't naked viruses destroyed in the gut (A and E)






2. 2nd leading cause of community acquired UTI among sexually active women






3. What are the findings for pressure - cell type - protein and sugar in the CSF with a bacterial meningitis






4. meningitis in children (6 months - 6 yrs)






5. What is pontiac fever






6. atypical PNA






7. What are the two forms of Hansens disease and which patients get which






8. portal HTN - parasite






9. What laboratory test distinguishes strep pyogenes from group B strep - and What causes the immunologic response






10. What does infxn with vibrio cholerae produce and How does it produce it






11. What are the signs of viral hepatitis






12. What is the most important global cause of infantile gastroenteritis - what kind of virus is it - and What is the pathophys






13. What can cause food poisoning in improperly canned foods (bulging cans)






14. ___ percent of infected illnesses are caused by ___






15. What does accumulation of PrPsc result in






16. Osteomyelitis in sexually active people can be from






17. Microbes (yeast) are responsible for fermentation






18. Brain abscesses in HIV - classic triad of chorioretinitis - hydrocephalus - intracranial calcifications - dz - transmission - dx - and tx






19. What are the gram pos coccus (genus)






20. Blue - green pigment and fruity odor - usually nosocomial and drug resistant cause of UTI






21. What are the 3 structural proteins coded for by the HIV genome






22. Sepis/meningitis in newborn






23. What is the classic triad of infxn with rickettsia and what requirements do they need to grow






24. What are the ToRCHeS infxns and What are the nonspecific signs common to ToRCHeS infxns






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






26. What are the symptoms of mumps






27. What kind of exotoxin does C. tetani have and What does it do






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






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






30. Nucleic acid goes into capsid; tail is attached






31. 48 hr cyclic fever - HA - splenomegaly - dz - organism - transmission - dx and tx






32. All living things are composed of cells






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






34. Strict anaerobes that produce methane from CO2 and H






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






36. 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






37. yeast infection






38. cestode causing B12 deficiency and anemia - org - transmission - tx






39. Diploid - 2 genes for every trait; humans have 46 chromosomes or 23 pairs






40. 1 - 10 micrometers






41. What surface protein do all paramyxoviruses contain and What does it cause






42. Bacillus - coccus - and spiral






43. Study of fungi






44. Mycotoxin






45. Problem with food preservation - canning






46. What OI/disease occurs in the eyes of AIDS pts






47. What is legionnaires disease






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






49. bloody diarrhea - reddish brown liver abcess - RUQ pain - flask shaped ulcer; dz - transmission - dx - and tx






50. chronic granulomatous disease