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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. Crimean - Congo hemorrhagic fever






3. Rubeola






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






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






6. Rubella






7. Corynebacterium diptheria toxin






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






9. Tx for Wuchereria bancrofti






10. Sabouraud's agar






11. Treatment for Sporothrix schenckii






12. Tx for Echinococcus granulosus






13. Arenaviruses






14. Tx for Diphyllobothrium latum






15. Cellulitis from animal bite






16. Mucicarmine






17. Tx for Legionella pneumophila






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






19. Inflammation of muscle (larvae encyst in muscle)






20. Tx of Clonorchis sinensis






21. Protozoa: Brain abscess in HIV






22. Shuffner dots






23. RSV






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






25. Fever and hemolytic anemia; predominantly in NE USA






26. Protein A






27. Enlarged lymph nodes - recurring fever (d/t Ag variation) - somnolence - coma






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






29. Opportunistic fungal infection in ketoacidotic diabetic or leukemic patients






30. Western equine encephalitis






31. HTLV






32. St. Louis encephalitis






33. Parainfluenza - croup






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






35. Tx for Trypanosoma cruzi






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






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






38. Orthomyxoviruses






39. Novobiocin






40. Organisms causing rash on palms and soles






41. Eastern equine encephalitis






42. Sandfly/Rift valley fevers






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






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






45. HIV - Pneumonia CD4<200






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






47. Tx of Schistosoma






48. Tx for Toxocara canis






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






50. River blindness