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Microbiology 2

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1. Hookworms
Cryptococcus neoformans
Necator americanus
Colonic epithelial cell necrosis and stimulation of fibrin deposition
Praziquantel

2. Treatment for systemic infection by systemic mycoses
Enveloped - SS - - linear - nonsegmented - Helical
Praziquantel
Diethylcarbamazine
Amphotericin B

3. Novobiocin
Icosohedral (double)
S. epidermidis sensitive. S. saprophyticus resistant.
Quinine - clindamycin
Bacterial chromosome

4. Treatment for local infection by systemic mycoses
S. epidermidis sensitive. S. saprophyticus resistant.
Quinine - clindamycin
Entamoeba histolytica
Fluconazole or ketoconazole

5. Food contaminated with eggs; causes granulomas (in in retina -> blindness) and visceral larva migrans
Toxocara canis
Toxoplasma gondii
Flavivirus
Paramyxovirus

6. O Ag of Salmonella: Plasmid - lysogeny - bacterial chromosome?
Onchocerca volvulus
Clostridium difficile - gas gangrene - double zone of hemolysis on blood agar
Lysogeny
Calicivirus

7. In drinking water; skin inflammation and ulceration.
Colonic epithelial cell necrosis and stimulation of fibrin deposition
Dracunculus medinensis
Enveloped - SS+ - linear - icosahedral
Enveloped - SS - - circular - 2 segments - helical

8. Cellulitis from animal bite
Pasteurella multocida
Retrovirus
Picornavirus
DS linear 10-12 segments

9. Calicivirus
Schistosoma haematobium
Congenital Toxoplasma gondii
No envelope - SS + linear - Icosahedral
CMV

10. Shiga toxin: Plasmid - lysogeny - bacterial chromosome?
Bacterial chromosome
Group A streptococcus. Helps prevent phagocytosis.
Lysogeny
Rubeola

11. Coronaviruses
Enveloped - SS + - Icosahedral
Enveloped - SS - - circular - helical
Clonorchis sinensis
Ancylostoma duodenale - Necator americanus

12. HIV - Non - hodgkin's lymphoma (large cell type); often on oropharynx (Waldeyer's ring)
Yellow fever
Praziquantel
Cleaves IgA. S. pneumoniae - H. influenzae type B - Neisseria (SHiN) in order to colonize respiratory mucosa.
EBV

13. Snails are host
Reovirus
Cryptosporidium spp.
Enterobius vermicularis
Schistosoma

14. Rash spreads from head to toe
Rubeola
Naegleria fowleri
Picornavirus
Icosohedral (double)

15. Exotoxin A
Toxoplasma gondii
Strongyloides stercoralis
Pseudomonas - inactivates EF-2
Togavirus

16. C. tetani exotoxin: Plasmid - lysogeny - bacterial chromosome?
Toxoplasma gondii
Enveloped - SS - - circular - helical
Aseptic meningitis - herpangina - mycarditis
Plasmid

17. Tx for neurocystercercosis
Enveloped - SS - - circular - 3 segments - helical
Praziquantel
Cryptosporidium
bendazoles

18. Mucicarmine
Enterobius vermicularis
Ivermectin
Rubeola
Stains cryptococcus neoformans red

19. Periorbital edema
Paramyxoviruses
Bunyavirus
Babesia
Trichinella spiralis

20. dsRNA segmented virus
Togavirus
No envelope - SS + linear - Icosahedral
Wuchereria bancrofti
Reovirus

21. Yellow fever
Flavivirus
Enveloped - SS - - circular - 2 segments - helical
Togavirus
Rubeola

22. HDV
Enveloped - SS+ - linear - icosahedral
Clonorchis sinensis
Rubella
Deltavirus

23. Optochin
Picornavirus
HHV-6 (Roseola)
S. pneumoniae sensitive - S. viridans resistant
EBV

24. Organisms causing rash on palms and soles
Ascaris lumbricoides
Deltavirus
Coxackie A - syphilis - Rocky Mountain spotted fever
C. Difficile

25. Hepevirus
CMV
Nonenveloped - SS + - Icosahedral
Group A streptococcus. Helps prevent phagocytosis.
No envelope - SS + linear - Icosahedral

26. Togavirus
Enveloped - SS+ - linear - icosahedral
Togavirus
Picornavirus
Aminoglycoside plus extended spectrum penicillin (piperacillin - ticarcillin)

27. Rash preceded by cough - coryza - conjunctivitis
Rubeola
P. falciparum
Togavirus
Aseptic meningitis - herpangina - mycarditis

28. Used in RSV to neutralize F protein
Ascaris lumbricoides
Palivizumab
Wuchereria bancrofti
Lysogeny

29. Erythrogenic exotoxin of strep pyogenes: Plasmid - lysogeny - bacterial chromosome?
Enveloped - SS - - linear - Helical
HPV
Mycobacterium avium - intracellulare
Lysogeny

30. Prophylaxis in close contacts of pts w/Haemophilus influenzae meningitis
Reovirus
Rifampin
Rubella
Schistosoma

31. Western equine encephalitis
Enterobius vermicularis
Mucor or Rhizopus spp.
Calicivirus
Togavirus

32. Transmitted by female blackflies; causes hyperpigmented skin. Can have allergic reaction to microfilaria
Onchocerca volvulus
Cryptococcus neoformans
Diethylcarbamazine
Leishmania donovani

33. Cytotoxin B
Colonic epithelial cell necrosis and stimulation of fibrin deposition
Arenavirus - spread by mice
Ascaris lumbricoides
Diethylcarbamazine

34. HIV - Squamous cell carcinoma; often in anus (MSM) or cervix (females)
Watery diarrhea
Ancylostoma - Necator
Taenid solium
HPV

35. Tx of Schistosoma
Praziquantel
Heart block - bilateral Bell's palsy
Trypanosoma (T. gambiense - T. rhodiesiense); African sleeping sickness
Cryptococcus neoformans

36. Cycles occuring every other day; dormant form in liver -> tx w/primaquine
Rubella
P. vivax/ovale
No envelope - SS + linear - Icosahedral
Toxoplasma gondii

37. Ebola/Marburg hemorrhagic fever
Watery diarrhea
S. pneumoniae sensitive - S. viridans resistant
Ascaris lumbricoides
Filovirus

38. Echovirus
Picornavirus
Enveloped - SS + - Icosahedral
Trypansoma cruzi. Chagas dz - S. America
Enveloped - SS - - linear - 8 segments - Helical

39. Tx for Legionella pneumophila
Paramyxovirus
Bartonella henselae (bacillary angiomatosis)
Praziquantel
Erythromycin

40. Opportunistic fungal infection in ketoacidotic diabetic or leukemic patients
Rubella
Clostridium difficile - gas gangrene - double zone of hemolysis on blood agar
No envelope - SS + linear - Icosahedral
Mucor or Rhizopus spp.

41. LCMV - lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus
Praziquantel
Arenavirus
Paragonimus westermani
Deltavirus

42. Sabouraud's agar
Paramyxovirus
Arenavirus - spread by mice
Babesia
Cryptococcus neoformans

43. Tx for Babesia
Taenid solium
Diethylcarbamazine
Quinine - clindamycin
Pneumocystis jiroveci

44. Corynebacterium diptheria toxin
ADP ribosylating A- B toxin inactivates EF-2
HHV-8
S. epidermidis sensitive. S. saprophyticus resistant.
No envelope - SS + linear - Icosahedral

45. Cytotoxin B
C. Difficile
Toxocara canis
Fluconazole or ketoconazole
Quinine - clindamycin

46. Colorado tick fever
Reovirus
Rubeola
Loa Loa
HHV-8

47. Enterotoxin A
Paragonimus westermani
C. Difficile
Diethylcarbamazine
Lysogeny

48. Parasite: Microcytic anemia
P. vivax/ovale
Loa Loa
Ancylostoma - Necator
ADP ribosylating A- B toxin inactivates EF-2

49. Treatment for Haemophilus influenzae meningitis
Enveloped - SS + - Icosahedral
Aminoglycoside plus extended spectrum penicillin (piperacillin - ticarcillin)
bendazoles
Ceftriaxone

50. Protozoa: Bloating - flatulence - foul - smelling - fatty diarrhea
Stains cryptococcus neoformans red
Giardia lamblia
Palivizumab
Enveloped - SS+ - linear - icosahedral