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Microbiology 2
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1. Togavirus
Picornavirus
Wuchereria bancrofti
Schistosoma
Enveloped - SS+ - linear - icosahedral
2. Corynebacterium diptheria toxin
Bacterial chromosome
Cleaves host cell rRNA (inactivates 60S ribosome); enhances cytokine release - causing HUS.
ADP ribosylating A- B toxin inactivates EF-2
Dracunculus medinensis
3. Echovirus
Yellow fever
Nystatin
Picornavirus
Praziquantel
4. Shiga toxin
Cryptococcus neoformans
Entamoeba histolytica
Strongyloides stercoralis
Cleaves host cell rRNA (inactivates 60S ribosome); enhances cytokine release - causing HUS.
5. Sandfly/Rift valley fevers
Bunyavirus - hemorrhagic fever - pneumonia
DS linear 10-12 segments
Bunyavirus
Rubeola
6. Dilated cardiomyopathy - megacolon - megaesophagus
Clonorchis sinensis
Pathognomonic for measles or live attenuated vaccine
Pneumocystis jiroveci
Trypansoma cruzi. Chagas dz - S. America
7. Eggs visible in feces; intestinal infection
Loa Loa
Ascaris lumbricoides
Flavivirus
Enveloped - SS - - linear - 8 segments - Helical
8. Tx for Lyme dz
Cleaves host cell rRNA (inactivates 60S ribosome); enhances cytokine release - causing HUS.
Amphotericin B
S. epidermidis sensitive. S. saprophyticus resistant.
Doxycycline - ceftriaxone
9. Protozoa: Severe diarrhea in AIDS - mild dz in non - immunocompromised
Clonorchis sinensis
Bunyavirus
Cryptosporidium
HPV
10. M protein
Flavivirus
ADP ribosylating A- B toxin inactivates EF-2
Group A streptococcus. Helps prevent phagocytosis.
Aminoglycoside plus extended spectrum penicillin (piperacillin - ticarcillin)
11. Protozoa: Bloating - flatulence - foul - smelling - fatty diarrhea
Amphotericin B
Giardia lamblia
Cleaves IgA. S. pneumoniae - H. influenzae type B - Neisseria (SHiN) in order to colonize respiratory mucosa.
Bartonella henselae (bacillary angiomatosis)
12. Cycles occuring every other day; dormant form in liver -> tx w/primaquine
Schistosoma
Arenavirus
P. vivax/ovale
Watery diarrhea
13. Protozoa: Bloody diarrhea - liver abscess - RUQ pain
Quinine - clindamycin
Schistosoma
Entamoeba histolytica
bendazoles
14. Protozoa: Rapidly fatal meningoencephalitis
Ceftriaxone
Rubeola
Naegleria fowleri
Enveloped - SS + - Icosahedral
15. dsRNA segmented virus
Diethylcarbamazine
Cleaves host cell rRNA (inactivates 60S ribosome); enhances cytokine release - causing HUS.
Reovirus
Pseudomonas - inactivates EF-2
16. Organisms causing rash on palms and soles
Arenavirus
Flavivirus
Clonorchis sinensis
Coxackie A - syphilis - Rocky Mountain spotted fever
17. Parasite: Portal hypertension
Schistosoma mansoni
Pasteurella multocida
Enveloped - SS - - circular - 2 segments - helical
Enterobius vermicularis
18. Enterotoxin A
Watery diarrhea
Enterobius vermicularis
Cryptococcus neoformans
Echinococcus granulosus
19. Echovirus
Most common cause of aseptic meningitis
Picornavirus
Togavirus
Enveloped - SS - - circular - 3 segments - helical
20. Tx for Toxocara canis
Diethylcarbamazine
Necator americanus
Ivermectin
DS linear 10-12 segments
21. Food contaminated with eggs; causes granulomas (in in retina -> blindness) and visceral larva migrans
Loa Loa
Clonorchis sinensis
Toxocara canis
Palivizumab
22. RSV
Paramyxovirus
Picornavirus
Bunyavirus
Clonorchis sinensis
23. High fever - black vomitus - jaundice
Enveloped - SS - - linear - 8 segments - Helical
Ascaris lumbricoides
Yellow fever
Bunyavirus
24. Fungal infection with rhinocerebral - frontal lobe abscesses
Flavivirus
HPV
Mucor or Rhizopus spp.
Heart block - bilateral Bell's palsy
25. HIV - Chronic watery diarrhea; acid - fast cysts seen in stool
Taenid solium
Ceftriaxone
Diphyllobothrium latum
Cryptosporidium spp.
26. Lassa fever encephalitis
S. epidermidis sensitive. S. saprophyticus resistant.
Arenavirus - spread by mice
CMV
Toxoplasma gondii
27. Mumps
Echinococcus granulosus
Clonorchis sinensis
Paramyxovirus
Doxycycline - ceftriaxone
28. Tx for Loa Loa
Trichinella spiralis
Diethylcarbamazine
Praziquantel
Trypansoma cruzi. Chagas dz - S. America
29. Picornaviruses
Nifurtimox
Nonenveloped - SS + - Icosahedral
Clonorchis sinensis
Most common cause of aseptic meningitis
30. Reovirus
Rubeola
Lysogeny
Picornavirus
Icosohedral (double)
31. Protozoa: Brain abscess in HIV
Paramyxoviruses
Diethylcarbamazine
Reovirus
Toxoplasma gondii
32. Sabouraud's agar
Picornavirus
Cryptococcus neoformans
Lysogeny
Babesia
33. Yaws
No envelope - SS + linear - Icosahedral
T. pertenue
CMV
Aseptic meningitis - herpangina - mycarditis
34. Coxackievirus
Trichinella spiralis
Aseptic meningitis - herpangina - mycarditis
S. aureus. Binds Fc region of Ig. Prevents opsonization and phagocytosis.
Enveloped - SS+ - linear - icosahedral
35. Female mosquito; causes blockage of lymphatic vessels (elephantitis). Takes 9 months to 1 year after bite to get elephantiasis sx.
Giardia lamblia
Picornavirus
Wuchereria bancrofti
Trichinella spiralis
36. Inflammation of muscle (larvae encyst in muscle)
Trichinella spiralis
Clonorchis sinensis
Schistosoma
Flavivirus
37. Eggs in dog feces when ingested can cause cysts in liver; causes anaphylaxis if Ags are released from cysts (surgeons inject ethanol before removal to neutralize Ags).
Reovirus
Echinococcus granulosus
Loa Loa
Praziquantel
38. Bunyaviruses
Enveloped - SS - - circular - 3 segments - helical
Trichinella spiralis
Schistosoma haematobium
Clonorchis sinensis
39. Tx for Leishmania donovani
Sodium stibogluconate
Ancylostoma duodenale - Necator americanus
Picornavirus
Lysogeny
40. Hantavirus
Ancylostoma - Necator
Congenital Toxoplasma gondii
DS linear 10-12 segments
Bunyavirus - hemorrhagic fever - pneumonia
41. 'Soap bubble' lesion in brain
Togavirus
Enveloped - SS + - Icosahedral
Flavivirus
Cryptococcus neoformans
42. Undercooked meat (pork)
P. vivax/ovale
Invasive aspergillosis
Praziquantel
Trichinella spiralis
43. Western equine encephalitis
Togavirus
Erythromycin
Picornavirus
Stains cryptococcus neoformans red
44. Generalized lymphadenopathy particularly postauricular and occipital
Diethylcarbamazine
Togavirus
Rubella
Enveloped - SS - - circular - 2 segments - helical
45. C. tetani exotoxin: Plasmid - lysogeny - bacterial chromosome?
Clostridium difficile - gas gangrene - double zone of hemolysis on blood agar
Plasmid
Diphyllobothrium latum
Quinine - clindamycin
46. Hookworms
P. falciparum
Togavirus
Necator americanus
No envelope
47. West nile virus
S. aureus. Binds Fc region of Ig. Prevents opsonization and phagocytosis.
Flavivirus
Trichinella spiralis
Babesia
48. Filoviruses
Bacterial chromosome
Palivizumab
Enveloped - SS - - linear - Helical
Aseptic meningitis - herpangina - mycarditis
49. Snails are host
Schistosoma
Paramyxovirus
Echinococcus granulosus
Retrovirus
50. Orthomyxoviruses
Trypansoma cruzi. Chagas dz - S. America
Enveloped - SS - - linear - 8 segments - Helical
Diethylcarbamazine
Praziquantel