Lt(1): Brucella+bordetella Flashcards
which animal is the reservoir of brucella melitensis?
A) Cows
C) Dogs
D) Pigs
B) Sheep
Virulence factor of brucella? A) capsule B) smooth lipopolysaccharides C) exotoxin D) fimbriae
B) smooth lipopolysaccharides
Which of the following does Bordetella pertussis use as a colonizing factor? (‘15 final)
A) Hemagglutinin
B) Outer membrane protein
C) Fimbriae
A) Hemagglutinin
What is true about Burtedella?
It has vaccination against it
Which of the following is caused by Brucella? Enteric fever Pontiac fever Lung disease Food poisoning Fever of unknown origin
Fever of unknown origin
what virulence factor prevent phagocytosis of brucella ?
By blocking the myeloperoxidase system
A cattle farmer presented with a fever (rising and falling). Laboratory tests showed a gram negative coccobacillus that grows on a blood agar with carbon dioxide. What is this organism?
a) Brucella abortus
b) Brucella melitensis
c) Brucella suis
d) Brucella canis
a) Brucella abortus
Which of the following is carried by sheep and goats?
a) Brucella abortus
b) Brucella melitensis
c) Brucella suis
d) Brucella canis
b) Brucella melitensis
Which animal is the resevior of Brucella melitensis?
Sheep
A cattle farmer presented with a fever (rising and falling). Laboratory tests showed a gram negative coccobacillus that grows on a blood agar with carbon dioxide. What is this organism?
Brucella abortus
Which of the following is carried by sheep and goats?
Brucella melitensis
How is brucellosis acquired?(FB2 2013)
A. Contaminated blood
B.Oral route
Oral route
Which bordetella toxin inhibits cilia movement?(FB2 2013)
A. Filamentous haemagglutinin
B.Tracheal cytotoxin
C. Pertussis toxin
Tracheal cytotoxin
what are the carriers of Brucella melitensis?( FB2 2014 ) A) cows B) goats C) dogs D) pigs
goats
Which of the following antigens is used in the acellular pertussis vaccine?(FINAL 2014 )
A) pertactin
B) cytotoxin
pertactin