FSE 120 Embalming Microbiology Final Prep

What virus causes West Nile?

A flavivirus

Thrush is ____

A fungal infection where there is white growth on the tongue

African trypanosomiasis is commonly called

African sleeping sickness

Infection with ____ can lead to shingles later in life

Chickenpox

Inflammation of the brain is called

Encephalitis

Picking at the bedclothes is an odd symptom of what disease?

Epidemic typhus

What disease is caused by a protozoan that has two nuclei and can be found in all types of water, even chlorinated water?

Giardiasis

Antimicrobial eye drops or silver nitrate placed in a baby's eyes on delivery because of the possibility of what disease?

Gonorrhea

How many viruses can cause the common cold?

Over 200

The disease _____ is caused by Treponema pallidum and has three stages to it

Syphilis

What is the most frequently reported sexually transmitted bacterial pathogen in the U.S.?

Chlamydia trachomatis

Fungi lack ____, so they are not photosynthetic

Chlorophyll

Which bacterium causes diphtheria?

Clostridium diphtheriae

Which bacterium causes gangrene?

Clostridium perfringens

Which bacterium causes tissue gas?

Clostridium perfringens

What kind of virus causes COVID-19?

Coronavirus

What transmits Lyme disease?

Deer ticks and field mice ticks

Fungal infections of the skin are called

Dermatomycoses

The chickenpox virus can remain dormant in what part of the body?

Dorsal root ganglia of the spinal cord

Aspergillus glaucus infects ____

Dried fruit

The tongue is covered with a white or black fur and is rolled up in the disease ____

Epidemic typhus

An area of dead tissue in cutaneous anthrax is

Eschar

Yeasts are ____

Fungi

Necrosis of tissue is called

Gangrene

What part of the body does hepatitis affect?

Liver

Tetanus is also known as

Lockjaw

Plasmodium causes ____

Malaria

Quinine is the treatment for

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

Healthcare associated infections are called ____ infections

Nosocomial

Mumps is the infection of the

Parotid glands

Which bacterium causes a furuncle?

Staphylococcus aureus

Which bacterium causes toxic shock syndrome?

Staphylococcus aureus

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

Lyme disease is caused by which bacterium?

Borrelia Burgdorfen

What disease in infants results from ingesting honey contaminated with C. botulinum spores?

Botulism

What part of the body does rabies attack?

CNS

Loss of smell and taste is an odd symptom of what disease?

COVID-19

What causes yeast infections in women?

Candida albicans

What gases make up tissue gas?

Carbon dioxide and hydrogen gas

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, Salk

In what part of the insect vector's body does the protozoan that causes malaria reside?

Salivary glands

In what disease is the tongue spotted with a strawberry-like appearance?

Scarlet fever

What is a furuncle?

Serious hair follicle infection called a boil

What is the only viral disease that has been eradicated from the world?

Smallpox

Which muscles are first affected by tetanus?

Jaw muscles

What is the vector for Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever?

Ticks

What is the vector for malaria?

Anopheles mosquito

The toxin aflatoxin is produced by

Aspergillus flavus

What virus causes AIDS?

HIV

What cells of the body does HIV attack?

Helper T cells

Cold sores are caused by ____ virus

Herpes simplex 1

What is a local skin infection caused by Streptococcus pyogenes that mostly infects children who scratch insect bites?

Impetigo

A small, protein, infectious particle is a ____

Prion

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

What is the vector for West Nile virus?

Tiger mosquito

Pregnant women shouldn't clean litter boxes to avoid the disease

Toxoplasmosis

Cryptosporidium parvum often causes

Traveler's diarrhea

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/an ___ forms

Tubercle

What virus causes chickenpox?

Varicella-zoster

An intracellular parasite that is genetic material in a protein coat is a

Virus