Final Review Microbiology

Guillain-Barre syndrome and Reye's syndrome are both:
A) associated with influenza viruses
B) accompanied by massive amounts of virus in the brain tissue
C) transmitted chiefly by female mosquitos
D) due to adenoviruses

All the following are considered forms of herpes simplex except:
A) genital herpes
B) liver damage developing in young adults
C) herpes encephalitis, a brain disease that may occur in newborns
D) cold sores forming around the lips and nose

All the following may be associated with measles except:
A) inflammation of the salivary glands
B) sensitivity to light
C) a red skin rash
D) Koplik spots

Orchitis may develop in:
A) post-adolescent males who have mumps
B) animals who contract smallpox
C) children who have had influenza
D) pre-pubescent females who contract German measles

The MMR immunization program has significantly affected the annual incidence of all the following diseases except:
A) Rubeola
B) Chickenpox
C) German measles
D) Mumps

The antibody important in allergy reactions is
A) IgE
B) IgM
C) IgA
D) IgG

The antibody that renders immunity to the fetus after passing across the placenta
A) IgE
B) IgA
C) IgG
D) IgM

When individuals are vaccinated so that they produce antibodies to the antigens in the vaccine, they develop ________.
A) naturally acquired passive immunity
B) artificially acquired active immunity
C) artificially acquired passive immunity
D) naturally acquired active immunity

When memory lymphocytes are re-stimulated by antigens to produce the same antibodies again, this is called:
A) anaphylactic response
B) allergic reaction
C) anamnestic response
D) antitoxin production

The disease involving formation of autoantibodies
A) bee venom allergy
B) poison ivy
C) Grave's disease
D) severe combined immunodeficiency

Most new cases of Hepatitis C are acquired by
A) IV drug use
B) raw oysters or other contaminated food
C) sexual contact
D) blood transfusion

Kaposi's sarcoma is:
A) cancer of the lymphatic system
B) cancer of the blood vessels in skin
C) cancer of the Kaposi cells
D) T cell leukemia

A good way to monitor the progress of a patient with HIV is to test blood samples for:
A) white blood cell count
B) HIV antibody titer
C) number of viable HIV viruses
D) CD4 cell count

The HIV virus primarily attacks the helper T-cell because:
A) helper T cells have many envelope spikes for attachment
B) helper T cells have many CD4 receptor sites
C) helper T cells are the predominating white blood cell in blood
D) helper T cells are present in many body fluids

Opportunistic diseases that can arise in Stage 4 of HIV infection include all except:
A) Mycobacterium tuberculosis
B) Botulism
C) Mycobacterium avium complex
D) Pneumocysitis carinii pneumonia

Penicillin is useless for the treatment of primary atypical pneumonia because the causative organisms
A) develop resistance rapidly
B) have no cell wall
C) grow only within the cells
D) are gram-negative

All the following are bacterial diseases of the lower respiratory tract except
A) Klebsiella pneumonia
B) pertussis (whooping cough)
C) tuberculosis
D) Legionnaires' disease

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is commonly found in skin and intestinal flora, and in tap water. It can cause all except:
A) skin infection in burn patients
B) food borne toxin poisoning in canned foods
C) pneumonia in cystic fibrosis patients
D) conjunctivitis from contaminated mascara

Which one of the following complications is not associated with E. coli O157:H7?
A) hemorrhagic colitis
B) colonic perforation
C) rice water stools
D) hemolytic uremic syndrome

All the following apply to Lyme disease except
A) the disease is named for a town in New Hampshire
B) ECM rash at bite site occurs frequently
C) the etiologic agen is Borrelia burgdorferi
D) transmission is by the deer tick vector

Which of these infections is not a dermatomycosis?
A) sporotrichosis
B) Tinea cruris
C) Tinea pedis
D) ringworm

Most systemic mycoses are transmitted by:
A) direct contact with spores
B) inhalation of spores from the environment
C) person to person contact
D) ingesting spores

The following is true of all systemic mycoses which we discussed in class except they:
A) often progress to meningitis
B) can either body through inhalation of spores
C) are all dimorphic
D) can be diagnosed by fungus culture on bronchoscopy

All of the following may be associated with Candida albicans except:
A) thrush
B) vulvovaginitis
C) cutaneous candidiasis
D) pneumonia

The fungi that can cause serious pulmonary infections that are seen in Wisconsin are:
A) blastomycosis, histoplasmosis, and aspergillosis
B) coccidiomycosis, blastomycosis and aspergillosis
C) histoplasmosis, coccidiomycosis, and aspergillosis
D) aspergillosis, blastomycosis, and coccidiomycosis

Trichomonas vaginalis most commonly causes:
A) PID sterility in females
B) urethritis in males
C) chronic vaginitis
D) prostatits in males

In which life cycle do the larva enter through the skin?
A) Nector americanus
B) Trichinella spiralis
C) Enterobius vermicularis
D) Diphylloborthrium latum

Head lice usually attach their nits to:
A) hairs approximately 3-4 inches from the scalp
B) hair very close to the scalp of the back of the neck
C) areas of the body with widely spaced hairs
D) the scalp by the ears

Scabies is caused by:
A) the crab louse
B) the body louse
C) the itch or mange mite
D) the dog or cat hookworm

The following are true of Plasmodium sp., except
A) can cause serious spleen and liver damage
B) periodic spiking fevers are main symptoms
C) acquired through the bite of a tick
D) there are four different species of Plasmodium

Typical signs of Lyme disease is a red rash and weeks later swelling of large joints
a) true
b) false