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Microbiology 2

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1. Treatment for Haemophilus influenzae meningitis
bendazoles
Ceftriaxone
Diethylcarbamazine
Bunyavirus

2. St. Louis encephalitis
Lysogeny
Ascaris lumbricoides
Flavivirus
Orthomyxovirus

3. Treatment for Tinea versicolor
Trichomonas vaginalis
Topical miconazole - selenium sulfide
Trichinella spiralis
Bunyavirus

4. Giant roundworm
Praziquantel
Bacterial chromosome
Ascaris lumbricoides
Rubeola

5. Filoviruses
Trichinella spiralis
No envelope - SS + linear - Icosahedral
Enveloped - SS - - linear - Helical
Babesia

6. Protozoa: Bloating - flatulence - foul - smelling - fatty diarrhea
Lysogeny
Onchocerca volvulus
Trypanosoma (T. gambiense - T. rhodiesiense); African sleeping sickness
Giardia lamblia

7. HIV - Meningitis; India ink stain reveals narrow - based budding
Rifampin
Enveloped - SS - - linear - 8 segments - Helical
Naegleria fowleri
Cryptococcus neoformans

8. Triad of chorioretinitis - hydrocephalus - intracranial calcifications
Cryptococcus neoformans
Reovirus
Congenital Toxoplasma gondii
Praziquantel

9. Erythrogenic exotoxin of strep pyogenes: Plasmid - lysogeny - bacterial chromosome?
Mucor or Rhizopus spp.
Clonorchis sinensis
Colonic epithelial cell necrosis and stimulation of fibrin deposition
Lysogeny

10. Dengue fever
CMV
Flavivirus
Group A beta - hemolytic strep (S. pyogenes) sensitive. Group B (S. agalactiae) resistant.
Ancylostoma - Necator

11. Bacitracin
No envelope - SS + linear - Icosahedral
Group A beta - hemolytic strep (S. pyogenes) sensitive. Group B (S. agalactiae) resistant.
Mucor or Rhizopus spp.
Bunyavirus

12. Mucicarmine
Stains cryptococcus neoformans red
Enveloped - SS + - Icosahedral
Necator americanus
Trypanosoma (T. gambiense - T. rhodiesiense); African sleeping sickness

13. Tx for Legionella pneumophila
S. pneumoniae sensitive - S. viridans resistant
Aseptic meningitis - herpangina - mycarditis
Rubeola
Erythromycin

14. IgA protease
Enterobius vermicularis
Cleaves IgA. S. pneumoniae - H. influenzae type B - Neisseria (SHiN) in order to colonize respiratory mucosa.
Cleaves host cell rRNA (inactivates 60S ribosome); enhances cytokine release - causing HUS.
Bunyavirus - hemorrhagic fever - pneumonia

15. Rotavirus
Togavirus
bendazoles
Paramyxoviruses
Reovirus

16. Shuffner dots
P. vivax/ovale
Paramyxoviruses
HHV-6 (Roseola)
Pseudomonas - inactivates EF-2

17. HIV - Superficial neoplastic proliferation of vasculature; biopsy reveals lymphocytic inflammation
Amphotericin B
Sodium stibogluconate
Schistosoma mansoni
HHV-8

18. Snails are host
Reovirus
Babesia
Schistosoma
HHV-8

19. HIV - TB like dz CD4<50
Rubeola
Most common cause of aseptic meningitis
Filovirus
Mycobacterium avium - intracellulare

20. HAV
Cryptococcus neoformans
Coxackie A - syphilis - Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Picornavirus
Ancylostoma - Necator

21. Yellow fever
Aminoglycoside plus extended spectrum penicillin (piperacillin - ticarcillin)
Flavivirus
C. Difficile
Trypansoma cruzi. Chagas dz - S. America

22. HIV - Interstitial pneumonia; biopsy reveals cells with intranuclear and cytoplasmic inclusion bodies
Itraconazole or potassium iodide
Reovirus
CMV
Toxoplasma gondii

23. Parasite: Portal hypertension
Schistosoma mansoni
Itraconazole or potassium iodide
Lysogeny
Paramyxovirus

24. 'Soap bubble' lesion in brain
Colonic epithelial cell necrosis and stimulation of fibrin deposition
Loa Loa
Cryptococcus neoformans
Naegleria fowleri

25. Protozoa: Bloody diarrhea - liver abscess - RUQ pain
T. pertenue
Entamoeba histolytica
Cryptosporidium
bendazoles

26. Tx for Trypanosoma cruzi
bendazoles
Filovirus
Reovirus
Nifurtimox

27. Bunyaviruses
Paramyxovirus
Onchocerca volvulus
Enveloped - SS - - circular - 3 segments - helical
Stains cryptococcus neoformans red

28. Tx for Toxocara canis
Enveloped - SS - - linear - nonsegmented - Helical
Nystatin
Diethylcarbamazine
Lysogeny

29. HCV
Metronidazole
Praziquantel
Flavivirus
Heart block - bilateral Bell's palsy

30. Parasite: Liver cysts
Schistosoma mansoni
Echinococcus granulosus
Cryptococcus neoformans
Enveloped - SS + - Icosahedral

31. Dilated cardiomyopathy - megacolon - megaesophagus
Diethylcarbamazine
Clonorchis sinensis
Trypansoma cruzi. Chagas dz - S. America
Trichinella spiralis

32. Tx for Taenid solium
Praziquantel
Clonorchis sinensis
Strongyloides stercoralis
No envelope

33. Prophylaxis in close contacts of pts w/Haemophilus influenzae meningitis
Coxiella burnetti
Rifampin
Heart block - bilateral Bell's palsy
Entamoeba histolytica

34. Opportunistic fungal infection in ketoacidotic diabetic or leukemic patients
Doxycycline - ceftriaxone
Flavivirus
Mucor or Rhizopus spp.
HHV-6 (Roseola)

35. Maltese cross in RBC
Enveloped - SS - - linear - nonsegmented - Helical
Babesia
Plasmid
Diethylcarbamazine

36. Tx for neurocystercercosis
Onchocerca volvulus
Rubeola
bendazoles
HHV-6 (Roseola)

37. Rash preceded by cough - coryza - conjunctivitis
Praziquantel
Lysogeny
Flavivirus
Rubeola

38. Treatment for systemic infection by systemic mycoses
Rifampin
Loa Loa
Nifurtimox
Amphotericin B

39. Severe congenital infection
P. vivax/ovale
HPV
Entamoeba histolytica
Rubella

40. LCMV - lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus
Arenavirus
Lysogeny
Cleaves host cell rRNA (inactivates 60S ribosome); enhances cytokine release - causing HUS.
Babesia

41. In drinking water; skin inflammation and ulceration.
DS linear 10-12 segments
Colonic epithelial cell necrosis and stimulation of fibrin deposition
Invasive aspergillosis
Dracunculus medinensis

42. Enterotoxin A
Enveloped - SS - - linear - Helical
Clonorchis sinensis
Onchocerca volvulus
Watery diarrhea

43. 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).
Enveloped - SS - - linear - Helical
No envelope - SS + linear - Icosahedral
Echinococcus granulosus
C. Difficile

44. Botulinum exotoxin: Plasmid - lysogeny - bacterial chromosome?
Enterobius vermicularis
Picornavirus
Lysogeny
Mucor or Rhizopus spp.

45. Tx of Schistosoma
Enveloped - SS + - Icosahedral
Pneumocystis jiroveci
Enveloped - SS - - circular - helical
Praziquantel

46. Shiga toxin: Plasmid - lysogeny - bacterial chromosome?
Bacterial chromosome
Paramyxovirus
P. vivax/ovale
Togavirus

47. RSV
Cryptococcus neoformans
Coxiella burnetti
Paramyxovirus
Flavivirus

48. 'swiss cheese' appearance in brain
Rubella
Taenid solium
Flavivirus
Cryptosporidium spp.

49. Corynebacterium diptheria toxin
Bunyavirus
ADP ribosylating A- B toxin inactivates EF-2
Watery diarrhea
Cleaves host cell rRNA (inactivates 60S ribosome); enhances cytokine release - causing HUS.

50. Rhinovirus
Strongyloides stercoralis
Picornavirus
Nonenveloped - SS + - Icosahedral
Schistosoma mansoni