Questions Flashcards
(50 cards)
What is found in the cell membrane?
Ergosterol
How would you treat an infection of herpes labiales?
-acyclovir
(Acyclovir, and valcyclovir)
A patient has ABPD (allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis), what is a prior condition they had to make them more susceptible to this disease?
Asthma
The patient lives in San Joaquin valley, and has night sweats and fever, a tissue sample is observed, what do you expect to find in the microscope?(referring to coccidiodes)
Spherules
You enucleate a cell and insert an RNA virus, without Reverse transcriptase, what do you expect to find?
Completed, new synthesized virions
SARS1, what animal is a reservoir?
Civet
A picture of a cold sore, what would you treat this patient with?
Docosonal
Which organism is likely causing this patient symptoms? Picture of hard palate with black ulcer
A. Rhizopus arrhizus
B. Asperigilus fungus
C. Candida albicans
D. Blastomhyces dermatitis
Rhizopus arrhizus
Patient is HIV positive, what are the guidelines to start ART therapy?
ASAP
Which is a TORCH organism and causes mononucleosis?
CMV
If a child has dry cough, grain of salt on a halo (measles), what is the most likely cause of death?
Pneumonia
Which characteristic of virus is highly prone to mutation?
A. Helical capsid
B. Naked virus
C. Envelope virus
D. RNA genome
RNA genome
what is the most common viral oral infection?
HSV-1
When considering hepatitis, what statement is true?
Both Hep B & C can cause hepatocellualr carcinoma
what is true regarding a pro-drugs?
require a virally encoded enzyme to activate
Patient lives in San Joaquin Noah valley, cough, fever, night sweats, what would lung biopsy be?
A. Spherules
B. Intracellular yeasts
C. Coenocytic hyphae branching at 90 degrees
D. Hyphae w/ frequent septal branching 45 degrees
Spherules
Describes mumps. What is not a test from mumps( diagnosis)?
LFA
What complication is patient at greatest risk dying from? Dry cough, little red halo inside buccal mucosa?
A. Encephalitis
B. SSPE
C. Pneumonia
D. Diarrhea
SSPE
SSPE = complication for measles = fatal, neurological disorder
Encephalitis = in adults
Pneumonia = in children
Diarrhea
ottis media is also a complication of measles
How is adenovirus transmitted?
A) Swimming pool
B) Fecal- oral
c)Fomites
d) aerosol spray
All of the above
Which is the greatest risk of injury from percutaneous infection?
HBV
Group of viruses that cause 50% of all colds
Rhinovirus
Which virus only produces an acute infection?
A. HIV
B. Hep c
C. Human Papilloma
D. Hep A
E. CMV
Hep a
Considered an infectioius hepatitis
if question asked what virus is chronic = HIV
Which is not a test for MUMPS?
LFA
Test include:
RT-PCR: )(w/n 3 days)
ELISA: IgM (>3 days of symptoms)
She test positive for HCV using serological test. What treat is used for definite diagnosis of HCV?
RT-PCR
Overall test include:
-ELISA/LFA = serology
-RT-PCR = confirm
HIV DIAGNOSIS
1st: presumptive test
-elisa = p24 & antibodies to HIV against gp160
2nd: confirmation
-ELISA : b/w HIV-1/-2
-RT-PCR: only if ELISA is negative
