Microbiology Flashcards
A grapelike odor with tissue color change to blue-green pus in a burn victim indicates:
Pseudomonas
The mating process of one gram negative bacteria to another, involving the pilus is called
conjugation
In 1928 the foundation for modern molecular genetics began by his discovery of transformation in bacteria:
Griffith
Which of the following hypersensitivity reactions would indicate transfusion rejection
Type 2
MacKonkey’s agar contains
Lactose and neutral dye
Which medium is best used to grow a virus:
tissue culture
Staph Aureus physical characteristics:
cluster-like
Gram positive bacteria that causes impetigo:
staphylococcus
Pt with grayish pseudomembrane across the lumen of the throat has:
diphtheria (Shick Test)
Female with foul smelling vaginal discharge has:
trichomonas
Necator americanus can be transmitted through:
walking on fecal infested sand barefoot.
it is a hookworm – keep your shoes on because it will go through skin
Secondary stage of treponema pallidum:
generalized rash
Sporothrix schenckii is transmitted primarily:
transcutaneously
Plasmodium vivax vector:
mosquito
Lyme disease bacteria:
borrelia burgdorferia
Anal cellophane scotch tape test: used to see if your pt has contracted
enterobious bermicularis
Most common sexually transmitted dx:
chlamydia
Funding for research is the primary responsibility of:
NIH
Which intracellular protozoa causes a 33% of brain damage:
Toxoplasma gondii
Which immunoglobulin readily crosses the placenta:
IgG
Which polio vaccine is live and attenuated?
Sabin
Mothers milk can best be described:
natural passive immunity
Which colliforms causes pneumonia with a red current jelly sputum:
klebsiella
Dental carries are primarily caused by:
streptococcus mutans