Specific Examples

Question 1

Tested for with oxidase test

Answer 1

Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Pseodomonas

Question 2

Identified with Western blotting

Answer 2

HIV

Question 3

Distinguished by phage typing

Answer 3

S. enterica vs. S aureus

Question 4

Not sensitive to normal ABs, normal microbiota

Answer 4

Candida albicans

Question 5

Inhibits cell wall synthesis

Answer 5

Penicillin

Question 6

Inhibits peptide bond formation

Answer 6

Chloramphenicol

Question 7

Change shape of ribosome (aminoglycosides)

Answer 7

Streptomycin, neomycin, gentamicin

Question 8

Interfere with tRNA attachment to ribosome

Answer 8

Tetracyclines, against rickettsia and chlamydia

Question 9

Injure plasma membrane

Answer 9

Daptomycin, Polymyxin B

Question 10

Inhibit mRNA/DNA synthesis

Answer 10

Rifamycin, Quinolone

Question 11

Inhibit synthesis of metabolites

Answer 11

Antimetabolites, sulfonamides

Question 12

Normal microbiota

Answer 12

S. epidermis, S. aureus, Citrobacter, E. coli, Lactobacillus

Question 13

Normal in intestine but can cause Dx elsewhere

Answer 13

E. coli

Question 14

Can cause several Dx conditions

Answer 14

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Question 15

Can cause Dx only in humans

Answer 15

HIV

Question 16

Has never been cultured

Answer 16

Syphilis, leprosy

Question 17

Zoonoses

Answer 17

Rabies, lyme Dx, malaria

Question 18

Soil reservoir

Answer 18

C. botulinum, C. tetani

Question 19

Water reservoir

Answer 19

V. cholerae, Cryptosporidium (diarrhea), S. typhii (typhoid)

Question 20

Impair phagocytosis with capsules

Answer 20

S. pneumoniae, B. anthracis, Y. pestis (plague)

Question 21

Uses Opa protein to attach

Answer 21

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Question 22

Uses waxy lipid to resist digestion

Answer 22

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Question 23

Uses M protein to resist phagocytosis

Answer 23

S. pyogenes

Question 24

Gram + that produces exotoxins

Answer 24

C. botulinum

Question 25

Causes trachoma

Answer 25

Chlamydia trachomatis

Question 26

Causes spotted fevers

Answer 26

Rickettsia

Question 27

Helical viruses

Answer 27

Rabies, ebola

Question 28

Polyhedral virus

Answer 28

Adenovirus, poliovirus

Question 29

Enveloped helical virus

Answer 29

Influenza

Question 30

Enveloped polyhedral

Answer 30

Herpes

Question 31

Complex viruses

Answer 31

Bacteriophages, poxviruses

Question 32

Oncogenic Herpesviridae

Answer 32

Epstein Barr, lymphoma

Question 33

Oncogenic Papoviridae

Answer 33

HPV

Question 34

Oncogenic Hepadnaviridae

Answer 34

Hep B

Question 35

Oncogenic RNA

Answer 35

Retroviridae

Question 36

Exit inhibitor

Answer 36

Tamiflu

Question 37

Fission yeasts

Answer 37

Schizosaccharomyces

Question 38

Systemic mycoses

Answer 38

Histo, valley fever

Question 39

Cutaneous mycoses

Answer 39

Tineas/ringworm

Question 40

Subcu mycoses

Answer 40

Sporotrichosis

Question 41

Opportunistic mycoses

Answer 41

Pneumocystitis, mucormycosis, aspergillis

Question 42

Pathogenic fungi

Answer 42

Fusarium, stachybotrys

Question 43

Fungi that modify cell membrane

Answer 43

C. albicans, trichophyton

Question 44

Fungi that prevent phagocytosis

Answer 44

C. neoformans, meningitis

Question 45

Yeast infection

Answer 45

C. albicans

Question 46

Carcinogenic toxin (fungi)

Answer 46

Aspergillus

Question 47

Mycotoxins

Answer 47

Amanita phalloides

Question 48

Fungicides

Answer 48

Nystatin, Amphotericin B, Miconazole

Question 49

Diplo protozoa

Answer 49

Giardiasis

Question 50

Parab protozoa

Answer 50

Trichonomas v.

Question 51

Causes amebic dysentary

Answer 51

Entamoeba h.

Question 52

Infects corneas

Answer 52

Acanthamoeba

Question 53

Causes malaria

Answer 53

Plasmodium