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Microbiology 2

Subject : health-sciences
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1. Eastern equine encephalitis






2. Tx for Onchocerca volvulus






3. HIV - Meningitis; India ink stain reveals narrow - based budding






4. Tx of Paragonimus westermani






5. Tx for Diphyllobothrium latum






6. HIV - Abscesses - ring - enhancing lesions on imaging






7. Tx of Schistosoma






8. Inflammation of muscle (larvae encyst in muscle)






9. Mumps






10. HIV - Interstitial pneumonia; biopsy reveals cells with intranuclear and cytoplasmic inclusion bodies






11. Alpha toxin






12. Eggs visible in feces; intestinal infection






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






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






15. Ebola/Marburg hemorrhagic fever






16. Triad of chorioretinitis - hydrocephalus - intracranial calcifications






17. 'swiss cheese' appearance in brain






18. Filoviruses






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






20. Dengue fever






21. Periorbital edema






22. Protozoa: Rapidly fatal meningoencephalitis






23. Treatment for systemic infection by systemic mycoses






24. Arenaviruses






25. O Ag of Salmonella: Plasmid - lysogeny - bacterial chromosome?






26. Tx for Lyme dz






27. Picornaviruses






28. Cytotoxin B






29. Parainfluenza - croup






30. Crimean - Congo hemorrhagic fever






31. Rash preceded by cough - coryza - conjunctivitis






32. Treatment for superficial candida infection






33. Novobiocin






34. Treatment for systemic candida infection






35. High fever - black vomitus - jaundice






36. Ingestion of larvae in raw freshwater fish. Causes vitamin B12 defic anemia.






37. Echovirus






38. Erythrogenic exotoxin of strep pyogenes: Plasmid - lysogeny - bacterial chromosome?






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






40. M protein






41. Prophylaxis in close contacts of pts w/Haemophilus influenzae meningitis






42. 3- day rash






43. Maltese cross in RBC






44. Foul - smelling - greenish discharge from vag; itching and burning; STD






45. Tx for Pseudomonas aeruginosa






46. LCMV - lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus






47. River blindness






48. Rash spreads from head to toe






49. Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis






50. Bunyaviruses