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Microbiology 2

Subject : health-sciences
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Colorado tick fever






2. Opportunistic fungal infection in ketoacidotic diabetic or leukemic patients






3. Coxackievirus






4. Eaton's agar






5. Ebola/Marburg hemorrhagic fever






6. Treatment for superficial candida infection






7. Poliovirus






8. Protozoa: Brain abscess in HIV






9. Rotavirus






10. Coronaviruses






11. Echovirus






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






13. Tx for Toxocara canis






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






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






16. Tx for Diphyllobothrium latum






17. Treatment for Haemophilus influenzae meningitis






18. Treatment for Tinea versicolor






19. Eggs visible in feces; intestinal infection






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






21. Arenaviruses






22. Tx of Schistosoma






23. Organisms causing rash on palms and soles






24. Protein A






25. Transmitted by female blackflies; causes hyperpigmented skin. Can have allergic reaction to microfilaria






26. 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.






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






28. Dengue fever






29. Tx for Pseudomonas aeruginosa






30. Treatment for systemic infection by systemic mycoses






31. Sandfly/Rift valley fevers






32. Togavirus






33. Enterotoxin A






34. Ocular problems (cataracts - retinopathy - micropthalmos - glaucoma) - cardiovascular problems (PDA - VSD - pulmonary stenosis) - deafness - thrombocytopenia purpura - hepatosplenomegaly - CNS problems - bony lesions






35. Tx for neurocystercercosis






36. Tx for Babesia






37. Picornaviruses






38. Parasite: Liver cysts






39. HIV - Hairy leukoplakia; often on lateral tongue






40. Food contaminated with eggs; causes granulomas (in in retina -> blindness) and visceral larva migrans






41. Yaws






42. Fungal infection with rhinocerebral - frontal lobe abscesses






43. Rhinovirus






44. Treatment for local infection by systemic mycoses






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






46. Used in RSV to neutralize F protein






47. Tx of Paragonimus westermani






48. Cytotoxin B






49. HDV






50. Mumps