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Microbiology 2
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1. Alpha toxin
Nifurtimox
Clostridium difficile - gas gangrene - double zone of hemolysis on blood agar
Enveloped - SS - - linear - 8 segments - Helical
S. pneumoniae sensitive - S. viridans resistant
2. Parasite: Microcytic anemia
Arenavirus - spread by mice
Ancylostoma - Necator
Leishmania donovani
DS linear 10-12 segments
3. Tx for Trichomonas vaginalis
Metronidazole
Leishmania donovani
HPV
Rubeola
4. Diphtheria toxin: Plasmid - lysogeny - bacterial chromosome?
Plasmid
Trichinella spiralis
Lysogeny
EBV
5. Colorado tick fever
S. epidermidis sensitive. S. saprophyticus resistant.
Reovirus
DS linear 10-12 segments
S. aureus. Binds Fc region of Ig. Prevents opsonization and phagocytosis.
6. Dengue fever
Trypanosoma (T. gambiense - T. rhodiesiense); African sleeping sickness
Flavivirus
Praziquantel
Picornavirus
7. West nile virus
Coxiella burnetti
Flavivirus
Palivizumab
Trichinella spiralis
8. Enterotoxin A
Orthomyxovirus
Watery diarrhea
Picornavirus
No envelope
9. Treatment for Haemophilus influenzae meningitis
Babesia
P. vivax/ovale
Enveloped - SS+ - linear - icosahedral
Ceftriaxone
10. LCMV - lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus
Arenavirus
Topical miconazole - selenium sulfide
Bunyavirus
P. falciparum
11. Sabouraud's agar
Stains cryptococcus neoformans red
Bartonella henselae (bacillary angiomatosis)
Ancylostoma - Necator
Cryptococcus neoformans
12. Rash preceded by cough - coryza - conjunctivitis
Rubeola
Babesia
Arenavirus
Ribavirin
13. Tx for Legionella pneumophila
Enveloped - SS+ - linear - icosahedral
Paramyxovirus
Erythromycin
EBV
14. Lassa fever encephalitis
Palivizumab
Arenavirus - spread by mice
Ceftriaxone
Calicivirus
15. Ebola/Marburg hemorrhagic fever
Praziquantel
Babesia
Filovirus
No envelope
16. Deltaviruses
Flavivirus
Arenavirus - spread by mice
Enveloped - SS - - circular - helical
EBV
17. Shiga toxin
Cleaves host cell rRNA (inactivates 60S ribosome); enhances cytokine release - causing HUS.
Orthomyxovirus
Aminoglycoside plus extended spectrum penicillin (piperacillin - ticarcillin)
Reovirus
18. Maltese cross in RBC
Aminoglycoside plus extended spectrum penicillin (piperacillin - ticarcillin)
Lysogeny
Babesia
Bunyavirus
19. Eaton's agar
Mycoplasma pneumonia
Enterobius vermicularis
Enveloped - SS - - linear - nonsegmented - Helical
Paramyxovirus
20. Eggs visible in feces; intestinal infection
Flavivirus
Paramyxoviruses
Orthomyxovirus
Ascaris lumbricoides
21. High fever - black vomitus - jaundice
Yellow fever
Most common cause of aseptic meningitis
Clonorchis sinensis
Rubeola
22. Treatment for systemic infection by systemic mycoses
Cryptococcus neoformans
No envelope
Amphotericin B
Trichinella spiralis
23. California encephalitis
Calicivirus
Picornavirus
Bunyavirus
Necator americanus
24. Tx for Wuchereria bancrofti
Praziquantel
Cryptococcus neoformans
Babesia
Diethylcarbamazine
25. HIV - Chronic watery diarrhea; acid - fast cysts seen in stool
Toxoplasma gondii
Enveloped - SS+ - linear - icosahedral
bendazoles
Cryptosporidium spp.
26. Warthin - Finkeldy giant cell
Trichinella spiralis
Pathognomonic for measles or live attenuated vaccine
Rubella
Doxycycline - ceftriaxone
27. Hantavirus
Bunyavirus - hemorrhagic fever - pneumonia
Calicivirus
Doxycycline - ceftriaxone
Togavirus
28. 'swiss cheese' appearance in brain
Rubeola
Bunyavirus
Taenid solium
Toxocara canis
29. Cholangiocarcinoma
Clonorchis sinensis
Naegleria fowleri
Calicivirus
Watery diarrhea
30. RSV
Enveloped - SS - - circular - 3 segments - helical
Paramyxovirus
T. pertenue
EBV
31. Fungal infection with rhinocerebral - frontal lobe abscesses
Mucor or Rhizopus spp.
Enveloped - SS - - linear - Helical
Trichinella spiralis
Wuchereria bancrofti
32. Calicivirus
No envelope - SS + linear - Icosahedral
CMV
Flavivirus
Cryptosporidium spp.
33. Yellow fever
Togavirus
Lysogeny
Flavivirus
Ascaris lumbricoides
34. IgA protease
Cleaves IgA. S. pneumoniae - H. influenzae type B - Neisseria (SHiN) in order to colonize respiratory mucosa.
Pathognomonic for measles or live attenuated vaccine
Congenital Toxoplasma gondii
Rubella
35. Eggs in dog feces when ingested can cause cysts in liver; causes anaphylaxis if Ags are released from cysts (surgeons inject ethanol before removal to neutralize Ags).
Nifurtimox
Echinococcus granulosus
Pseudomonas - inactivates EF-2
Praziquantel
36. Retroviruses
Enveloped - SS + - Icosahedral
Sodium stibogluconate
Picornavirus
Orthomyxovirus
37. Treatment for Tinea versicolor
Fluconazole or ketoconazole
Topical miconazole - selenium sulfide
Aseptic meningitis - herpangina - mycarditis
Picornavirus
38. Shuffner dots
P. vivax/ovale
Ivermectin
Dracunculus medinensis
Cleaves host cell rRNA (inactivates 60S ribosome); enhances cytokine release - causing HUS.
39. Opportunistic fungal infection in ketoacidotic diabetic or leukemic patients
Cleaves IgA. S. pneumoniae - H. influenzae type B - Neisseria (SHiN) in order to colonize respiratory mucosa.
Enveloped - SS - - circular - 2 segments - helical
ADP ribosylating A- B toxin inactivates EF-2
Mucor or Rhizopus spp.
40. Novobiocin
Onchocerca volvulus
Toxoplasma gondii
Enveloped - SS + - Icosahedral
S. epidermidis sensitive. S. saprophyticus resistant.
41. Triad of chorioretinitis - hydrocephalus - intracranial calcifications
No envelope - SS + linear - Icosahedral
Congenital Toxoplasma gondii
Group A streptococcus. Helps prevent phagocytosis.
Most common cause of aseptic meningitis
42. Undercooked meat (pork)
Nifurtimox
Clonorchis sinensis
Trichinella spiralis
T. pertenue
43. Orthomyxoviruses
Enveloped - SS - - linear - 8 segments - Helical
Lysogeny
Sodium stibogluconate
Invasive aspergillosis
44. Food contaminated with eggs; causes granulomas (in in retina -> blindness) and visceral larva migrans
Toxocara canis
Reovirus
P. vivax/ovale
Mucor or Rhizopus spp.
45. Tx for Echinococcus granulosus
bendazoles
Lysogeny
Bunyavirus
Coxackie A - syphilis - Rocky Mountain spotted fever
46. Councilman bodies (acidophilic inclusions) in liver
Nifurtimox
Entamoeba histolytica
Yellow fever
Naegleria fowleri
47. Treatment for Sporothrix schenckii
Rifampin
Itraconazole or potassium iodide
Paramyxovirus
Reovirus
48. Coxackievirus
Picornavirus
Ascaris lumbricoides
Pasteurella multocida
Clonorchis sinensis
49. Fever then rash
HHV-6 (Roseola)
Giardia lamblia
C. Difficile
Bunyavirus
50. Tx of Schistosoma
Praziquantel
Most common cause of aseptic meningitis
Bunyavirus - hemorrhagic fever - pneumonia
JC virus (PML) results in demyelination