FSE 120 Microbiology

Lyme disease is caused by which bacterium?

Borrelia burgdorferi

Fungal Meningitis

Cryptococcus neoformans

Amebic Dsyentery

Entamoeba histolytica

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 intracellular parasite that is genetic material in a protein coat is a _____________.

Virus

Malaria is caused by what?

protozoan

African trypanosomiasis is commonly called _________________.

African sleeping sickness

Malaria is spread though which vector? (Pick the best answer)

Anopheles Mosquito

What is the vector for malaria?

Anopheles mosquito

What disease is associated with farmers, gardens and rotting vegetation?

Aspergillosis

The toxin aflatoxin is produced by _____________.

Aspergillus flavus

The prefix "orni-" (as in ornithosis) pertains to that which originates from

Birds

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

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

COVID-19

Thrush

Candida albicans

What causes yeast infections in women?

Candida albicans

An area of dead tissue in cutaneous anthrax is _______________.

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

Gas gangrene is caused by the pathogen

Clostridium perfringens

Which bacterium causes gangrene?

Clostridium perfringens

Which bacterium causes tissue gas?

Clostridium perfringens

Lockjaw is characterized by?

Contractions of mandibular muscles

What kind of virus causes COVID-19?

Coronavirus

Which bacterium causes diphtheria?

Corynebacterium diphtheriae

Traveler's Diarrhea is caused by the pathogen

Escherichia coli

Chlamydia trachomatis only causes venereal diseases.(T/F)

False

What virus causes West Nile?

Flavivirus

Rickettsia prowazekii causes the disease epidemic typhus. What is that disease's mode of transmission?

Flea bite

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

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

Gonorrhea

What virus causes AIDS?

HIV

What cells of the body does HIV attack?

Helper T cells

Spongiform encephalopathies leave what?

Holes in brain tissue

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

Legionnaires' Disease is caused by the pathogen?

Legionella pneumophilia

What are the smallest free-living organisms in nature?

Mycoplasma

PCP

Pneumocystis Carinii

Which is NOT one of the three categories of fungi?

Protozoa

The malaria protozoan ends up in the human _____________, where it causes the disease.

Red Blood cells

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 glands

Select the term of phrase that is NOT associated with St. Vitus' Dance

Sexually transmitted disease

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

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

Gummy are rubberlike lesions most associated with the disease

Syphilis

Dermatropic diseases are directly associated with

The integumentary System

Jock itch is caused by

Tinea cruris

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

Toxoplasmosis

What is the most common waterborne illness in the US?

Toxoplasmosis

Which disease can you get from cleaning your cat's litter box?

Toxoplasmosis

Reheating food contaminated with staphylococci will kill the bacteria itself but not the toxin (T/F)

True

The scientific name for lockjaw is tetanus (t/f)

True

East African Sleeping Disease

Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense

Mycobacterium tuberculosis causes tuberculosis. When the bacterium invades attacking macrophages, a nodule in the lungs called a/n ____________ forms.

Tubercle

Why is smallpox still considered a global threat despite it being eradicated as a disease in the recent past?

Two samples still exist in rival countries the US and USSR

How many viruses can cause the common cold?

about 200

Infection with ______________ can lead to shingles later in life.

chickenpox

Fungi lack _______________, so they are not photosynthetic.

chlorophyll

What transmits Lyme disease?

deer ticks and field mice ticks

Fungal infections of the skin are called ________________.

dermatomycoses

Inflammation of the brain is called ________________.

encephalitis

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

Necrosis of tissue is called _____________.

gangrene

Cold sores are caused by ______________ virus.

herpes simplex virus type 1

Which muscles are first affected by tetanus?

jaw muscles

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 gland

A small, protein, infectious particle is a __________________.

prion

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

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

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

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

syphilis

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

the dorsal root ganglia of the spinal cord

What is the vector for Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever?

ticks

What is the vector for West Nile virus?

tiger mosquito

Which of the following refers to fungal infections of the skin, hair and nails?

tineas

Cryptosporidium parvum often causes _______________.

traveler's diarrhea

What is the vector for African sleeping sickness?

tsetse fly

Yeasts are ______________.

unicellular fungi

What virus causes chickenpox?

varicella zoster