Test your basic knowledge |

Microbiology 2

Subject : health-sciences
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. HIV - Pleuritic pain - hemoptysis - infiltrates on imaging






2. Sandfly/Rift valley fevers






3. Tx for neurocystercercosis






4. Hantavirus






5. High fever - black vomitus - jaundice






6. Optochin






7. River blindness






8. Eggs visible in feces; intestinal infection






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






10. Rotavirus






11. Rash preceded by cough - coryza - conjunctivitis






12. Hepevirus






13. Inflammation of muscle (larvae encyst in muscle)






14. M protein






15. Treatment for superficial candida infection






16. Triad of chorioretinitis - hydrocephalus - intracranial calcifications






17. Rickettsia transmitted by aerosol; no rash - no vector - neg Weil - Felix






18. California encephalitis






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






20. Coxackievirus






21. Deltaviruses






22. Coxackievirus






23. Cercariae penetrate skin of humans; causes granulomas - fibrosis - and inflammation of the spleen and liver. Chronic infection can lead to squamous cell carcinoma of the bladder.






24. 'swiss cheese' appearance in brain






25. Tx for Trypanosoma cruzi






26. Echovirus






27. HIV - Pneumonia CD4<200






28. Alpha toxin






29. All contain surface F 'fusion' protein






30. Colorado tick fever






31. Parainfluenza - croup






32. Warthin - Finkeldy giant cell






33. Lassa fever encephalitis






34. Treatment for Sporothrix schenckii






35. Rubeola






36. Eaton's agar






37. 3- day rash






38. Western equine encephalitis






39. Generalized lymphadenopathy particularly postauricular and occipital






40. Diphtheria toxin: Plasmid - lysogeny - bacterial chromosome?






41. Calicivirus






42. HIV - Superficial vascular proliferation; biopsy reveals neutrophilic inflammation






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






44. Tx for Onchocerca volvulus






45. Hookworms






46. Shiga toxin






47. Enterotoxin A






48. Tx for Pseudomonas aeruginosa






49. Protozoa: Bloating - flatulence - foul - smelling - fatty diarrhea






50. Sabouraud's agar