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Microbiology 2

Subject : health-sciences
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1. Shiga toxin: Plasmid - lysogeny - bacterial chromosome?






2. Fever then rash






3. Undercooked meat (pork)






4. Echovirus






5. Treatment for systemic infection by systemic mycoses






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






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






8. Fungal infection with rhinocerebral - frontal lobe abscesses






9. Dengue fever






10. Novobiocin






11. Treatment for local infection by systemic mycoses






12. Larvae penetrateskin of feet; intestinal infection can cause anemia (suck blood from intestinal walls).






13. Parasite: Liver cysts






14. Cellulitis from animal bite






15. Tx for Taenid solium






16. Triad of chorioretinitis - hydrocephalus - intracranial calcifications






17. Eggs visible in feces; intestinal infection






18. Sabouraud's agar






19. Togavirus






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






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






22. Used in RSV to neutralize F protein






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






24. Retroviruses






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






26. Sandfly/Rift valley fevers






27. Flavivirus






28. Warthin - Finkeldy giant cell






29. Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis






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






31. Ingestion of larvae encysted in undercooked pork. Cysticercosis and neurocysticercosis - mass lesions in brain.






32. HIV - TB like dz CD4<50






33. Lassa fever encephalitis






34. Eastern equine encephalitis






35. RSV






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






37. Crimean - Congo hemorrhagic fever






38. Alpha toxin






39. Tx for Lyme dz






40. HIV - Pleuritic pain - hemoptysis - infiltrates on imaging






41. Inflammation of muscle (larvae encyst in muscle)






42. Tx for neurocystercercosis






43. River blindness






44. Severe congenital infection






45. Protein A






46. Opportunistic fungal infection in ketoacidotic diabetic or leukemic patients






47. Tx for Babesia






48. Reovirus






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






50. Filoviruses