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Microbiology 2
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1. Larvae in soil penetrate skin; lung sx; intestinal infection; causes vomiting - diarrhea - and anemia - abdominal bloating - weight loss.
Arenavirus - spread by mice
Strongyloides stercoralis
Trichinella spiralis
Schistosoma mansoni
2. Fever then rash
Cryptosporidium spp.
Picornavirus
HHV-6 (Roseola)
Nifurtimox
3. Inflammation of muscle (larvae encyst in muscle)
Rifampin
Trichinella spiralis
Strongyloides stercoralis
Colonic epithelial cell necrosis and stimulation of fibrin deposition
4. Rash spreads from head to toe
Rubeola
Ascaris lumbricoides
Toxoplasma gondii
Trypansoma cruzi. Chagas dz - S. America
5. Triad of chorioretinitis - hydrocephalus - intracranial calcifications
Diethylcarbamazine
Nifurtimox
Amphotericin B
Congenital Toxoplasma gondii
6. Protozoa: Bloody diarrhea - liver abscess - RUQ pain
Entamoeba histolytica
Cryptococcus neoformans
Togavirus
Flavivirus
7. Calicivirus
Enveloped - SS+ - linear - icosahedral
Enterobius vermicularis
No envelope - SS + linear - Icosahedral
Reovirus
8. Ebola/Marburg hemorrhagic fever
Filovirus
ADP ribosylating A- B toxin inactivates EF-2
Babesia
Ancylostoma duodenale - Necator americanus
9. Optochin
Rubella
Enveloped - SS - - linear - Helical
S. pneumoniae sensitive - S. viridans resistant
Entamoeba histolytica
10. Transmitted by female blackflies; causes hyperpigmented skin. Can have allergic reaction to microfilaria
Echinococcus granulosus
Schistosoma
Onchocerca volvulus
Paramyxovirus
11. Protozoa: Rapidly fatal meningoencephalitis
Plasmid
Trichinella spiralis
Itraconazole or potassium iodide
Naegleria fowleri
12. Pinworm
Yellow fever
Enterobius vermicularis
Strongyloides stercoralis
Rubella
13. Eaton's agar
Mycoplasma pneumonia
Nifurtimox
Flavivirus
Schistosoma mansoni
14. Rickettsia transmitted by aerosol; no rash - no vector - neg Weil - Felix
Clonorchis sinensis
Picornavirus
Heart block - bilateral Bell's palsy
Coxiella burnetti
15. High fever - black vomitus - jaundice
Yellow fever
Group A beta - hemolytic strep (S. pyogenes) sensitive. Group B (S. agalactiae) resistant.
Diethylcarbamazine
Coxiella burnetti
16. River blindness
Picornavirus
Onchocerca volvulus
Enveloped - SS - - linear - 8 segments - Helical
Cryptosporidium spp.
17. IgA protease
Necator americanus
Flavivirus
Babesia
Cleaves IgA. S. pneumoniae - H. influenzae type B - Neisseria (SHiN) in order to colonize respiratory mucosa.
18. HAV
Diethylcarbamazine
Picornavirus
Coxackie A - syphilis - Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Togavirus
19. Severe; daily cycles; parasitized RBCs occlude capillaries in brain - kidneys - lungs
Bunyavirus
Dracunculus medinensis
P. falciparum
Babesia
20. HIV - Pleuritic pain - hemoptysis - infiltrates on imaging
Invasive aspergillosis
Diphyllobothrium latum
Cryptosporidium spp.
Loa Loa
21. Generalized lymphadenopathy particularly postauricular and occipital
Rubeola
Praziquantel
Yellow fever
Rubella
22. Treatment for local infection by systemic mycoses
Fluconazole or ketoconazole
Quinine - clindamycin
Invasive aspergillosis
Yellow fever
23. Ocular problems (cataracts - retinopathy - micropthalmos - glaucoma) - cardiovascular problems (PDA - VSD - pulmonary stenosis) - deafness - thrombocytopenia purpura - hepatosplenomegaly - CNS problems - bony lesions
P. falciparum
Plasmid
Congenital rubella
Dracunculus medinensis
24. 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.
T. pertenue
Schistosoma
Colonic epithelial cell necrosis and stimulation of fibrin deposition
Plasmid
25. Tx for RSV
Giardia lamblia
Ribavirin
Yellow fever
DS linear 10-12 segments
26. RSV
Enveloped - SS+ - linear - icosahedral
Enveloped - SS + - Icosahedral
Watery diarrhea
Paramyxovirus
27. HDV
Quinine - clindamycin
Palivizumab
Icosohedral (double)
Deltavirus
28. Alpha toxin
Echinococcus granulosus
Mucor or Rhizopus spp.
Fluconazole or ketoconazole
Clostridium difficile - gas gangrene - double zone of hemolysis on blood agar
29. Transmitted by deer fly - horse fly - and mango fly; causes swelling in skin (can see worm crawling in conjunctiva)
Loa Loa
Stains cryptococcus neoformans red
Schistosoma
Bunyavirus
30. Tx for neurocystercercosis
bendazoles
Mucor or Rhizopus spp.
C. Difficile
Trichinella spiralis
31. Prophylaxis in close contacts of pts w/Haemophilus influenzae meningitis
Rifampin
Onchocerca volvulus
Fluconazole or ketoconazole
Heart block - bilateral Bell's palsy
32. HCV
Reovirus
Flavivirus
Loa Loa
Picornavirus
33. 'swiss cheese' appearance in brain
Taenid solium
Diethylcarbamazine
Toxocara canis
Enveloped - SS - - linear - Helical
34. HIV - TB like dz CD4<50
Loa Loa
Mycobacterium avium - intracellulare
Praziquantel
Ivermectin
35. Cytotoxin B
Colonic epithelial cell necrosis and stimulation of fibrin deposition
Picornavirus
Enterobius vermicularis
Babesia
36. 5- day rash
Loa Loa
Enveloped - SS - - circular - 2 segments - helical
Rubeola
Paramyxovirus
37. Dengue fever
Group A beta - hemolytic strep (S. pyogenes) sensitive. Group B (S. agalactiae) resistant.
Strongyloides stercoralis
Group A streptococcus. Helps prevent phagocytosis.
Flavivirus
38. Shiga toxin
CMV
Babesia
Cleaves host cell rRNA (inactivates 60S ribosome); enhances cytokine release - causing HUS.
HPV
39. All contain surface F 'fusion' protein
P. vivax/ovale
Togavirus
Paramyxoviruses
Stains cryptococcus neoformans red
40. Treatment for systemic candida infection
Enveloped - SS - - linear - Helical
Amphotericin B
Ceftriaxone
Picornavirus
41. O Ag of Salmonella: Plasmid - lysogeny - bacterial chromosome?
Nystatin
Fluconazole or ketoconazole
Echinococcus granulosus
Lysogeny
42. St. Louis encephalitis
Wuchereria bancrofti
Reovirus
Ascaris lumbricoides
Flavivirus
43. HIV - Chronic watery diarrhea; acid - fast cysts seen in stool
Dracunculus medinensis
Group A streptococcus. Helps prevent phagocytosis.
Cryptosporidium spp.
Nonenveloped - SS + - Icosahedral
44. Food contaminated with eggs; causes granulomas (in in retina -> blindness) and visceral larva migrans
Itraconazole or potassium iodide
Most common cause of aseptic meningitis
Toxocara canis
Schistosoma
45. HTLV
S. pneumoniae sensitive - S. viridans resistant
Toxoplasma gondii
Retrovirus
Coxiella burnetti
46. Treatment for systemic infection by systemic mycoses
Flavivirus
No envelope
Ancylostoma duodenale - Necator americanus
Amphotericin B
47. Cycles occuring every other day; dormant form in liver -> tx w/primaquine
Cryptosporidium spp.
Yellow fever
P. vivax/ovale
C. Difficile
48. Organisms causing rash on palms and soles
Pseudomonas - inactivates EF-2
Loa Loa
Coxackie A - syphilis - Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Amphotericin B
49. Snails are host
Bartonella henselae (bacillary angiomatosis)
Schistosoma
Enveloped - SS+ - linear - icosahedral
Rubeola
50. Giant roundworm
No envelope
Schistosoma
Erythromycin
Ascaris lumbricoides