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Microbiology

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1. Tail fibers attach to outside of host cell






2. What species of trypanosoma other than bruceii cause african sleeping sickness






3. In the bacterial growth curve - what happens in the lag phase






4. urethritis - cervicitis - conjunctivits - Reiters syndrome - PID - org and dz






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






6. How is HBV transmitted primarily and how long is the incubation period for






7. Gas gangrene - organism grows in tissues which have poor blood supply - toxin kills cells - necrosis






8. What does M protein do - who has it






9. Where doe HSV1 cells remain latent






10. How is listeria acquired - What does it form - and How is motility characterized






11. What are the positive stranded RNA viruses






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






13. How do rabies virus reach the CNS






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






15. Which kind of neisseria is sexually transmitted






16. What diseases can VZV cause and What is the route of transmission






17. What is the triad of HUS






18. PNA in neonates < 4wks - orgs






19. What other virus is it important not to confuse with measles






20. What does a UTI that ascends to the kidneys result in






21. What is HBcAg






22. Eukaryotic - unicellular - identified by means of locomotion






23. What is the TX for mycoplasma pneumonia






24. What does candida result in with immunoCised pts






25. trophozoite ring form in RBC






26. Protects the nucleic acid - gives virus its shape - contains the receptor sites for host cell in non - enveloped virus






27. Eukaryotic and non - photosynthetic; can produce asexual and sexual spores






28. What bugs can colonize the respiratory mucosa and why






29. What neisseria is there a vaccine for






30. What are the lab findings of pseudomonas






31. What kind of virus is the seasonal influenza virus






32. Require intracellular parasite/has to be within a host cell to replicate (prokaryotic); Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever






33. What kind of virus is HEV and What does it cause






34. Where can salmonella typhi remain chronically






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






36. asplenic pt






37. Of the serotypes of chlamidyia trachomatis - which cause chronic infection and blindness due to follicular conjunctivitis in Africa






38. Cilia - flagella - cell wall* - cytoplasm - ribosomes






39. What are the different virulence factors in E. coli and What do they cause






40. What is the presentation of ETEC and What is the mechanism of the toxin


41. Recurrent fever from variable surface antigen - transmitted by louse






42. 70S = 30S + 50S






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






44. when viruses with a segmented genomes (influenza virus) exchange segments - high frequency recombination - cause of worldwide influenza pandemics






45. How do you treat actinomyces or nocardia






46. What are koplick spots - and when/How does the rash present in measles infxn






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


48. Spherical






49. What is the nl flora of the vagina






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