Microbiology

Question 1

A mannitol salt agar is used for ______

Answer 1

Staphylococcus

Question 2

Deoxyribonuclease in a medium will inhibit what?

Answer 2

Transformation

Question 3

Which of the following are negri bodies seen in?

Answer 3

Rabies

Question 4

What is an advantage of passive immunity?

Answer 4

Rapid availability of protection

Question 5

Which of the following release IL-2?

Answer 5

T-lymphocytes

Question 6

Which of the following does a virus cause?

Answer 6

Measles

Question 7

What can describe the destruction of all microorganisms?

Answer 7

Sterilization

Question 8

If an individual has fever blisters, what infection/disease is this associated with?

Answer 8

Herpes Simplex Type 1

Question 9

What is an example of an acid-fast bacterium?

Answer 9

Mycobacterium

Question 10

What could be considered coagulase positive?

Answer 10

Staph Aureus

Question 11

What is an example of a cell that does not have a cell wall?

Answer 11

Mycoplasma

Question 12

Peritrichous is a pattern of what type of organism?

Answer 12

Flagella

Question 13

What disease will cause yaws?

Answer 13

Treponema pertenunez

Question 14

A rapid loss of fluids is associated with what disease? [obviously could be others, but answer was this]

Answer 14

Cholera

Question 15

What is Reye’s Syndrome associated with?

Answer 15

Influenza

Question 16

What virus is associated with mononucleosis?

Answer 16

Epstein Barr

Question 17

What disease will cause atypical primary pneumonia?

Answer 17

Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Question 18

What bacteria will usually cause osteomyelitis?

Answer 18

Staph aureus

Question 19

Which type of milk is the most apt to cause disease?

Answer 19

Raw

Question 20

What type of organism is mainly responsible for causing hemorrhagic jaundice?

Answer 20

Leptospira ictohemorrhagiea

Question 21

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?

Answer 21

Strep pyogenes

Question 22

Antibodies are synthesized and released by which of the following cells?

Answer 22

Plasma cells

Question 23

The best medium to identify Neisseria gonorrhea is what?

Answer 23

Thayer Martin Agar (chocolate agar)

Question 24

If a urine sample contains WBCs, WBC casts, and bacteria, this would indicate what?

Answer 24

Acute pyelonephritis