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Microbiology 2

Subject : health-sciences
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Transmitted by female blackflies; causes hyperpigmented skin. Can have allergic reaction to microfilaria






2. Retroviruses






3. Undercooked meat (pork)






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






5. Undercooked fish






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






7. Ebola/Marburg hemorrhagic fever






8. Influenza virus






9. HIV - Chronic watery diarrhea; acid - fast cysts seen in stool






10. Tx for Pseudomonas aeruginosa






11. Tx for Taenid solium






12. Mucicarmine






13. Dengue fever






14. Severe congenital infection






15. LCMV - lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus






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






17. Botulinum exotoxin: Plasmid - lysogeny - bacterial chromosome?






18. Periorbital edema






19. Enterotoxin A






20. Flavivirus






21. Sandfly/Rift valley fevers






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






23. Tx for RSV






24. Norwalk virus - viral gastroenteritis






25. Parasite: Hematuria - bladder CA






26. Deltaviruses






27. HIV - Retinitis; cotton - wool spots on funduscopic exam






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






29. Lassa fever encephalitis






30. Rubeola






31. Western equine encephalitis






32. All contain surface F 'fusion' protein






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






34. Tx for Leishmania donovani






35. Yaws






36. Food contaminated with eggs; intestinal infection; causes anal pruritis






37. Rash preceded by cough - coryza - conjunctivitis






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






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






40. HCV






41. Snails are host






42. Tx for Wuchereria bancrofti






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






44. HIV - Squamous cell carcinoma; often in anus (MSM) or cervix (females)






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






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






47. Tx for Diphyllobothrium latum






48. Undercooked crab meat; causes inflammation and secondary bacterial infection of the lung - causing hemoptysis






49. Tx of Schistosoma






50. Bacitracin