Test your basic knowledge |

Microbiology 2

Instructions:

Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.

1. Arenaviruses
Enterobius vermicularis
Enveloped - SS - - circular - 2 segments - helical
Watery diarrhea
Toxoplasma gondii

2. River blindness
Onchocerca volvulus
Trichinella spiralis
Diphyllobothrium latum
Enveloped - SS - - linear - Helical

3. Protein A
HHV-8
Praziquantel
Quinine - clindamycin
S. aureus. Binds Fc region of Ig. Prevents opsonization and phagocytosis.

4. Tx for Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Amphotericin B
Lysogeny
S. epidermidis sensitive. S. saprophyticus resistant.
Aminoglycoside plus extended spectrum penicillin (piperacillin - ticarcillin)

5. Kala - azar: spiking fevers - hepatosplenomegaly - pancytopenia
Leishmania donovani
Group A beta - hemolytic strep (S. pyogenes) sensitive. Group B (S. agalactiae) resistant.
Echinococcus granulosus
Bunyavirus

6. Hepevirus
Picornavirus
Diethylcarbamazine
Mucor or Rhizopus spp.
No envelope - SS + linear - Icosahedral

7. Coronaviruses
Praziquantel
Topical miconazole - selenium sulfide
Reovirus
Enveloped - SS + - Icosahedral

8. In drinking water; skin inflammation and ulceration.
Dracunculus medinensis
Enveloped - SS+ - linear - icosahedral
Giardia lamblia
Nystatin

9. Cytotoxin B
Colonic epithelial cell necrosis and stimulation of fibrin deposition
Diphyllobothrium latum
Giardia lamblia
Heart block - bilateral Bell's palsy

10. Treatment for local infection by systemic mycoses
Fluconazole or ketoconazole
Picornavirus
Palivizumab
Bacterial chromosome

11. Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis
P. falciparum
Togavirus
Most common cause of aseptic meningitis
Rubeola

12. Larvae penetrateskin of feet; intestinal infection can cause anemia (suck blood from intestinal walls).
P. falciparum
Ancylostoma duodenale - Necator americanus
Clonorchis sinensis
Taenid solium

13. Parasite: Hematuria - bladder CA
Schistosoma haematobium
C. Difficile
Bunyavirus
Plasmid

14. Echovirus
Pathognomonic for measles or live attenuated vaccine
Rubeola
Trichinella spiralis
Most common cause of aseptic meningitis

15. Mucicarmine
Cryptococcus neoformans
Echinococcus granulosus
Stains cryptococcus neoformans red
Togavirus

16. Ingestion of larvae encysted in undercooked pork. Cysticercosis and neurocysticercosis - mass lesions in brain.
Onchocerca volvulus
Entamoeba histolytica
Taenid solium
Clonorchis sinensis

17. dsRNA segmented virus
Flavivirus
Toxocara canis
Reovirus
Aseptic meningitis - herpangina - mycarditis

18. RSV
Ancylostoma duodenale - Necator americanus
Group A beta - hemolytic strep (S. pyogenes) sensitive. Group B (S. agalactiae) resistant.
Paramyxovirus
Lysogeny

19. Yellow fever
Group A streptococcus. Helps prevent phagocytosis.
Echinococcus granulosus
Congenital Toxoplasma gondii
Flavivirus

20. HCV
S. epidermidis sensitive. S. saprophyticus resistant.
Flavivirus
Enveloped - SS + - Icosahedral
Echinococcus granulosus

21. Undercooked meat (pork)
Trichinella spiralis
CMV
Schistosoma
Toxoplasma gondii

22. Reovirus
Nystatin
Cryptococcus neoformans
Naegleria fowleri
DS linear 10-12 segments

23. HIV - Encephalopathy
JC virus (PML) results in demyelination
Taenid solium
Trichinella spiralis
Yellow fever

24. Cytotoxin B
Nonenveloped - SS + - Icosahedral
C. Difficile
Flavivirus
Itraconazole or potassium iodide

25. Fever then rash
HHV-6 (Roseola)
Enveloped - SS - - linear - nonsegmented - Helical
CMV
Enveloped - SS - - circular - helical

26. Enlarged lymph nodes - recurring fever (d/t Ag variation) - somnolence - coma
Trypanosoma (T. gambiense - T. rhodiesiense); African sleeping sickness
Giardia lamblia
Paragonimus westermani
S. aureus. Binds Fc region of Ig. Prevents opsonization and phagocytosis.

27. C. tetani exotoxin: Plasmid - lysogeny - bacterial chromosome?
Trichinella spiralis
Most common cause of aseptic meningitis
Enveloped - SS - - circular - 2 segments - helical
Plasmid

28. Dengue fever
Clonorchis sinensis
Enveloped - SS + - Icosahedral
Icosohedral (double)
Flavivirus

29. Rickettsia transmitted by aerosol; no rash - no vector - neg Weil - Felix
Group A beta - hemolytic strep (S. pyogenes) sensitive. Group B (S. agalactiae) resistant.
CMV
Coxiella burnetti
Enterobius vermicularis

30. Councilman bodies (acidophilic inclusions) in liver
C. Difficile
Yellow fever
Pasteurella multocida
Trichinella spiralis

31. HAV
Deltavirus
Picornavirus
Schistosoma haematobium
Heart block - bilateral Bell's palsy

32. Retroviruses
Schistosoma haematobium
Enveloped - SS + - Icosahedral
Cleaves IgA. S. pneumoniae - H. influenzae type B - Neisseria (SHiN) in order to colonize respiratory mucosa.
Arenavirus - spread by mice

33. West nile virus
Paragonimus westermani
Diethylcarbamazine
Ascaris lumbricoides
Flavivirus

34. Ebola/Marburg hemorrhagic fever
Quinine - clindamycin
Filovirus
Ascaris lumbricoides
No envelope - SS + linear - Icosahedral

35. HIV - Non - hodgkin's lymphoma (large cell type); often on oropharynx (Waldeyer's ring)
Aseptic meningitis - herpangina - mycarditis
EBV
Coxiella burnetti
Most common cause of aseptic meningitis

36. Rash preceded by cough - coryza - conjunctivitis
Rubeola
Paramyxovirus
Schistosoma
Togavirus

37. Treatment for Haemophilus influenzae meningitis
Necator americanus
Picornavirus
Orthomyxovirus
Ceftriaxone

38. Hookworms
Entamoeba histolytica
Icosohedral (double)
Necator americanus
Stains cryptococcus neoformans red

39. Rotavirus
Reovirus
Diphyllobothrium latum
Rubeola
P. vivax/ovale

40. Tx for Loa Loa
Necator americanus
Diethylcarbamazine
Cryptosporidium spp.
ADP ribosylating A- B toxin inactivates EF-2

41. Opportunistic fungal infection in ketoacidotic diabetic or leukemic patients
Ascaris lumbricoides
Mucor or Rhizopus spp.
Picornavirus
Group A beta - hemolytic strep (S. pyogenes) sensitive. Group B (S. agalactiae) resistant.

42. Sabouraud's agar
Enterobius vermicularis
Erythromycin
Toxoplasma gondii
Cryptococcus neoformans

43. Shiga toxin
Cleaves host cell rRNA (inactivates 60S ribosome); enhances cytokine release - causing HUS.
Babesia
EBV
Ivermectin

44. Eaton's agar
Orthomyxovirus
Mycoplasma pneumonia
Nifurtimox
Togavirus

45. Protozoa: Bloody diarrhea - liver abscess - RUQ pain
Entamoeba histolytica
Amphotericin B
Bunyavirus
Lysogeny

46. Tx for Wuchereria bancrofti
Diethylcarbamazine
Flavivirus
Doxycycline - ceftriaxone
Naegleria fowleri

47. Foul - smelling - greenish discharge from vag; itching and burning; STD
Lysogeny
Praziquantel
Trichomonas vaginalis
Babesia

48. Rhabdoviruses
Cryptococcus neoformans
Enveloped - SS - - linear - Helical
S. pneumoniae sensitive - S. viridans resistant
Doxycycline - ceftriaxone

49. Coxackievirus
Togavirus
Necator americanus
Praziquantel
Picornavirus

50. Parasite: Liver cysts
EBV
Flavivirus
Echinococcus granulosus
Yellow fever