board review practice exam Flashcards

1
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virulence factor found only in gram positive organisms

A

Teichoic acids

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2
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major virulence factor of streptococcus pneumoniae

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Capsule - antiphagocytic

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3
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what organism has the following characteristics causes dry hacking cough, causes atypical walking pneumonia, has a high titer of cold agglutinins and lacks a cell wall

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myscoplasma pneumoniae

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4
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name the organism: catalase +; coagulase -; mannitol salt -; novobiocin resistant

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staphylococcus saprophyticus

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5
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Ability to take up naked DNA from the environment known as what in bacterial genetics?

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Transformation

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6
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what process involves an F+ plasmid and a sex pilus?

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Conjugation

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7
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What is the process whereby a segment of DNA can jump from one location to another

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Transposition

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8
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This process in bacterial genetics involves viruses

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Transduction

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9
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Name the organism: sorbitol negative, lactose fermenting, gram negative rods, causes bloody diarrhea

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EHEC

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10
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What is a complication of EHEC?

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Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome (triad of anemia, thrombocytopenia, acute renal failure)

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11
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Name the organism: gram negative, lactose negative rod; causes ROSE SPOTS on abdomen, fever, headache and diarrhea; can remain in gallbladder and cause carrier state

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salmonella typhi

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12
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Name the organism: gram negative, lactose negative rod; does not cause typhoid fever

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salmonella enterica biovar typhimurium

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13
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Name the organism: gram negative rod; causes high fever, swelling in armpits and groin area

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yersinia pestis - bubonic plague

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14
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How is yersinia pestis transmitted?

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Fleas

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15
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Salmonella or Shigella? have flagella, disseminate hematogenously, produce hydrogen sulfide, can cause bloody diarrhea, does not ferment lactose , many animal reservoirs

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Salmonella

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16
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Salmonella or Shigella? no flagella, cell to cell transmission, does not produce hydrogen sulfide, often causes blood diarrhea, does not ferment lactose, only reservoirs are humans and primates

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Shigella

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17
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What is the MOA of the shigella toxin?

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inhibition of protein synthesis

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18
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What type of organism is diphyllobothrium latum?

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Cestode (tapeworms)

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19
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How is diphyllobothrium latum transmitted?

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ingestion of larvae from raw freshwater fish

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20
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How is diphylllobothrium latum treated?

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praziquantel

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21
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What condition does diphyllobothrium latum cause?

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vitamin B12 deficiency - tapeworm competes for B12 in intestine causing anemia

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22
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Name the organism: pigs are reservoir, causes watery diarrhea with blood and pus

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Balantidium coli

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23
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Beavers and muskrats are reservoirs for this protozoa

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Giardia lamblia

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24
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Describe disease caused by Giardia lamblia

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bloating, flatulence, foul-smelling, fatty diarrhea

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25
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Name the organism: severe diarrhea in AIDS patients, watery diarrhea in immunecompetent, cysts seen on acid fast stain

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cryptosporidium

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26
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Which organism as the following clinical disease description? mimics giardiasis with malabsorption syndrome

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Cystoisospora belli

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27
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A trematode (fluke) with a terminal spine

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Schistosome haematobium

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28
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A trematode (fluke) with a lateral spine

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Schistosome mansoni

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29
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A trematode (fluke) with a non-distinct spine

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Schistosome japonicum

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30
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Neonatal manifestations of toxoplasma gondii

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chorioretinitis, hydrocephalus, intracranial calcifications

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31
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Neonatal manifestations of rubella

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pulmonary artery hypoplasia, CATARACTS, deafness, blueberry muffin rash

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32
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Neonatal manifestations of CMV

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hearing loss, seizures, petechial rash, blueberry muffin rash, microcephaly, low birth weight

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33
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Neonatal manifestations of HSV-2

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encephalitis, herpetic lesions

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34
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Neonatal manifestations of syphilis

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stillbirth, hydrops fetalis, notched teeth, sadles nose, short maxilla, saber shins, CN VIII deafness

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35
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Name the virus: heterophile +, atypical lymphocytes, a herpes virus

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EBV

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36
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Does enterovirus cause GI symptoms?

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NO

37
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Name the virus: flu like symptoms and flaccid paralysis with no sensory less

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poliovirus

38
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how is poliovirus transmitted?

A

fecal-oral

39
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Site of latency for HSV-1

A

trigeminal ganglia

40
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Site of latency for VZV

A

dorsal root ganglia

41
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Site of latency for HSV-2

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sacral ganglia

42
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Virus that causes black vomit

A

Yellow fever virus

43
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What virus causes temporal lob encephalitis

A

HSV-1

44
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T/F a complication of adenovirus can also be hematuria

A

true

45
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The Ixodes tick transmitts what two conditions?

A

Lyme Disease and Babesia (hence possible coinfection)

46
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Blood smear shows a maltese cross, what does this indicate?

A

Babesia

47
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Name the virus: single stranded RNA virus, most common cause of myocarditis

A

Coxsackie B virus

48
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Warts on a 10 year olds hands points to what virus?

A

HPV

49
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What type of virus is HPV?

A

non-enveloped DNA virus

50
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What does the presence of HBeAg indicate?

A

chronic infection

51
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What is common in second stage lyme disease?

A

Bell Palsy

52
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Name the bug: gram negative rods with bipolar staining; causes fever, malaise, dyspnea, chest pain

A

Yesinia pestis

53
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Name the bug: weakness, backache, arthralgias, fever that is worse at night, profuse sweating

A

Brucella abortus

54
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Name the bug: fever, malaise, vesicular rash in the oral mucosa, vesicles are all the same age

A

Small pox virus

55
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Name the mold - septate hyphi that branch at 45 degree angles, appearance of fungus ball on chest xray

A

Aspergillus fumigatus

56
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Name the fungus - found in states east of the Mississippi Rive and centeral america, broad base budding

A

Blastomycosis

57
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Name the mold - seen mostly in ketoacidotic diabetics, black necrotic eschar can form

A

Mucor and Rhizopus

58
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What does Mucor look like on histological image?

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nonseptate hyphae branching at wide angles

59
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Name the fungus - found in southwestern US, California, causes pneumonia and meningitis, SPHERULES filled with endospores

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Coccidioidomycosis

60
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Name the organism - dimorphic yeast, pseudohyphae and budding yeasts; causes oral and esophageal thrush in immune compromised

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Candida albicans

61
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Name the organism - encapsulated, found in pigeon droppings and soil, stains with india ink

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Cryptosporidium neoformans

62
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Name the organism - symptoms include fever, night sweats, weightloss and hemoptysis, surface glycolipids inhibit phagolysosome fusion

A

Mycoplasma tuberculosis

63
Q

ring enhancing lesions in the brain suggest what?

A

Toxoplasma gondii

64
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Describe the measles virus

A

RNA, negative stranded, enveloped

65
Q

Trypanosoma cruzi which causes Chagas disease is transmitted by what?

A

Reduviid bug

66
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Name the bug - causes malaise, chills, sore throat, dry cough, intersitial pneumonia; does not gram stain, sputum reveals PMNs but no organisms

A

Chlamydophila pneumoniae

67
Q

those working at the aquarium and dealing with fish tanks are at risk for what?

A

mycobacterium marinum

68
Q

Break bone fever is transmitted by?

A

(Dengue fever; Flavivirus) by Aedes mosquito

69
Q

Where in the body is bacteroides fragilis part of the normal flora?

A

Colon

70
Q

This organism is part of the normal flora of the colon and is gram negative and an obligate anaerobe

A

Bacteroides fragilis

71
Q

T/F chlamydia trachomatis causes reactive arthritis

A

T

72
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symptoms of pseudomembranous pharyngitis (grayish white membrane) with lymphadenopathy, myocarditis and arrhythmias indicate what organism?

A

Corynebacterium diphtheriae

73
Q

post streptococcal glomerulonephritis is considered what type of hypersensitivity?

A

Type III

74
Q

Campylobacter jejuni is a common antecedent to what?

A

Buillain-Barre syndrome and reactive arthritis

75
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Name the organism - blood and pus in stool, fecal oral transmission, oxidase positive, GROWS AT 42 DEGREES

A

Campylobacter jejuni

76
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exposure to aborted fetus from a sheep is associated with which organism?

A

Brucella meletensis

77
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Parvovirus B19 is what type of virus?

A

single stranded DNA virus (the only singled stranded DNA virus)

78
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Name the organism - motility causes swarming on agar; produces urease; ASSOCIATED WITH STRUVITE STONES

A

Proteus mirabilis

79
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name the parasite - associated with bears, myalgia, persistent low grade fever

A

Trichinella spiralis

80
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Name the parasite - severe edema of lower legs

A

Wucheria bancrofti

81
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Name the parasite- associated with Africa, diminished visual acuity

A

Onchocerca volvulus

82
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What parasite also affects the eye but does not cause blindness like Onchocerca volvulus

A

Loa Loa

83
Q

Vector for African sleeping sickness (Trypanosoma brucei)

A

Tsetse fly

84
Q

Vector for Chagas Disease (Trypansoma cruzi)

A

Reduviid bug

85
Q

Vector for Elephantiasis (Wuchereria bancrofti)

A

Female Mosquito

86
Q

Vector for River blindness (onchocerca volvulus)

A

Black fly

87
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Vector for Malaria (Plasmodium)

A

Anopheles Mosquito

88
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Vector for Leishmaniasis

A

sand fly