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Microbiology 2

Subject : health-sciences
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Tx for Legionella pneumophila






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






3. Mucicarmine






4. Lassa fever encephalitis






5. Pinworm






6. 3- day rash






7. Warthin - Finkeldy giant cell






8. Tx for Lyme dz






9. IgA protease






10. Reovirus






11. In drinking water; skin inflammation and ulceration.






12. Used in RSV to neutralize F protein






13. Treatment for Sporothrix schenckii






14. HIV - Hairy leukoplakia; often on lateral tongue






15. Periorbital edema






16. HIV - Meningitis; India ink stain reveals narrow - based budding






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






18. Shiga toxin






19. Lyme disease


20. Tx for Taenid solium






21. River blindness






22. Female mosquito; causes blockage of lymphatic vessels (elephantitis). Takes 9 months to 1 year after bite to get elephantiasis sx.






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






24. Councilman bodies (acidophilic inclusions) in liver






25. Alpha toxin






26. Optochin






27. Yellow fever






28. Coxackievirus






29. Rotavirus






30. Parasite: Hematuria - bladder CA






31. Protozoa: Bloody diarrhea - liver abscess - RUQ pain






32. Deltaviruses






33. West nile virus






34. Generalized lymphadenopathy particularly postauricular and occipital






35. Tx for Echinococcus granulosus






36. Larvae penetrateskin of feet; intestinal infection can cause anemia (suck blood from intestinal walls).






37. Treatment for superficial candida infection






38. 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.






39. Transmitted by female blackflies; causes hyperpigmented skin. Can have allergic reaction to microfilaria






40. HIV - Non - hodgkin's lymphoma (large cell type); often on oropharynx (Waldeyer's ring)






41. Shiga toxin: Plasmid - lysogeny - bacterial chromosome?






42. Reovirus






43. Echovirus






44. HIV - Superficial vascular proliferation; biopsy reveals neutrophilic inflammation






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






46. Larvae in soil penetrate skin; lung sx; intestinal infection; causes vomiting - diarrhea - and anemia - abdominal bloating - weight loss.






47. Enterotoxin A






48. Eastern equine encephalitis






49. Treatment for Haemophilus influenzae meningitis






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