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virulence factor found only in gram positive organisms

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Teichoic acids

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major virulence factor of streptococcus pneumoniae

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Capsule - antiphagocytic

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what organism has the following characteristics causes dry hacking cough, causes atypical walking pneumonia, has a high titer of cold agglutinins and lacks a cell wall

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myscoplasma pneumoniae

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name the organism: catalase +; coagulase -; mannitol salt -; novobiocin resistant

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staphylococcus saprophyticus

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Ability to take up naked DNA from the environment known as what in bacterial genetics?

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Transformation

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what process involves an F+ plasmid and a sex pilus?

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Conjugation

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What is the process whereby a segment of DNA can jump from one location to another

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Transposition

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This process in bacterial genetics involves viruses

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Transduction

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Name the organism: sorbitol negative, lactose fermenting, gram negative rods, causes bloody diarrhea

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EHEC

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What is a complication of EHEC?

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Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome (triad of anemia, thrombocytopenia, acute renal failure)

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Name the organism: gram negative, lactose negative rod; causes ROSE SPOTS on abdomen, fever, headache and diarrhea; can remain in gallbladder and cause carrier state

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salmonella typhi

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Name the organism: gram negative, lactose negative rod; does not cause typhoid fever

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salmonella enterica biovar typhimurium

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Name the organism: gram negative rod; causes high fever, swelling in armpits and groin area

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yersinia pestis - bubonic plague

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How is yersinia pestis transmitted?

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Fleas

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Salmonella or Shigella? have flagella, disseminate hematogenously, produce hydrogen sulfide, can cause bloody diarrhea, does not ferment lactose , many animal reservoirs

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Salmonella

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Salmonella or Shigella? no flagella, cell to cell transmission, does not produce hydrogen sulfide, often causes blood diarrhea, does not ferment lactose, only reservoirs are humans and primates

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Shigella

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What is the MOA of the shigella toxin?

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inhibition of protein synthesis

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What type of organism is diphyllobothrium latum?

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Cestode (tapeworms)

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How is diphyllobothrium latum transmitted?

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ingestion of larvae from raw freshwater fish

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How is diphylllobothrium latum treated?

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praziquantel

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What condition does diphyllobothrium latum cause?

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vitamin B12 deficiency - tapeworm competes for B12 in intestine causing anemia

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Name the organism: pigs are reservoir, causes watery diarrhea with blood and pus

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Balantidium coli

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Beavers and muskrats are reservoirs for this protozoa

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Giardia lamblia

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Describe disease caused by Giardia lamblia

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bloating, flatulence, foul-smelling, fatty diarrhea

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Name the organism: severe diarrhea in AIDS patients, watery diarrhea in immunecompetent, cysts seen on acid fast stain
cryptosporidium
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Which organism as the following clinical disease description? mimics giardiasis with malabsorption syndrome
Cystoisospora belli
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A trematode (fluke) with a terminal spine
Schistosome haematobium
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A trematode (fluke) with a lateral spine
Schistosome mansoni
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A trematode (fluke) with a non-distinct spine
Schistosome japonicum
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Neonatal manifestations of toxoplasma gondii
chorioretinitis, hydrocephalus, intracranial calcifications
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Neonatal manifestations of rubella
pulmonary artery hypoplasia, CATARACTS, deafness, blueberry muffin rash
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Neonatal manifestations of CMV
hearing loss, seizures, petechial rash, blueberry muffin rash, microcephaly, low birth weight
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Neonatal manifestations of HSV-2
encephalitis, herpetic lesions
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Neonatal manifestations of syphilis
stillbirth, hydrops fetalis, notched teeth, sadles nose, short maxilla, saber shins, CN VIII deafness
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Name the virus: heterophile +, atypical lymphocytes, a herpes virus
EBV
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Does enterovirus cause GI symptoms?
NO
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Name the virus: flu like symptoms and flaccid paralysis with no sensory less
poliovirus
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how is poliovirus transmitted?
fecal-oral
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Site of latency for HSV-1
trigeminal ganglia
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Site of latency for VZV
dorsal root ganglia
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Site of latency for HSV-2
sacral ganglia
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Virus that causes black vomit
Yellow fever virus
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What virus causes temporal lob encephalitis
HSV-1
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T/F a complication of adenovirus can also be hematuria
true
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The Ixodes tick transmitts what two conditions?
Lyme Disease and Babesia (hence possible coinfection)
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Blood smear shows a maltese cross, what does this indicate?
Babesia
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Name the virus: single stranded RNA virus, most common cause of myocarditis
Coxsackie B virus
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Warts on a 10 year olds hands points to what virus?
HPV
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What type of virus is HPV?
non-enveloped DNA virus
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What does the presence of HBeAg indicate?
chronic infection
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What is common in second stage lyme disease?
Bell Palsy
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Name the bug: gram negative rods with bipolar staining; causes fever, malaise, dyspnea, chest pain
Yesinia pestis
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Name the bug: weakness, backache, arthralgias, fever that is worse at night, profuse sweating
Brucella abortus
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Name the bug: fever, malaise, vesicular rash in the oral mucosa, vesicles are all the same age
Small pox virus
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Name the mold - septate hyphi that branch at 45 degree angles, appearance of fungus ball on chest xray
Aspergillus fumigatus
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Name the fungus - found in states east of the Mississippi Rive and centeral america, broad base budding
Blastomycosis
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Name the mold - seen mostly in ketoacidotic diabetics, black necrotic eschar can form
Mucor and Rhizopus
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What does Mucor look like on histological image?
nonseptate hyphae branching at wide angles
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Name the fungus - found in southwestern US, California, causes pneumonia and meningitis, SPHERULES filled with endospores
Coccidioidomycosis
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Name the organism - dimorphic yeast, pseudohyphae and budding yeasts; causes oral and esophageal thrush in immune compromised
Candida albicans
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Name the organism - encapsulated, found in pigeon droppings and soil, stains with india ink
Cryptosporidium neoformans
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Name the organism - symptoms include fever, night sweats, weightloss and hemoptysis, surface glycolipids inhibit phagolysosome fusion
Mycoplasma tuberculosis
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ring enhancing lesions in the brain suggest what?
Toxoplasma gondii
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Describe the measles virus
RNA, negative stranded, enveloped
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Trypanosoma cruzi which causes Chagas disease is transmitted by what?
Reduviid bug
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Name the bug - causes malaise, chills, sore throat, dry cough, intersitial pneumonia; does not gram stain, sputum reveals PMNs but no organisms
Chlamydophila pneumoniae
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those working at the aquarium and dealing with fish tanks are at risk for what?
mycobacterium marinum
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Break bone fever is transmitted by?
(Dengue fever; Flavivirus) by Aedes mosquito
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Where in the body is bacteroides fragilis part of the normal flora?
Colon
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This organism is part of the normal flora of the colon and is gram negative and an obligate anaerobe
Bacteroides fragilis
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T/F chlamydia trachomatis causes reactive arthritis
T
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symptoms of pseudomembranous pharyngitis (grayish white membrane) with lymphadenopathy, myocarditis and arrhythmias indicate what organism?
Corynebacterium diphtheriae
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post streptococcal glomerulonephritis is considered what type of hypersensitivity?
Type III
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Campylobacter jejuni is a common antecedent to what?
Buillain-Barre syndrome and reactive arthritis
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Name the organism - blood and pus in stool, fecal oral transmission, oxidase positive, GROWS AT 42 DEGREES
Campylobacter jejuni
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exposure to aborted fetus from a sheep is associated with which organism?
Brucella meletensis
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Parvovirus B19 is what type of virus?
single stranded DNA virus (the only singled stranded DNA virus)
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Name the organism - motility causes swarming on agar; produces urease; ASSOCIATED WITH STRUVITE STONES
Proteus mirabilis
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name the parasite - associated with bears, myalgia, persistent low grade fever
Trichinella spiralis
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Name the parasite - severe edema of lower legs
Wucheria bancrofti
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Name the parasite- associated with Africa, diminished visual acuity
Onchocerca volvulus
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What parasite also affects the eye but does not cause blindness like Onchocerca volvulus
Loa Loa
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Vector for African sleeping sickness (Trypanosoma brucei)
Tsetse fly
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Vector for Chagas Disease (Trypansoma cruzi)
Reduviid bug
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Vector for Elephantiasis (Wuchereria bancrofti)
Female Mosquito
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Vector for River blindness (onchocerca volvulus)
Black fly
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Vector for Malaria (Plasmodium)
Anopheles Mosquito
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Vector for Leishmaniasis
sand fly

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