MicroPara

Question 1

Antifungals that inhibit beta glucan synthesis decreasing fungal cell wall synthesis

Answer 1

Echinocandins

caspofungin

Question 2

Antifungal that blocks nucleic acid synthesis by inhibiting both DNA and RNA polymerases

Answer 2

Flucytosine

Question 3

Dermatophytes affecting skin and hair

Answer 3

Microsporum

Question 4

Dermatophyte culturable only in media enriched with C12-C14 fatty acids

Answer 4

Malassezia furfur

Question 5

gardener’s disease
local pustule/ulcer with nodule
with ascending lymphangitis

rosette cluster of conidia

Answer 5

Sporotrichosis / rose hander’s dse

Sporothrix schenkii

Question 6

The only gram positive bacteria that produces LPS

Answer 6

Listeria monocytogenes

Question 7

All systemic mycoses are yeasts in warm temp (37 deg) except

Answer 7

Coccidioides

spherule in tissues

Question 8

monoclonal antibody for prevention of RSV

Answer 8

Palivizumab

Question 9

Double hemolysis on blood agar plate

Answer 9

Clostridium perfringens

Question 10

only RNA virus with a double stranded genome

Answer 10

Reoviridae (Rotavirus)

Question 11

Most common cause of childhood diarrhea (viral gastroenteritis)

Answer 11

Rotavirus

Question 12

Selective medium for Neisseria containing vancomycin, nystatin, colistin and trimethoprim

Answer 12

Thayer Martin Agar

Question 13

Most common infectious cause of SJS

Answer 13

Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Question 14

Only bacteria with cholesterol in the cell membrane

Answer 14

Mycoplasma pneemoniae

Question 15

Tiniest free-living organism capable of self-replication

Answer 15

Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Question 16

Downey cells are seen in

Answer 16

EBV

Question 17

The only single-stranded DNA virus

Answer 17

Parvovirus

Question 18

The only double-stranded RNA virus

Answer 18

Reovirus

Question 19

The first filterable human infectious agent

Answer 19

Yellow fever virus

Walter Reed

Question 20

Sterilizing temperature

Answer 20

121 degrees for 15 minutes

Question 21

Urease + organisms

8

Answer 21

CHuck hates PUNKSS
Cryptococcus
H pylori
Proteus
Ureaplasma
Nocardia
Klebsiella
S epidermidis
S saprophyticus

Question 22

shooting star or fast darting motility is seen in

Answer 22

vibrio cholera

Question 23

most common cause of atypical pneumonia

Answer 23

mycoplasma pneumoniae

Question 24

most common cause of subacute bacterial endocarditis and native valve endocarditis

Answer 24

viridans strep

Question 25

Halberstaedter - Prowazek inclusions are seen in

Answer 25

Chlamydia trachomatis

Question 26

Encapsulated bacteria

Answer 26

Some Killers Have Pretty Nice Elegant Shiny Bodies ``` Strep pneumo Klebsiella Hib Pseudomonas Neisseria gonorrhea E coli Salmonella B strep ```

Question 27

Lactose fermenters

Answer 27

``` test with macConKEE’S Citrobacter Klebsiella E coli Enterobacter Serratia ```

Question 28

causative agent of typhlitis (necrotizing enterocolitis)

Answer 28

pseudomonas aeruginosa

Question 29

influenza subtype referred to as “bird flu”

Answer 29

H5N1

Question 30

most common cause of epidemic encephalitis

Answer 30

Jap B enceph

Question 31

Operculated eggs are seen in

Answer 31

All trematodes/flukes (except Schistosoma) and Diphyllobothrium latum (cestode)

Question 32

DOC for all trematodes/flukes (except fasciola hepatica)

Answer 32

Praziquantel | Fasciola hepatica - Triclabendazole

Question 33

intermediate host of paragonimus westermani

Answer 33

sundathelphusa philippina | mountain crab

Question 34

African sleeping sickness is transmitted by

Answer 34

Tsetse fly | Glossina

Question 35

DOC for acute american trypanosomiasis

Answer 35

Nifurtimox

Question 36

Malarial dots of the plasmodium species

Answer 36

FalciparuMAURER ZIEMAlaria (ZIEMANN) voSCHUFFNER (vivax and ovale)

Question 37

Infective stage of Plasmodium sp

Answer 37

Sporozoites | Diagnostic: Trophozoites

Question 38

DOC for giardiasis

Answer 38

metronidazole

Question 39

only ciliated protozoan that causes human disease

Answer 39

balantidium coli

Question 40

largest protozoan parasite of humans

Answer 40

balantidium coli

Question 41

most common cause of parasitic meningitis

Answer 41

angiostrongylus cantonensis

Question 42

nematodes causing loeffler’s syndrome

Answer 42

ascaris lumbricoides necator americanus ancylostoma duodenale strongyloides stercoralis

Question 43

most debilitating nematode infection

Answer 43

filariasis

Question 44

Filariasis is transmitted through

Answer 44

infected mosquito bite (L3 larvae)

Question 45

clay pipestem fibrosis on liver ultrasound signifies infection with

Answer 45

Schistosoma japonicum

Question 46

longest of the tapeworms

Answer 46

diphyllobothrium latum

Question 47

MOT of diphyllobothrium latum

Answer 47

ingestion of plerocercoid larvae in undercooked fish

Question 48

Loa loa (nematode) is transmitted by

Answer 48

deer fly or mango fly (Chryops)

Question 49

Phlebotomus (female sandfly) transmits which protozoal infection

Answer 49

Leishmaniasis

Question 50

DOC for asymptomatic cyst carrier state of Entamoeba histolytica

Answer 50

Diloxanide furoate

Question 51

Largest intestinal nematode Largest intestinal fluke Largest intestinal tapeworm

Answer 51

Ascaris Fasciolopsis buski Diphylobothrium latum

Question 52

MOT of clonorchis sinensis

Answer 52

ingestion of undercooked fish (containing metacercaria)

Question 53

MOT of paragonimus westermani

Answer 53

ingestion of raw crustaceans (raw crabmeat/crayfish)

Question 54

Harada-Mori stool culture (recovery of larvae) is recommended for

Answer 54

hookworms and strongyloides

Question 55

transmitted when copepods are swallowed in water

Answer 55

dracunculus medinensis

Question 56

transmitted by the female blackfly (Simulium)

Answer 56

Onchocerca volvulus