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Microbiology
Undergraduate 1
05/04/2013

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Term
What causative organism for mononucleosis?
Definition
Epstein-Barrvirus (EBV)
Term
How is Lyme disease transmitted?
Definition
Ticks
Term
Name of an antibiotic that is used to treat malaria?
Definition
Quinine
Term
What kind of antibody is tested for when diagnosing mononucleosis?
Definition
Heterophile
Term
What is the key diagnostic physical symptom for Lyme dieases?
Definition
Fever, Headache, Tick bite mark.
Term
What is the main organ in the body that is involved with the spread of malaria?
Definition
RBC's with chemicals
Term
Name a system that is mainly affected in a patient with chronic Lyme disease.
Definition
Chronic living in the liver for several years
Term
True/False Mononucleosis is only transmitted through saliva and blood.
Definition
False... Most common transmission is saliva but can be several other ways. "organ trans-plate or sexual contact"
Term
True/False Malaria is often a fetal disease when not treated promptly?
Definition
True... Because it can stay dormant in the liver.
Term
True/False Patients treated with antibiotics in the early stages of the Lyme disease usually recover completely.
Definition
True
Term
True/False The gametocyte phase of malaria is when sporozites invade liver cells and develop in large numbers of merozoites.
Definition
True
Term
True/False Lyme disease is quite easily diagnosed, due to the range of symptoms.
Definition
False... It is difficult to diagnosed
Term
True/False A stain blood smear will diagnose malaria, due to the parasites that are apparent in the WBC's?
Definition
False... RBC's
Term
True/False infection with the EBV virus is lifelong?
Definition
True
Term
Warts are also know as what?
Definition
Papillamas
Term
Chickenpox, shingles and smallpox can all be diagnosed through?
Definition
Visual inspection
Term
Warts are mainly obtained by?
Definition
Direct contact and or indirect contact.
Term
The ______ test is used to find IgM antibody's in people with measles.
Definition
ELISA Test
Term
The _____ virus causes smallpox.
Definition
Variola Virus
Term
____ is an example of a portal of entry for a viral infections of the skin
Definition
Respiratory Droplets and skin lesions
Term
True/False The younger you are the more susceptible you are to shingles?
Definition
False... Mostly found in older people like adults
Term
True/False chickenpox and shingles are caused by the same virus?
Definition
True
Term
True/False Fifth disease is known to look like a slapped cheeks?
Definition
True
Term
True/False Vitamin C can help reduce symptoms of Measles/Rubella.
Definition
False... Vitamin A
Term
True/False Physicians approve home remedies to remove warts.
Definition
True
Term
True/False A person usually contracts shingles before chicken pox.
Definition
False... Switch Chickenpox before shingles.
Term
True/False Measles and Rubella can treated with antivirals.
Definition
False... No andtivirals
Term
A symptoms of measles may include?
Definition
Sore throat pr dry cough
Term
What is one of the causative organisms of Impetigo?
Definition
Staphylococcus aureus or streptococcus pyogenes
Term
Name a topical ointment for the treatments of Impetigo?
Definition
Topical Bactroban or Alta bax
Term
Clostridium perfingens is the causative agent for what bacterial skin infection?
Definition
Vechicle (soil) or GI tract.
Term
Name a treatment for Gas Gangrene?
Definition
Penicillin- Inhibits cell wall synthesis
Clindamycin- Inhibits protein synthesis
and there is Sugical removal and oxygen therapy.
Term
Name 2 symptoms of Gas Gangrene?
Definition
Pain, Edema, fever, Tachycardia, Blood exudate in lesions, Black necrotic tissue filled with bubbles of gas.
Term
Name a mode of transmission for Impetigo.
Definition
Direct Contact, Via Fomites and mechanical vector transmission, or highly contagious.
Term
What is the main symptoms for Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome?
Definition
Bullous lesions
Term
True/false Impetigo is spread through direct contact and indirect contact.
Definition
True
Term
True/False Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome splits the skin in the epidermis rather than between layers.
Definition
True
Term
True/False Cloxacillin is used to treat SSSS and it inhibits protein synthesis.
Definition
False... Protein should be cell wall
Term
True/False SSSS is primarily found around the face and mouth area.
Definition
False... Found around the umbilical cord and diaper, and axilla area.
Term
True/False Impetigo, SSSS, and Gas Gangrene can be diagnosed through gram staining.
Definition
True
Term
True/False S. aureus is the most commonly the cause of impetigo in adults, while S. pyogenes is most commonly the cause in children.
Definition
True
Term
True/ False S. aureus can be a cause for Gas Gangrene.
Definition
False... Clostrodrium not S. aureus
Term
Name two of the "classic triad" symptoms?
Definition
1) Fever
2) Headache
Term
Which assessment sign is performed sign is performed by flexion of the neck and examining for flexion of the knee and hip?
Definition
Abnormal Brudzinski sign
Term
Name one microorganism that can be responsible for meningitis?
Definition
Gram-positive bacilli or coccobacilli organism such as
1) Neisseria Meningitis
2) Streptococcus pneumonia
3) Haemophilus influenzae
Term
Neisseria menigitidis attach to the host via_____.
Definition
pili
Term
Purpura and ______ are very noticeable key signs of bacterial meningitis.
Definition
Petechiae
Term
True/False Photalgia is the term used for increased sensitivity to sound.
Definition
False... light not sound
Term
True/False Meningitis is characterized by inflammation of the dura mater and subarachnoid space.
Definition
False... Inflammation of the Meninges
Term
True/False In case of bacterial meningitis, Streptococcus pneumoniaeis the causative organism most likely to cause a large epidemic of meningitis.
Definition
False... Pneumonia in the lungs
Term
True/False No bacteria or fungi will be present in a CSF culture of a person with viral meningitis
Definition
False... Yes then no
Term
True/False The most common form of transmission is airborne transmission.
Definition
True
Term
True/False Viral meningitis usually resolves itself in a period of time, and does not require rapid medical treatment.
Definition
False...resolves by antibiotic by like in one to two week
Term
True/False In bacterial meningitis, exotoxin is released into general circulation and stimulates a response by red blood cells.
Definition
True
Term
What specific cell type does TB affect?
Definition
Macrophages
Term
Name a mode of transmission for pneumonia.
Definition
Bacterial, viral, Funal
Term
To what disease is TB considered an opportunistic infection?
Definition
In the Lungs
Term
Give two ways to diagnose TB?
Definition
Tuberculin testing x-Rays
Term
What would you look for when checking a TB skin test to see if it is positive or negative?
Definition
The skin reaction is rated by the size of the raised area.
Term
What is major problem with patoents taking medication for TB, this often results in resistance.
Definition
That it can go into the latent period.
Term
What is the most common causative organism for TB?
Definition
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
Term
True/False Once a person if infected with TB, skin tests will always test positive
Definition
True
Term
True/False There are no vaccines for pneumonia, but there is a vaccine for TB.
Definition
False... There is no vaccine for both
Term
True/False Pneumonia only has two causative organism: Fungi and bacteria
Definition
False... Three not two and virus
Term
True/False Pneumonia can be transmitted through mice feces.
Definition
True
Term
True/Fasle TB skin tests can be read as positive or negative the same day as administered.
Definition
False... not the same day. It takes 2 to 3 days or 48 to 72 hours.
Term
True/False people infected woth TB always have symptoms.
Definition
False... Not always it can be dormant
Term
True/False there is no treatment for pneumonia caused by hantavirus?
Definition
False... There is treatment. Like Claritromycin and Azithromycin
Term
Name one virulence factor for Rabies.
Definition
G protein; glycoprotein
Term
Name one mode of transmission for Rabies
Definition
From wild mamals or sometimes domestic mamals. Like cats or dogs
Term
What is a risk factor for Acute Encephalitis?
Definition
Getting Herpes Simplex 1 and 2
Term
Name the action tatanus inhibits
Definition
Muscle Contraction
Term
What is one symptom of tetanus?
Definition
Spastic paralysis
Term
How are infant and wound botulism different from food born botulism?
Definition
One enters through the skin and the other enters through food of GI tract
Term
The toxin, botulinum, acts by preventing the release of?
Definition
Neurotransmitter substance by acetylcholine
Term
True/False Cycle for rabies is completed when virus replicates in salivary glands
Definition
True
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