Microbiology Flashcards
A mannitol salt agar is used for ______
Staphylococcus
Deoxyribonuclease in a medium will inhibit what?
Transformation
Which of the following are negri bodies seen in?
Rabies
What is an advantage of passive immunity?
Rapid availability of protection
Which of the following release IL-2?
T-lymphocytes
Which of the following does a virus cause?
Measles
What can describe the destruction of all microorganisms?
Sterilization
If an individual has fever blisters, what infection/disease is this associated with?
Herpes Simplex Type 1
What is an example of an acid-fast bacterium?
Mycobacterium
What could be considered coagulase positive?
Staph Aureus
What is an example of a cell that does not have a cell wall?
Mycoplasma
Peritrichous is a pattern of what type of organism?
Flagella
What disease will cause yaws?
Treponema pertenunez
A rapid loss of fluids is associated with what disease? [obviously could be others, but answer was this]
Cholera
What is Reye’s Syndrome associated with?
Influenza
What virus is associated with mononucleosis?
Epstein Barr
What disease will cause atypical primary pneumonia?
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
What bacteria will usually cause osteomyelitis?
Staph aureus
Which type of milk is the most apt to cause disease?
Raw
What type of organism is mainly responsible for causing hemorrhagic jaundice?
Leptospira ictohemorrhagiea
A throat culture predominantly pinpoints beta-hemolytic colonies of gram-positive cocci in pairs and chains, which are bacitracin sensitive, and not bile soluble. This is indicative of which of what pathogen?
Strep pyogenes
Antibodies are synthesized and released by which of the following cells?
Plasma cells
The best medium to identify Neisseria gonorrhea is what?
Thayer Martin Agar (chocolate agar)
If a urine sample contains WBCs, WBC casts, and bacteria, this would indicate what?
Acute pyelonephritis
