Microbiology

Question 1

What cancers does Epstein-Barr virus cause?

Answer 1

1) Burkitt’s lymphoma
2) Hodgkin’s lymphoma
3) Post transplant lymphoma
4) Nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Question 2

What cancers does HPV 16/18 cause?

Answer 2

1) Cervical cancer
2) Anal cancer
3) Penile cancer
4) Vulval cancer
5) Oropharyneal cancer

Question 3

What cancer does HHV 8 cause?

Answer 3

Kaposi’s sarcoma

Question 4

What cancer does Hep B/C cause?

Answer 4

Hepatocellular carcinoma

Question 5

What cancers does Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 cause?

Answer 5

1) Tropical spastic paraparesis

2) Adult T cell leukaemia

Question 6

What cancers does HIV cause?

Answer 6

1) Kaposi’s sarcoma
2) Invasive cervical cancer
3) B-cell non-Hodgkins lymphoma
4) Burkitt’s Lymphoma

Question 7

What are the different antibiotic classes in terms of mechanism of action?

Answer 7

1) Cell wall synthesis
2) Nucleic acid synthesis
3) Protein synthesis
4) Alteration of cell membrane
5) Antimetabolite activity

Question 8

Name the different types of abx that affect bacterial cell wall synthesis

Answer 8

1) Beta lactams
- Penicillins
- Cephalosporins
- Carbapenams
- Monobactams

2) Vancomycin
3) Bacitracin

Question 9

Name the different types of abx that affect bacterial nucleic acid synthesis

Answer 9

1) Folate synthesis
- Sulphonamides
- Trimethoprim

2) DNA gyrase
- Quinolones
- Metronidazole

3) RNA Polymerase
- Rifampicin

Question 10

Name the different types of abx that affect bacterial protein synthesis

Answer 10

1) 50S subunit
- Macrolides
- Clindamycin
- Linezolid
- Chloramphenicol
- Streptograms

2) 30S subunit
- Tetracyclines
- Aminoglycosides