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Microbiology 2

Subject : health-sciences
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Parasite: Liver cysts






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






3. Filoviruses






4. Tx for neurocystercercosis






5. Rash spreads from head to toe






6. Orthomyxoviruses






7. River blindness






8. Exotoxin A






9. HIV - Hairy leukoplakia; often on lateral tongue






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






11. Organisms causing rash on palms and soles






12. Tx for Taenid solium






13. Treatment for systemic candida infection






14. Maltese cross in RBC






15. Deltaviruses






16. HIV - TB like dz CD4<50






17. 'swiss cheese' appearance in brain






18. Tx for RSV






19. dsRNA segmented virus






20. Triad of chorioretinitis - hydrocephalus - intracranial calcifications






21. Food contaminated with eggs; causes granulomas (in in retina -> blindness) and visceral larva migrans






22. Giant roundworm






23. Protozoa: Severe diarrhea in AIDS - mild dz in non - immunocompromised






24. Warthin - Finkeldy giant cell






25. Treatment for Tinea versicolor






26. Tx for Toxocara canis






27. Cytotoxin B






28. Eaton's agar






29. Tx for Loa Loa






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






31. Sabouraud's agar






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






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






34. Protozoa: Brain abscess in HIV






35. Councilman bodies (acidophilic inclusions) in liver






36. Enterotoxin A






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






38. Coronaviruses






39. Optochin






40. Cytotoxin B






41. St. Louis encephalitis






42. Rhinovirus






43. Rhabdoviruses






44. Diphtheria toxin: Plasmid - lysogeny - bacterial chromosome?






45. Lassa fever encephalitis






46. Poliovirus






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






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






49. West nile virus






50. Tx of Clonorchis sinensis