Microbiology Flashcards
Staphylococcus aureus stains what color?
Purple (Gram +)
A “Bull-eye” rash is associated with what organism?
Borrelia burgdorferi
What is the most common type of meningitis?
Viral
1 fungal infection in humans?
Histoplasmosis
1 fungal pathogen causing disease/illness in humans?
Candida albicans
Most common cause of bacterial gastrointestinal disease in the US?
Campylobacter jejuni
1 cause of foodborne illness in the US?
Norovirus
HHV-3 is associated with which disease?
Chicken pox/shingles
HHV-4 is associated with which disease?
Mononcucleosis
Cytomegalovirus is associated with which human herpes virus?
HHV-5
Primary syphillis is associated with which key symptom?
chancre
Which two disease are associated with a chancre?
Syphillis and chancroid
Which two diseases have a bubo as a symptom?
Bubonic plague and Lymphogranuloma venereum
The most common roundworm worldwide is?
Ascaris lumbricoides
What disease causes pseudomembrane formation in the throat?
Diptheria