Test your basic knowledge |

Microbiology 2

Instructions:

Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.

1. Tx of Paragonimus westermani
Group A beta - hemolytic strep (S. pyogenes) sensitive. Group B (S. agalactiae) resistant.
Praziquantel
Onchocerca volvulus
Nystatin

2. Protein A
Coxackie A - syphilis - Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Leishmania donovani
S. aureus. Binds Fc region of Ig. Prevents opsonization and phagocytosis.
Enveloped - SS+ - linear - icosahedral

3. HTLV
Retrovirus
Coxackie A - syphilis - Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Cryptosporidium spp.
Naegleria fowleri

4. Undercooked fish
Clonorchis sinensis
Rubella
Diethylcarbamazine
Enveloped - SS - - circular - 2 segments - helical

5. High fever - black vomitus - jaundice
Paramyxovirus
Erythromycin
Bacterial chromosome
Yellow fever

6. Eaton's agar
Orthomyxovirus
Mycoplasma pneumonia
Yellow fever
Leishmania donovani

7. Tx for Wuchereria bancrofti
Rubeola
JC virus (PML) results in demyelination
Diethylcarbamazine
CMV

8. Cytotoxin B
Taenid solium
Cryptococcus neoformans
Enveloped - SS - - circular - 3 segments - helical
C. Difficile

9. 'Soap bubble' lesion in brain
Metronidazole
Group A beta - hemolytic strep (S. pyogenes) sensitive. Group B (S. agalactiae) resistant.
Cryptococcus neoformans
Trypanosoma (T. gambiense - T. rhodiesiense); African sleeping sickness

10. Novobiocin
S. epidermidis sensitive. S. saprophyticus resistant.
Doxycycline - ceftriaxone
Trichinella spiralis
Toxoplasma gondii

11. Erythrogenic exotoxin of strep pyogenes: Plasmid - lysogeny - bacterial chromosome?
Arenavirus - spread by mice
Watery diarrhea
Filovirus
Lysogeny

12. Giant roundworm
Pneumocystis jiroveci
Rubeola
Ascaris lumbricoides
Stains cryptococcus neoformans red

13. Bacitracin
Group A beta - hemolytic strep (S. pyogenes) sensitive. Group B (S. agalactiae) resistant.
Diethylcarbamazine
Giardia lamblia
Rubeola

14. Mucicarmine
Enveloped - SS - - linear - Helical
Cleaves host cell rRNA (inactivates 60S ribosome); enhances cytokine release - causing HUS.
Stains cryptococcus neoformans red
Diethylcarbamazine

15. HIV - Abscesses - ring - enhancing lesions on imaging
Quinine - clindamycin
Toxocara canis
Picornavirus
Toxoplasma gondii

16. HCV
Flavivirus
Heart block - bilateral Bell's palsy
DS linear 10-12 segments
Invasive aspergillosis

17. Councilman bodies (acidophilic inclusions) in liver
Trichinella spiralis
Cleaves IgA. S. pneumoniae - H. influenzae type B - Neisseria (SHiN) in order to colonize respiratory mucosa.
Clonorchis sinensis
Yellow fever

18. Undercooked crab meat; causes inflammation and secondary bacterial infection of the lung - causing hemoptysis
Paramyxovirus
Picornavirus
Rubeola
Paragonimus westermani

19. Rubella
ADP ribosylating A- B toxin inactivates EF-2
Cryptococcus neoformans
Pneumocystis jiroveci
Togavirus

20. C. tetani exotoxin: Plasmid - lysogeny - bacterial chromosome?
No envelope - SS + linear - Icosahedral
Plasmid
S. epidermidis sensitive. S. saprophyticus resistant.
Enveloped - SS - - linear - Helical

21. Colorado tick fever
Lysogeny
Ceftriaxone
Ribavirin
Reovirus

22. 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.
Picornavirus
Schistosoma
Togavirus
Ribavirin

23. Transmitted by female blackflies; causes hyperpigmented skin. Can have allergic reaction to microfilaria
S. aureus. Binds Fc region of Ig. Prevents opsonization and phagocytosis.
Onchocerca volvulus
Filovirus
Coxackie A - syphilis - Rocky Mountain spotted fever

24. Botulinum exotoxin: Plasmid - lysogeny - bacterial chromosome?
C. Difficile
Enterobius vermicularis
Orthomyxovirus
Lysogeny

25. Protozoa: Bloody diarrhea - liver abscess - RUQ pain
Entamoeba histolytica
Echinococcus granulosus
Schistosoma mansoni
Picornavirus

26. Cholangiocarcinoma
Cleaves host cell rRNA (inactivates 60S ribosome); enhances cytokine release - causing HUS.
Togavirus
Amphotericin B
Clonorchis sinensis

27. Protozoa: Bloating - flatulence - foul - smelling - fatty diarrhea
Arenavirus - spread by mice
Enveloped - SS - - linear - nonsegmented - Helical
Giardia lamblia
Toxoplasma gondii

28. Echovirus
Praziquantel
Praziquantel
T. pertenue
Most common cause of aseptic meningitis

29. Female mosquito; causes blockage of lymphatic vessels (elephantitis). Takes 9 months to 1 year after bite to get elephantiasis sx.
Trichomonas vaginalis
Wuchereria bancrofti
CMV
Rifampin

30. Treatment for Sporothrix schenckii
Flavivirus
Itraconazole or potassium iodide
Rubella
HHV-6 (Roseola)

31. Opportunistic fungal infection in ketoacidotic diabetic or leukemic patients
Cryptococcus neoformans
Clonorchis sinensis
Calicivirus
Mucor or Rhizopus spp.

32. HIV - Encephalopathy
Ivermectin
Flavivirus
C. Difficile
JC virus (PML) results in demyelination

33. Protozoa: Rapidly fatal meningoencephalitis
Enveloped - SS - - circular - 3 segments - helical
Group A streptococcus. Helps prevent phagocytosis.
Orthomyxovirus
Naegleria fowleri

34. Enlarged lymph nodes - recurring fever (d/t Ag variation) - somnolence - coma
Enveloped - SS - - linear - nonsegmented - Helical
Paragonimus westermani
Sodium stibogluconate
Trypanosoma (T. gambiense - T. rhodiesiense); African sleeping sickness

35. Kala - azar: spiking fevers - hepatosplenomegaly - pancytopenia
Dracunculus medinensis
Nystatin
Leishmania donovani
Colonic epithelial cell necrosis and stimulation of fibrin deposition

36. Triad of chorioretinitis - hydrocephalus - intracranial calcifications
Cleaves IgA. S. pneumoniae - H. influenzae type B - Neisseria (SHiN) in order to colonize respiratory mucosa.
Enveloped - SS - - linear - Helical
T. pertenue
Congenital Toxoplasma gondii

37. Orthomyxoviruses
Yellow fever
Babesia
Palivizumab
Enveloped - SS - - linear - 8 segments - Helical

38. Tx for Trichomonas vaginalis
Togavirus
Congenital Toxoplasma gondii
Metronidazole
Paramyxoviruses

39. Tx for Leishmania donovani
Sodium stibogluconate
Enveloped - SS - - linear - Helical
Rubeola
P. falciparum

40. HIV - Pneumonia CD4<200
S. epidermidis sensitive. S. saprophyticus resistant.
Pneumocystis jiroveci
DS linear 10-12 segments
Wuchereria bancrofti

41. Reovirus
No envelope
Yellow fever
P. vivax/ovale
Congenital Toxoplasma gondii

42. Lyme disease

43. Ebola/Marburg hemorrhagic fever
Filovirus
Yellow fever
Toxocara canis
Babesia

44. Echovirus
Mucor or Rhizopus spp.
Picornavirus
Enveloped - SS + - Icosahedral
Praziquantel

45. Parainfluenza - croup
Yellow fever
S. epidermidis sensitive. S. saprophyticus resistant.
Rubeola
Paramyxovirus

46. Cycles occuring every other day; dormant form in liver -> tx w/primaquine
Metronidazole
Ancylostoma - Necator
Rubeola
P. vivax/ovale

47. RSV
Paramyxovirus
Rubella
EBV
Reovirus

48. Prophylaxis in close contacts of pts w/Haemophilus influenzae meningitis
Congenital Toxoplasma gondii
Rifampin
Trichinella spiralis
Congenital rubella

49. Tx for Babesia
Cryptosporidium
Paramyxovirus
Clonorchis sinensis
Quinine - clindamycin

50. Corynebacterium diptheria toxin
Enveloped - SS + - Icosahedral
ADP ribosylating A- B toxin inactivates EF-2
Rifampin
Paramyxovirus