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Microbiology - Not in Picmonic Flashcards

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Aside from Burkitt lymphoma, Nasopharyngeal carcinoma and mononucleosis, what other disorder is associated with EBV?

A

Hodgkin Lymphoma

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What type of atypical lymphocyte is associated with EBV mononucleosis?

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Reactive cytotoxic T-cells

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How is CMV transmitted?

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Congenitally and by transfusion, sexual contact, saliva, urine, and transplant

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Which HHV causes Kaposi sarcoma?

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HHV8

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Describe the appearance of Kaposi sarcoma

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Dark/violaceous flat and nodular skin lesions representing endothelial growths - can also affect GI tract and lungs

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What Reovirus causes Colorado tick fever? What is another classification of this virus?

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Coltivirus - An arbovirus because transmitted by arthropods

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All RNA viruses are single stranded except _______

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Reoviruses

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What is the name of the polio vaccine?

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Polio-Salk/Sabin vaccine

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What ions have decreased absorption in rotavirus?

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Decreased absorption of Na+ and loss of K+

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HEV and HDV are part of which virus families?

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HEV: Hepevirus (non-enveloped, positive sense linear icosahedral)
HDV: Delta virus (enveloped, negative sense circular)

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What viral family is Norovirus and what does it cause?

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Caliciviruses - viral gastroenteritis (cruise ships + watery diarrhea)

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What diseases/viruses are associated with flaviviruses?

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HCV, Yellow fever, Dengue (arbovirus), St. Louis encephalitis (arbovirus), and West Nile virus (Arbovirus)

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What togaviruses are also arboviruses?

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Eastern equine encephalitis and Western equine encephalitis

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Hairy Leukoplakia in association with HIV CD

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EBV

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What are the two retroviruses and what is the disease associated with each?

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HTLV - T-cell leukemia

HIV - AIDS

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What helical virus causes the common cold and SARS?

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Coronavirus

17
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What are the 3 C’s of Measles?

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Cough
Coryza
Conjunctivitis

18
Q

What types of spots and rashes are seen in measles?

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Koplik spots: bright red spots with blue-white center on buccal mucosa (precedes rash)
Rash: descending maculopapular rash

19
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What protein in paramyxoviruses causes respiratory epithelial cells to fuse and form multinucleated cells?

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Surface F (fusion) protein

20
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What family of viruses causes Ebola?

A

Filoviruses

21
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What viruses come from the arenavirus family and how is their RNA structure organized?

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LCMV (lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus) and Lassa fever encephalitis (spread by mice)
RNS structure: SS(-) circular with 2 segments

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What diseases come from the bunyavirus family and how is their RNA structure organized?

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California encephalitis (arbovirus)
Sandfly/Rift valley fevers (arbovirus)
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (arbovirus)
Hantavirus - hemorrhagic fever, pneumonia

23
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In HIV describe the functions of the following proteins…
env (gp120 and gp41):
gag (p24):
pol:

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env 
- gp120: attachment to host CD4+ t-cell
- gp41: fusion and entry
gag (p24): capsid protein
pol: reverse transcriptase, aspartate protease, integrase
24
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What are the three forms or prion disease?

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Sporadic: Creutzfeldt Jakob disease - rapidly progressive dementia
Inherited: Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker
Acquired: Kuru

25
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How are Bacterial, Fungal, and Viral meningitis differentiated?

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Bacterial: Decreased sugar and increased PMNs
Fungal/TB: Decreased sugar and increased lymphocytes
Viral: Normal sugar and Increased Lymphocytes

26
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What treatments are associated with the different presentations of Candida?
Vaginal:
Oral/esophageal:
Systemic:

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Vaginal: topical azole
Oral/esophageal: Fluconazole or capsofungin
Systemic: Amphotericin B or capsofungin

27
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What type of carcinoma is associated with the aflatoxins from aspergillus?

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Hepatocellular carcinoma

28
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What agar is used to culture Cryptococcus?

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Sabouraud agar

29
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What is the treatment for mucor and rhizopus?

A

Amphotericin B

30
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Aside from TMP-SMX, what else can used to treat pneumocystis jirovecii?

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Pentamidine, Dapsone, Atovaquone

31
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What is the function of gram negative ENDOTOXINS (that is a hint)

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Edema
Nitric Oxide
DIC/death
Outer membrane
TNF-alpha
O-Antigen
Xtremely heat stable
IL-1
Neutrophil chemotaxis
32
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What is the toxoplasmosis “classic triad”

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Chorioretinitis
Hydrocephalus
Intracranial calcifications

33
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How is babesia treated?

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Atovaquone + Azithromycin

34
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Shigella invades the GI mucosa by first gaining access to __ cells in ______ __________ through endocytosis

A

M cells in Peyer’s patches

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