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What is endemic in ground squirrels and prairie dogs?
Plague
What infects endothelial cells of blood vessels?
Typhus
What disease causes a strawberry tounge?
Scarlet fever
What condition causes destruction of ciliated epithelial tissues?
Pertussis
What are elementary bodies?
Chlamydia
What vaccine is associated with Guillaine-Barre?
Swine Flu
What severe cases are treated with Ribavirin?
RSV
What is a heat resistant enterotoxin?
Staphylococcal enterotoxin
What is a hemolytic-uremic toxin?
E. coli 0;157
What is an LSD like toxin?
Ergot
What causes severe joint infection?
Gonorrhea
What is found in genital vesicles?
Herpes 2
What causes fetal deformities?
Congenital syphilis
What is contracted from animal urine?
Leptospirosis
What is diagnosed from a blood culture?
Typhoid fever
What associated with gram neg bacteria are responsible for the complications of septic shock?
Lysogenic phage
What causes spontaneous abortions in domestic animals such as cattle and sheep?
Brucellosis
Pasteurella multociada infection is usually transmitted to humans by what?
Bite of infected dog or cat
Ectopic pregnancy may be a complication from untreated cases of what?
Gonorrhea
Development of secondary syphilis is usually characterized by what?
a rash and lesions with fever
what is a frequent cause of anaerobic infections of the abdominal cavity following surgery?
Bacteroides
Which of the following may be associated with an increased incidence of stomach cancer?
A. Typhoid carrier
B. Helicobacter pylori
C. Ecoli H 157
D. Histoplasmosis
B.
Extreme clear watery diarrhea tinged with bits of mucous indicates what?
Cholera
What is the preferred therapy for most cases of Salmonellosis?
Fluid replacement
This agent of bacterial atypical pneumonia survives in thermally polluted water such as hot tubs.
Legionella
Occupational exposure to birds is associated with this bacterial pnemonia.
Psittacosis
The principal target of the Epstein Barr virus is what?
B cells
The terms H3N2 would refer to infection with what?
Influenza A
Arthrospores are responsible for transmission of what?
Coccidioides
What causes menigitis in new-borns?
Group B streptococcus
How is Fransciella stained?
Bipolar staining
What can be contracted by unpasteurized milk?
Brucellosis
What is gas gangrene?
fulminating myonecrosis
What disease has long term secondary complications?
Lyme disease
What has heterophile antibodies?
HHV 4
What symptoms does yellow fever have?
jaundice of skin and eyes
What disease causes enlarged colon and spleen?
Chagas disease
What does diptheria's exotoxins block?
protein synthesis
What is associated with acute nasal congestion?
Common cold
What disease causes destruction of ciliated epithelium?
Pertussis
What is the skin test for tuberculosis called?
PPD
What bacteria causes walking penumonia?
Mycoplasma
What is contracted from birds?
Psittacosis
What has an antigenic shift?
Influenza A
What has arthrospores?
Valley fever
What bacteria on teeth deals with dextran?
Streptococcus mutans
Sulfur granules are associated with what?
Actinomycosis
What symptoms are associated with Shigella dysenteriae?
bloody stools with mucus
What pet is associated with salmonellosis?
pet reptiles
Where does Vibrio grow?
marine inviroment
What bacteria can cause stomach cancer?
Helicobacter
What does Hepatitis C cause?
Chronic liver failure
What does rotovirus cause?
Severe viral gastroenteritis
What is transmitted from ectopic pregnancy?
Gonorrhea
What is associated with syphilis
Gumma
What disease is associated with cervical cancer?
genital warts
How are cases of shigellosis and dysentery contracted?
person to person only
How is Cholera diagnosed?
culturing of V. cholerae from feces.
What is the treatment of Cholera?
Abx doxycyclineand iv fluids
How do you contract Cholera?
Contaminated food and water
How do Vibrios differ from other bacteria?
They require NaCl
Why is Campylobacter infection difficult to diagnose?
They require conditions of low oygen and high carbon dioxide to culture
What are the symptoms of mumps?
painful swelling of parotid glands, fever and pain during swallowing, testes become inflammed.
What are some complications of mumps?
meningitis, inflammation of the ovaries , and pancreatitis
How do you contract rotovirus and norovirus?
fecal and oral route
What is the treatment for rotovirus and norovirus?
oral rehydration
What is giardiasis?
flagellated protozoan that is able to attach firmly to humans intestinal wall.
What is used to diagnose giardiasis?
The string test
How is giardiasis treated?
flagyl
How is amoebic dysentery diagnosed?
recovering and identifying the pathogens in the feces
What are most infections of the urinary tract caused by?
E. coli
How is Leptospirosis contracted?
from urine of animals infected
How is gonorrhea present differently in males and females?
males get a pus discharge and females generally dont recognize the symptoms.
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Micro Final
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Microb Final
Updated
2011-03-16T04:22:03Z
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