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Microbiology 2

Subject : health-sciences
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1. Inflammation of muscle (larvae encyst in muscle)






2. Treatment for Haemophilus influenzae meningitis






3. Cycles occuring every other day; dormant form in liver -> tx w/primaquine






4. HIV - TB like dz CD4<50






5. Larvae penetrateskin of feet; intestinal infection can cause anemia (suck blood from intestinal walls).






6. Optochin






7. Hantavirus






8. Togavirus






9. Parasite: Portal hypertension






10. Periorbital edema






11. HDV






12. Exotoxin A






13. Generalized lymphadenopathy particularly postauricular and occipital






14. Cellulitis from animal bite






15. HIV - Non - hodgkin's lymphoma (large cell type); often on oropharynx (Waldeyer's ring)






16. Rash preceded by cough - coryza - conjunctivitis






17. Food contaminated with eggs; intestinal infection; causes anal pruritis






18. Colorado tick fever






19. Shiga toxin






20. Tx for Leishmania donovani






21. Cholangiocarcinoma






22. Transmitted by deer fly - horse fly - and mango fly; causes swelling in skin (can see worm crawling in conjunctiva)






23. Retroviruses






24. Tx for Trypanosoma cruzi






25. Fever then rash






26. Lassa fever encephalitis






27. Councilman bodies (acidophilic inclusions) in liver






28. Severe; daily cycles; parasitized RBCs occlude capillaries in brain - kidneys - lungs






29. Maltese cross in RBC






30. Treatment for Tinea versicolor






31. Botulinum exotoxin: Plasmid - lysogeny - bacterial chromosome?






32. Tx for Babesia






33. Parasite: Liver cysts






34. Protozoa: Brain abscess in HIV






35. HIV - Retinitis; cotton - wool spots on funduscopic exam






36. Shiga toxin: Plasmid - lysogeny - bacterial chromosome?






37. Larvae in soil penetrate skin; lung sx; intestinal infection; causes vomiting - diarrhea - and anemia - abdominal bloating - weight loss.






38. Rotavirus






39. Flavivirus






40. Ingestion of larvae encysted in undercooked pork. Cysticercosis and neurocysticercosis - mass lesions in brain.






41. Enterotoxin A






42. Rhinovirus






43. Kala - azar: spiking fevers - hepatosplenomegaly - pancytopenia






44. Bacitracin






45. Tx of Paragonimus westermani






46. Sandfly/Rift valley fevers






47. Coxackievirus






48. HIV - Pleuritic pain - hemoptysis - infiltrates on imaging






49. Protozoa: Bloody diarrhea - liver abscess - RUQ pain






50. Tx for Pseudomonas aeruginosa