some micro Flashcards

1
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-artificial passive immunity

A

inject immunoglobulin into you

ie. step on a nail or cut with glass → doctor will administer tetanus antitoxin

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2
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artificial active immunity

A

injection of an artificial vaccine ie. polio, DTP, measles

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3
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to prevent tetanus

A

keep wound open and clean

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4
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natural passive immunity

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natural antibody given to you ie. mother breast feeding gives baby IgA

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5
Q

71 year old man presents with sudden fever, productive cough and one time shiver episode. The most common agent is

A

Strep pneumonia

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6
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  1. Injection with Sabin and/ or Salk vaccine gives immunity to —
A

polio

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7
Q

Germ theory and pasteurization

A

pasteur

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8
Q

first small pox vaccine

A

jenner

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9
Q

antibiotic discoverer

A

Flemming

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10
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  1. Which of the following scientists is responsible for discovery of yellow fever
A

Reed

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11
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  1. What is the heaviest and largest immunoglobulin
A

IgM

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12
Q

no lymph node enlargement

produces enterotoxin → does not enter blood stream
gets in rice water stool → dehydration and vomiting

A

Cholera

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13
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hand, foot, mouth disease

A

Coxsackie virus

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14
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rubella virus

A

German measles

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15
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Paramyxovirus

A

mump virus

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16
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  1. Which of the following could cause epidemic parotidis
A

*mump virus → Paramyxovirus

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17
Q

disinfectants is used during preoperative preparations

A

iodine

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18
Q

mercuric chloride

A

skin antiseptic

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19
Q

used for gonorrhea infection of the eye

A

silver nitrate

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20
Q

makes up the cell wall of a bacteria

A

Peptidoglycan

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21
Q

fungal infections resembles a pulmonary infection similar to TB

A

Histoplasma → fungus that is inhaled

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22
Q

virus is most contagious in which of the following stages

A

eclipse

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23
Q

causes a lower respiratory infection

A

Chlamydia psittici → causes psisticosis → “Parrot fever”

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24
Q

associated with ulcer

A

Helicobacter

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25
Q

associated with larynx and pharynx

A

Coryebacterium diphtheria

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26
Q

cause strep throat

A

Strep pyogenes

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27
Q

AA secreted through tears, saliva and breastmilk

A

IgA

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28
Q

immunoglobulin elevated in a primary response the largest immunoglobulin

A

IgM

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29
Q

immunoglobulin elevated in a secondary response able to cross the placenta the most numerous in the blood

A

IgG

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30
Q

increased in paraditic infection and allergic reactions

A

IgE

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31
Q

unknown function

A

IgD

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32
Q

serology test for Rickettsia

A

Weil felix

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33
Q

test for TB

A

Mantoux

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34
Q

phosphatase test for what?

A

to see if milk is pasteurized enough

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35
Q

causative agent of Q fever

A

Coxiella Burneti

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36
Q

most common form of malaria

A

Plasmodium vivax

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37
Q

aka Black water fever → due to kidney failure

A

Plasmodium falciparum

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38
Q

Where do malaria (Plasmodium) organisms replicate

A

RBCs

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39
Q

Which organisms are classified by their methods of locomotion

A

protozoa

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40
Q

organism is coagulase positive

A

staph aureus

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41
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all staph organisms are

A

catalase +

42
Q

only staph ____ is coagulase +

A

aureus

43
Q

used to differentiate between staph and strep

A

catalase test

44
Q

virus capsid is made up of

A

protein coat

45
Q

inner viral capsid is made of

A

DNA/RNA

46
Q

herpes simplex produces a latent infection in the ____ system

A

nervous

47
Q

common agent of atypical pneumonia

A

mycoplasma pneumonia

48
Q

most common typical pneumonia

A

strep pneumonia

49
Q

usually acquired in hospitals

causes hemorrhaging of the lung and cough up red currant jelly sputum

A

Klebsiella pneumonia

50
Q

What is the mode of transportation of Legionella

A

water droplets

51
Q

seen in small pox → has been eradicated

A

Guanieri bodies

52
Q

Brodie’s abscess

A

chronic osteomyelitis

53
Q

rheumatic fever → strep

mitral valves destroyed causing lesion →

A

Aschoff bodies

54
Q

cause of exudative lesions of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and can cause caseous necrosis

A

Ghon tubercle → seen in the lungs

55
Q

Gram positive (+)

A

a) staph
b) strep
c) bacillus → spore former
d) clostridia → spore former → tetnea, botulin, perfringens
e) Corynebacterium diptheriae

56
Q

an infection of virus into a bacteria and altering it

A

bacteriophage

57
Q

transmitted by Ades aegypti mosquito

A

Yellow fever (walter REED)

58
Q

most common hookworm in North America

A

Necator Americanis

59
Q

Ascariasis lumbicoides

A

most common round worm

60
Q

Reiter’s syndrome:chlamydia triad

A

conjunctivitis → “can’t see”
urethritis (aka non-gonococcal urethritis) → “can’t pee”
arthritis → “can’t dance with me”

61
Q

the most common cause of the common cold virus

A

rhinovirus

62
Q

→ the most common cause of infantile diarrhea due to a bacteria

A

E. coli

63
Q

the most common cause of infantile diarrhea due to a virus

A

rotovirus

64
Q

Most toxic fat soluble vitamin =

A

D

65
Q

sequelae as a result of measle

A

SSPE (subacute sclerosing panencephalitis)

66
Q
  • drink infected water
    • cause ‘Beaver fever’ when camping
    • traveler’s diarrhea
A

Giardia lamblia

67
Q

inhaled → get fungus balls in the lungs

- ingest → cause squamous cell carcinoma of the stomach
- found in nuts and grains
A

Aspergillus fumigus

68
Q

What does Quelling reaction do

A

cause swelling

69
Q

Quelling rxn is characteristic of ____ Capsule

A

streptococcal/pneumococcal pneumonia

70
Q

microaerophile

A

bacteria that grows better in slightly reduced oxygen

71
Q

largest health and safety organization that does finding for disease research is

A

NIH

72
Q

causes spontaneous abortion in cattle
undulant fever
and found in unpasteurized milk

A

Brucella abortus

73
Q

What test do you use for Enterobius vermicularis

A

anal cellophane tape test

74
Q

parasite is diagnosed by recovering typical eggs from the perianal fold

A

Enterobius vermicularis – pinworm

75
Q

administration of influenza vaccines not been effective

A

different strains

76
Q

You should not give a child with influenza

A

ASA (acetyl salcyclic acid)

77
Q

caused by aspirin in children

A

Reye syndrome

78
Q
  1. Organisms that only uses molecular oxygen as the final electron acceptor are known
    as
A

obligate aerobes

79
Q

following characterizes all bacteriodes and clostridia

A

anaerobes

80
Q

all bacteria that live in the intestinal system

A

Bacteriodes

81
Q

all intestinal bacteria are Gram ______

A

negative

82
Q
  1. A 45 year old woman presents with fever, fatigue, headache and a bulls-eyed rash
    on her back. The most likely causative agent is
A

Borrelia borgdorfi

83
Q
  1. Which of the following represents a type of delayed hypersensitivity
A

Type IV

84
Q

an active & invasive opportunist

A

Staphylococcus aureus

85
Q

zoonosis disease is spread by spores

A

*anthrax

86
Q

from rabbits

A

tularemia

87
Q

found in burn victims,gram negative, oxidase positive rod, which can often be isolated in blue-green pus and can produce both pyocyanin and properdin

A

Pseudomonas aeriginosa

88
Q

produce gold pus

A

Staph Aureus

89
Q

red pus

A

serratus marsans

90
Q

anything that ends in –osis effects

A

lungs

91
Q

consumes inorganic material

A

autotroph

92
Q

consumes dead organic material

A

saprophyte

93
Q

consumes organic material

A

heterotroph

94
Q

causes childhood dysentery

A

Coxsackie virus B

95
Q

difference between diarrhea and dysentery

A

dysentery has blood in the stool

96
Q

What is the common cause of Bacillary dysentery

A

Shigella shigella shigelosis

97
Q
  1. The most effective type of sterilization in a laboratory is
A

autoclaving

98
Q
  1. Which of the following is a counterstain to the gram stain technique
A

safranin

99
Q
  1. A five year old presents with fever, sore throat and difficulty breathing. Exam reveals a gray pseudomembrane over the pharynx. Which is the etiologic agent
A

Corynebacterium diphtheria

100
Q
  1. Fecal contamination of water is determined by
A

coliform count

101
Q

Why is the fish tapeworm bad

A

depleats vitamin B12 in the intestine

person could thus develop pernicious anemia

102
Q

most common round worm

present in the duodenum

A

-Ascariasis lumbricoides