micro

Question 1

ground beef is implicated in the transmission of

Answer 1

Escherichia coli

Question 2

Poulty is a common source of food poisoning by…

Answer 2

Campylobacter and salmonella

Question 3

Rice is common source of food poisoning by

Answer 3

Bacillus cereus

Question 4

salad greens = coomon source of food poisoning from…

Answer 4

Escherichia coli

Question 5

adult botulism is caused by…

Answer 5

ingestion of preformed botulinin toxin from alkaline foods

Question 6

foods implicated in botulism are…

Answer 6

alkaline vegetables, vacuum packed fish (bc they can support germination of anaerobic orgs)

Question 7

botulism causes

Answer 7

flcid paralysis —> resp failure

Question 8

what part of the spinal tract is a common target for syphilis?

Answer 8

he dorsal columns —> tabes dorsalis

Question 9

tabes dorsalis

Answer 9

a lesion of the dorsl columns caused by syphilis

Question 10

acute symp of polio (7)

Answer 10

malaise, headache, fever, nausea, abdo pain, and sore throat

Question 11

chronic polio symp (4)

Answer 11

LMN signs like fasiculations, muscle weakness, muscle atrophy, and hyporeflexia

Question 12

poliovirus is what type of virus? how is it spread?

Answer 12

picornavirus, fecal-oral spread

Question 13

what does the poliovirus infect?

Answer 13

the alpha motor neuros of the ventral horn —? paralysis