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Microbiology Board

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1. Smallpox
aka St Anthony's Fire - superficial form of cellulitis - inflammation of dermis
guarnari bodies
PDD = purified protein derivative - Type IV (Delayed hypersensitivity reaction) - Ziehl Neilson staining (shows acid fast) - chest x-ray john complex
discovered penicillin

2. Flemming
Controls FDA - CDC - US Public Health Services
discovered penicillin
pinworm - anus-finger-mouth - scotch tape or anal cellophane - nocturnal anal itching - most common helminth in the US
2 populations living together - one benefits - the other is unaffected

3. Microareophilic reduced oxygen (ie high altitude plants)
grown in candle jars culture
hepatitis associated with alcoholism
whip worm ('whip those t's into shape) oral-fecal weight loss
Inactivated toxin (active artificial immunity)

4. Jenner
developed smallpox vaccine
fish - mouth - contaminated sushi - may cause pernicious anemia (B12) - yellow fin tuna most commonly has it
Does research - (not stats)
red pus

5. Echinococcus granulosus
influenza
Canine feces - found in dogs - wolves and humans - hydatid cysts in live and lung
Many furuncles (infected hair follicles) - 'a CAR load of furuncles' - #1 cause is staph aureus
salk - rabies

6. Pyusner - Stanley
Cranial nerve V pattern
T-cell growth factor - made by CD4 cells - CD4 = T-Helper cell = 'quarterback' of immune system - directs response of immune system
discovered prions (acellular proteins which denature other proteins) - prions cause mad cow disease - creutzfield jacob - scrapie in sheep - kuru in New Guinea
Methycilline resistant staph aureus - hospitals use vancomycin now

7. What do autotrophs eat?
No true nucleus - no organelles (no mitochondria) ie. bacteria
Inorganic material
5. sand filtration (removes anaerobic bacteria) 6. aeration (adds oxygen) 7. chlorination (kills remaining bacteria) 8. possible flouridation
fish - mouth - contaminated sushi - may cause pernicious anemia (B12) - yellow fin tuna most commonly has it

8. Secondary water purification process
Yellow fever
5. sand filtration (removes anaerobic bacteria) 6. aeration (adds oxygen) 7. chlorination (kills remaining bacteria) 8. possible flouridation
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Inanimate object is a vector - hapten partial or half antigen - does not stimulate immune response - needs to bind to protein to become active

9. Temperature and time for holding/batch method of pasteurization
dysentery
2 populations living together - both benefit
serratia marcenscus
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10. Mycoplasm
negri inclusion bodies - bullet shaped - leads to hydrophobia (throat hurts - so don't want to drink water - this why dogs foam at the mouth)
atypical pneumonia - mycoplasms lacks cell wall
Helps IgG
stain for mycobacteria

11. What are the 5 diseases caused by staph aureus?
eastern equine encephalitis
Indicate how the organisms are named - (King Paul Can Only Find Good Spices) Kingdom - Phylum - Class - Order - Family - Genus - Species
STOIC: Scalded skin syndrome (exfoliative toxin) - Toxic shockOsteomyelitis - Impetigo - Carbuncles [staph aureus produces alpha toxin aka alpha hemolysin]
Typhoid fever - salmonella enteridese -> from chicken poop

12. Paul Bunnel lab test

13. Sabin
given antibody in utero - breastfeeding - in utero = IgG - breastfeeding = IgA
stain for mycobacteria
Live polio vaccine - given orally
oral-fecal - colicky pain - lives in small intestines - most common roundworm ('ass' is round) infection worldwide - most common helminth world wide

14. Russell bodies are inclusion bodies associated with...
guarnari bodies
Inorganic material
In plasma cells - consists of antibodies - from chronic inflammation - and malignant disorders - associated with multiple myeloma
1 tuberculosis 2 malaria

15. Klebsiella pneumonia
metachromatic granules seen in diphtheria (pseudomembrane in throat)
red jelly sputum
heterophile agglutinization (Paul Bunnel) - Downey cell (don't let mono get you down) - monospot
No true nucleus - no organelles (no mitochondria) ie. bacteria

16. Necator americanus
plasmid DNA transfer via sex pilus - bestows antimicrobial resistance
discovered prions (acellular proteins which denature other proteins) - prions cause mad cow disease - creutzfield jacob - scrapie in sheep - kuru in New Guinea
aka ancylostoma duodenale - fecal contaminated soil - wear shoes to prevent - most common hookworm in US
Measles - mumps vaccine

17. Lipofuscin are inclusion bodies associated with...

18. Hasteurellis
Can be in presence of absence of O2 - facultative aerobe = prefers O2 - facultative anaerobe = prefers no O2
Affects mitral valve (aka ashkov bodies) - Can = carditis - Sammy = syndenham's chorea - Suck = subcutaneous nodule - Ethyl's = Erythema marginatum - Polyps = migratory Polyarthritis
Non specific - largest and heaviest - first to increase (first exposure)
old name

19. Acid fast
Inanimate object is a vector - hapten partial or half antigen - does not stimulate immune response - needs to bind to protein to become active
bubonic plague
Affects mitral valve (aka ashkov bodies) - Can = carditis - Sammy = syndenham's chorea - Suck = subcutaneous nodule - Ethyl's = Erythema marginatum - Polyps = migratory Polyarthritis
stain for mycobacteria

20. Corneybacterium
dyptheria - gray pseudomembrane in throat - pleomorphic - many shapes - chinese characters
tertiary syphilis
Helps IgG
serratia marcenscus

21. Loa Loa
In plasma cells - consists of antibodies - from chronic inflammation - and malignant disorders - associated with multiple myeloma
acid fast - M=mycobacterium - A=acid - F=fast
Goodpasteur
river eye worm - flies - aka African Eye Worm

22. Yellow purulent
Canine feces - found in dogs - wolves and humans - hydatid cysts in live and lung
staph aureus
A Anaphylactic (immediate) - IgE - mast cell - basophils - histamine release - bee sting - hay fever
follows dermatome

23. What will result if born without B cells at birth?

24. All mycobacterium are _____
Mantoux test - tine test - skin prick test
antibody against a toxin - (artificial passive immunity) - purified antiserum from animals who have been given the toxoid
acid fast - M=mycobacterium - A=acid - F=fast
given antibody in utero - breastfeeding - in utero = IgG - breastfeeding = IgA

25. Lancefield - Rebecca
Classified streptococcus
discovered the virus - tobacco mosaic virus was the first
was used for newborn's eyes (no longer used now - erythromycin instead) - prevents ophthalmia neonatorum (most common cause = gonorrhea)
Does research - (not stats)

26. Interleukin II

27. Lab test for anthrax
for gram negative - competes with PABA
secondary
1. filtration 2. flocculation (aluminum salts) 3. sedimentation 4. sludge digestion (add anaerobic bacteria)
Ascholi test

28. Neurotoxin
toxin that affects the nervous system - ie. botulism - tetanus
Bruten's A Gamma Globulin Anemia - (primary immune deficiency)
developed smallpox vaccine
developed the first microscope - saw microorganisms

29. Leptospira

30. Temperature and time for flash/continuous method of pasteurization
old name
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Methycilline resistant staph aureus - hospitals use vancomycin now
Categorizes streptococcus demonstrates the type of hemolysis (destruction of RBCs)

31. Anything ending in '-osis' is usually acquired to transmitted via the
acellular protein which denatures other proteins - cannot be autoclaved - mad cow disease
Inanimate object is a vector - hapten partial or half antigen - does not stimulate immune response - needs to bind to protein to become active
negri inclusion bodies - bullet shaped - leads to hydrophobia (throat hurts - so don't want to drink water - this why dogs foam at the mouth)
Lungs - ie. tuberculosis - blastomycosis - pneumoconiosis

32. Peritrichus

33. Tuberculosis test
Mantoux test aka tinne test aka skin prick test - PPD = purified protein derivative - delayed hypersensitivity (Type IV) - Zeihl Nielson staining (acid fast) - gohn complex in lung
discovered the virus - tobacco mosaic virus was the first
Infection in children - honey crusted lesions around the mouth - #1 cause is staph aureus
was used for newborn's eyes (no longer used now - erythromycin instead) - prevents ophthalmia neonatorum (most common cause = gonorrhea)

34. Eukaryotes
True nucleus - organelles ie. human cells - protozoa like giardia and amoeba
STOIC: Scalded skin syndrome (exfoliative toxin) - Toxic shockOsteomyelitis - Impetigo - Carbuncles [staph aureus produces alpha toxin aka alpha hemolysin]
Typhoid fever - salmonella enteridese -> from chicken poop
eastern equine encephalitis

35. Serratia
Does research - (not stats)
red pus
for staph
the purpose of opsonization is to enhance phagocytosis - (marks the target for strike)

36. Monotrichus
TB (inactive phase) -calcium 'jail' around mycobacterium
C3B complement
single flagella on one pole
was used for newborn's eyes (no longer used now - erythromycin instead) - prevents ophthalmia neonatorum (most common cause = gonorrhea)

37. Lophotrichus
Multiple flagella on one pole (tuft at one end)
most common cause of UTI - enterotoxic - 'traveller's disease' - E.coli 157 - enterohemorrhagic (meat)
ncooked pork
anterior horn - lower motor neuron signs

38. Which vaccines are manufactured using human diploid cells?
for serology test for all rickettsia except coxiella burnetti (Q fever) - antigen for test = proteus vulgaris
aka post-infectious polyradiculopathy - ascending demyelination of PNS - can be acquired after influenza vaccination or infection
rubella - rabies - Hep A
Coagulase

39. What are the 4 Koch's postulates
old name
filiariasis - mosquitoes - elephants - lymphatic blockage
1 tuberculosis 2 malaria
1. find microorganism in people suffering from the disease 2. isolate and grow the microorganism in culture 3. should cause disease in a healthy individual when introduced 4. re-isolate microorganism from the inoculated people

40. Scarlet fever ak
old name
strawberry tongue
pharyngitis
subunit of protein coat 'capsid' of virus particle

41. Franciella
franciella tularensis - rabbit fever
rubella - rabies - Hep A
spread by food - self limiting
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42. Diphyllobothrium latum
Indicate how the organisms are organized and classified
aka ancylostoma duodenale - fecal contaminated soil - wear shoes to prevent - most common hookworm in US
Categorizes streptococcus demonstrates the type of hemolysis (destruction of RBCs)
fish - mouth - contaminated sushi - may cause pernicious anemia (B12) - yellow fin tuna most commonly has it

43. Koplik spots are inclusion bodies associated with...
antibody against a toxin - (artificial passive immunity) - purified antiserum from animals who have been given the toxoid
measles (rubeola / red measles) - on buccal mucosa - white / bluish spots
Categorizes streptococcus demonstrates the type of hemolysis (destruction of RBCs)
Dicks test

44. Leeuwenhoek
Yellow fever
Hodgkin's
developed the first microscope - saw microorganisms
discovered the virus - tobacco mosaic virus was the first

45. USDA
responsible for milk and milk products
2 populations living together - one or both benefit
Trichinosis - raw pork - lives in striated muscles - intercostals and diaphragm - diagnosed on x-ray especially gastrocnemius biopsy to confirm
active = body must actively make antibodies - passive = body receives antibodies from outside source

46. Herpes simplex virus type 2

47. Gohn complex are inclusion bodies associated with...

48. Iwanowski
Inflammation of parotids
whooping cough
anterior horn - lower motor neuron signs
discovered the virus - tobacco mosaic virus was the first

49. Zoonosis
pinworm - anus-finger-mouth - scotch tape or anal cellophane - nocturnal anal itching - most common helminth in the US
In plasma cells - consists of antibodies - from chronic inflammation - and malignant disorders - associated with multiple myeloma
Tetanus by blocking inhibitory GABA and glycine - (GABA in brain - glycine in spinal cord)
Transfer of disease from animal to human - (ie anthrax gram + - sporulates)

50. Polio
Transmitted fecal-oral contamination - affects anterior horn (alpha motor)
STOIC: Scalded skin syndrome (exfoliative toxin) - Toxic shockOsteomyelitis - Impetigo - Carbuncles [staph aureus produces alpha toxin aka alpha hemolysin]
I - Immune-complex mediated - IgG and complement [3 things = type III] = antigen + antibody + complement
pre-op disinfectant