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Microbiology 2

Subject : health-sciences
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1. In drinking water; skin inflammation and ulceration.






2. Treatment for Sporothrix schenckii






3. Causes inflammation of the biliary tract -> pigmented gallstones






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






5. HCV






6. Echovirus






7. St. Louis encephalitis






8. Deltaviruses






9. Western equine encephalitis






10. All contain surface F 'fusion' protein






11. Togavirus






12. Rhabdoviruses






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






14. Tx of Paragonimus westermani






15. Generalized lymphadenopathy particularly postauricular and occipital






16. IgA protease






17. Tx for Wuchereria bancrofti






18. Optochin






19. C. tetani exotoxin: Plasmid - lysogeny - bacterial chromosome?






20. Parasite: Hematuria - bladder CA






21. 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.






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






23. Tx for Babesia






24. Tx for Leishmania donovani






25. Periorbital edema






26. West nile virus






27. High fever - black vomitus - jaundice






28. Novobiocin






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






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






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






32. Parasite: Microcytic anemia






33. Councilman bodies (acidophilic inclusions) in liver






34. dsRNA segmented virus






35. Ebola/Marburg hemorrhagic fever






36. Fungal infection with rhinocerebral - frontal lobe abscesses






37. RSV






38. Transmitted by deer fly - horse fly - and mango fly; causes swelling in skin (can see worm crawling in conjunctiva)






39. Pinworm






40. Alpha toxin






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






42. Coronaviruses






43. Rash spreads from head to toe






44. River blindness






45. Rubella






46. Mucicarmine






47. Tx for RSV






48. HIV - Superficial neoplastic proliferation of vasculature; biopsy reveals lymphocytic inflammation






49. Protozoa: Brain abscess in HIV






50. Cytotoxin B