EXAM 6

Question 1

inflammation of the pharynx and sometimes the tonsils

Answer 1

Pharyngitis

Question 2

Large mucus particles that travel less than one meter

Answer 2

respiratory droplets

Question 3

Test that utilizes antibodies against cell wall antigens which are specific for all GAS

Answer 3

Rapid strep test

Question 4

Flat or slightly raised, painless rash with the ragged edge

Answer 4

Erythema marginatum

Question 5

Thick gray membrane covering the throat and tonsils

Answer 5

Pseudomembrane

Question 6

Inflammation of the meninges

Answer 6

Meningitis

Question 7

Rapid fire coughs occuring in one exhalation followed by forced inhalation even though glottis is partially closed

Answer 7

Paroxysms

Question 8

Surround the mass and wall it off in a granuloma

Answer 8

Granuloma/tubercle

Question 9

Organism spread beyond LRT and tubercles develop throughout the body

Answer 9

miliary or disseminated TB

Question 10

Inflammation of bronchial tubes and one or both lungs

Answer 10

Pneumonia

Question 11

H protein spikes responsible for host cell attachment

Answer 11

hemagglutinin

Question 12

N protein spikes responsible for viral escape from host cells

Answer 12

neuraminidase

Question 13

Can develop in children given asprin during influenza. Causes mental confusion and delirium

Answer 13

Reye syndrome

Question 14

Major rearrangements that occur and cause pandemic outbreaks with the flu

Answer 14

antigenic shift