Embalming Microbiology Final (FSE 120)
Necrosis of tissue is called _____________.
Gangrene
Malaria is caused by what?
A protozoan
African trypanosomiasis is commonly called _________________.
African sleeping sickness
What disease is associated with farmers, gardens and rotting vegetation?
Aspergillosis
The toxin aflatoxin is produced by _____________.
Aspergillus flavus
What disease in infants results from ingesting honey contaminated with C. botulinum spores?
Botulism
Yersinia Pestis is the causative agent for which disease?
Bubonic plague
What part of the body does rabies attack?
CNS
What causes yeast infections in women?
Candida albicans
What is the causative agent of thrush?
Candida albicans
What gases make up tissue gas?
Carbon dioxide and hydrogen gas
You have a skin infection introduced by a kiss from the parasitic bloodborne triatomine bug. You've got a case of
Chagas disease
What is the most frequently reported sexually transmitted bacterial pathogen in the US?
Chlamydia trachomatis
Fungi lack _______________, so they are not photosynthetic.
Chlorophyll
Which bacterium causes diphtheria?
Clostridium diphtheriae
Gas gangrene is caused by the pathogen
Clostridium perfrinigens
Which bacterium causes gangrene?
Clostridium perfrinigens
What is the causative agent of fungal meningitis?
Cryptococcus neoformans
What transmits Lyme disease?
Deer ticks and field mice ticks
Fungal infections of the skin are called ________________.
Dermatomycoses
What is the causative agent of amebic dysentery?
Entamoeba histolytica
Picking at the bedclothes is an odd symptom of what disease?
Epidemic typhus
The tongue is covered with a white or black fur and is rolled up in the disease ___________.
Epidemic typhus
Your kid came home this weekend with swelling of the parotid salivary glands after playing an ill-advised game of Spin the Bottle and kissing a stranger. Your kid probably has the dreaded
Epstein-Barr virus
An area of dead tissue in cutaneous anthrax is _______________.
Eschar
Traveler's Diarrhea is caused by the pathogen
Escherichia coli
Chlamydia trachomatis only causes venereal diseases.
False
What virus causes West Nile?
Flavivirus
Mycoplasma, chlamydia, and rickettsia are bacterial diseases that come from the same
Genera
What disease is caused by a protozoan that has two nuclei and can be found in all types of water, even chlorinated water?
Giardiasis
What is the most common waterborne illness in the US?
Giardiasis
Antimicrobial eye drops or silver nitrate placed in a baby's eyes on delivery because of the possibility of what disease?
Gonorrhea
What cells of the body does HIV attack?
Helper T cells
Cold sores are caused by ______________ virus.
Herpes simplex 1
Rickettsia prowazekii causes the disease epidemic typhus. What is that disease's mode of transmission?
Human body lice
Legionnaires' Disease is caused by the pathogen
Legionella pneumophilia
What are the smallest free-living organisms in nature?
Mycoplasmas
What is the causative agent of PCP?
Pneumocystis carinii
A small, protein, infectious particle is a __________________.
Prion
Which is NOT one of the three categories of fungi?
Protozoa
Which of the following microorganisms causes African trypanosomiasis and is spread by the tsetse fly?
Protozoa
Francisella tularensis causes tularemia, which is also called __________.
Rabbit fever
The malaria protozoan ends up in the human _____________, where it causes the disease.
Red blood cells
A fungal infection of the scalp is ____________.
Ringworm
In what fungal disease does a circular rash clear up in the middle as it spreads outward?
Ringworm
What are the names of the polio vaccines?
Sabin and Salk
In what part of the insect vector's body does the protozoan that causes malaria reside?
Salivary gland
In what disease is the tongue spotted with a strawberry-like appearance?
Scarlet fever
Select the term or phrase that is NOT associated with St. Vitus' Dance
Sexually transmitted disease
Which bacterium is common in raw milk and causes bacterial sepsis and meningitis in newborns, and uterine infections in postpartum women?
Streptococcus agalactiae
Which bacterium causes childbirth fever?
Streptococcus pyogenes
Which bacterium causes scarlet fever?
Streptococcus pyogenes
Which bacterium causes strep throat?
Streptococcus pyogenes
The disease _______________ is caused by Treponema pallidum and has three stages to it.
Syphilis
Dermatropic diseases are directly associated with
The integumentary system
Jock itch is caused by
Tinea cruris
Which of the following refers to fungal infections of the skin, hair and nails?
Tineas
Which disease can you get from cleaning your cat's litter box?
Toxoplasmosis
What is the causative agent of East African Sleeping Disease?
Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense
What is the vector for African sleeping sickness?
Tsetse fly
Mycobacterium tuberculosis causes tuberculosis. When the bacterium invades attacking macrophages, a nodule in the lungs called a/n ____________ forms.
Tubercle
How many viruses can cause the common cold?
over 200
The chickenpox virus can remain dormant in what part of the body?
Dorsal root ganglia of the spinal cord
Aspergillus glacus infects ______________.
Dried fruit
Inflammation of the brain is called ________________.
Encephalitis
A patient gets nosocomial infections primarily from
Hospitals and healthcare settings
What is a local skin infection caused by Streptococcus pyogenes that mostly infects children who scratch insect bites?
Impetigo
Plasmodium causes __________________.
Malaria
What virus is dangerous for a mother to contract in the first trimester and will result in birth defects?
Measles
What cells of the body does the mononucleosis virus attack?
Memory B cells
What is the vector for Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever?
Ticks
What is the vector for West Nile virus?
Tiger mosquito
Cryptosporidium parvum often causes _______________.
Traveler's diarrhea
Reheating food contaminated with Staphylococci will kill the bacteria itself but not the toxin. (T/F)
True
What virus causes chickenpox?
Varicella zoster
An intracellular parasite that is genetic material in a protein coat is a _____________.
Virus
Mumps is the infection of the ____________________.
Parotid glands
What is a furuncle?
Serious hair follicle infection called a boil
Which disease is NOT an example of a pneumotropic disease?
Shingles
Which bacterium causes a furuncle?
Staphylococcus aureus
Which bacterium causes toxic shock syndrome?
Staphylococcus aureus
Lyme disease is caused by which bacterium?
Borrelia burgdorferi
Which bacterium causes tissue gas?
Clostridium perfringens
Yeasts are ______________.
Fungi
Gumma are rubberlike lesions most associated with the disease
Syphilis