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Public Health
What is pathogenicity,
What is commensalism,
What is symbiosis
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Microbial interactions with humans
High concentrations of nutrients ...,
How do bacteria colonise tooth su...,
Most organisms eg staph strep bac...
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Antimicrobial chemotherapy
What causes syphilis and how is i...,
Paul ehrlich was the first person...,
Salvarsan treated sleeping sickne...
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Pathogens and the host: variously invasive pathogens
How can virulence be measured,
What is meant by lethal dose,
What is meant by attenuation
37
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Pathogens and the host: innate immunity
Innate immunity is rapidly evoked...,
Adaptive immune system is more sp...,
What are the four soluble factors...
35
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Memory and vaccination
The adaptive immune system is mat...,
What are the three antigen presen...,
Only antigen presenting cells can...
23
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Antimicrobials - B-lactams
Cell wall synthesis can be target...,
It is more difficult to prevent b...,
Gram stain on gram positive bacte...
36
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Inhibitors of protein synthesis
Protein synthesis must continue e...,
Which drug is biosynthesised from...,
Tetracycline binding to nucleic a...
50
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Meningitis and vaccination
What is meningitis,
What are the meninges,
Why do bacteria not get into the ...
24
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Norovirus
What is the most common cause of ...,
Norovirus contains double strande...,
Norovirus is a non enveloped viri...
25
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Inhibitors of folate metabolism
Why is folate a dietary supplemen...,
Tetrahydrofolate is essential for...,
Why is the enzyme dihydropteroate...
25
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DNA gyrase inhibitors and DNA strand breakers
Dna gyrase is a topoisomerase tru...,
What is the role of dna gyrase,
Why is supercoiling needed
28
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Travel and anti-malarial vaccines
The vaccine for cholera is a kill...,
Hepatitis a infects which organ,
Hepatitis a is a bacterial infect...
32
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Herpes
Chicken pox is caused by a herpes...,
How does the herpes virus manage ...,
Between reactivations the virus r...
11
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Antivirals
Herpes virus and chickenpox are d...,
If the rna segment in a virus is ...,
If rna segment in a virus is copi...
33
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HIV and hep B
A patient is said to have aids wh...,
How does the infection of hiv tak...,
How is hep b spread
11
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HIV and AIDS
Cd4 count is a good indicator of ...,
Plasma viral rna load is a good i...,
Upon diagnosis of hiv treatment i...
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STIs
What is the most common sti in th...,
What regions does chlamydia infect,
How is chlamydia treated
22
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Antifungal chemotherapy
Candida is always present but can...,
Candida is a bacteria that causes...,
What causes athletes foot
26
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Colds and influenza
What is the first line defence ag...,
The binding of antibodies is firs...,
The t cell recognition of viral a...
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Treatment of TB
Are norcardiform bacteria gram po...,
What was the first antibiotic cur...,
What is the mechanism of action o...
14
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Hypersensitivity, allergy, antihistamines and autoimmunity
Anaphylaxis is which type of hype...,
Which antibodies mediate anaphylaxis,
An allergic reaction is provoked ...
25
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Allergy, corticosteroids and antihistamines
Both the innate and adaptive immu...,
What is atopy a result of,
The innate system is responsible ...
28
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Immunopharmacology
Immunodeficiency can be caused by...,
Clinically scid is characterised ...,
What is the major difference betw...
18
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Strep. pyogenes
Streptococcus is gram negative tr...,
What are the virulence factors of...,
Strep is present in oral microbio...
25
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Plaque mediated disease
Is the initial phase of dental ca...,
What causes dental caries,
Which two bacteria are best at be...
11
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Cancer
Over 40 of cancers are preventabl...,
Nitrogen mustard is more toxic th...,
Nitrogen mustard is no longer use...
51
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UTIs
What is the most common pathogen ...,
Utis are uncommon in healthy indi...,
Why are women more prone to utis ...
26
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Inflammation, stress and disease
In inflammation there is increase...,
In acute inflammation following a...,
In acute inflammation as a result...
15
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CF pseudomonas
Cf is a genetic disease true or f...,
Cf is a result of a faulty ______...,
What are the symptoms of cf
18
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Antibiotic resistance
What does it mean if a patient is...,
What are the signs and symptoms o...,
What are the first line treatment...
8
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Sepsis
What is the sepsis six,
What is the definition of sepsis,
What is the definition of severe ...
24
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Staphylococci
Are staph gram positive or negative,
Staph are found in the normal flo...,
Name 3 medical conditions that ar...
6
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SSI
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Plaque control
What is the optimum amount of flu...,
Fluoride is able to inhibit the m...,
Why are antimicrobials formulated...
19
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