FSE microbiology Final
African trypanosomiasis is commonly called _________________.
African sleeping sickness
Which bacterium causes toxic shock syndrome? Helicobacter pylori Streptococcus pyogenes Streptococcus agalactiae Staphylococcus aureus
Streptococcus pyogenes
What gases make up tissue gas? oxygen and carbon dioxide carbon dioxide and hydrogen gas hydrogen sulfide gas nitrogen and oxygen
carbon dioxide and hydrogen gas
What kind of virus causes COVID-19?
coronavirus
What transmits Lyme disease?
deer ticks and field mice ticks
Aspergillus glaucus infects ________________. corn, peanuts, grains dried fruit ear canal scalp
dried fruit
Picking at the bedclothes is an odd symptom of what disease? smallpox syphilis Psittacosis epidemic typhus
epidemic typhus
Which muscles are first affected by tetanus? leg muscles diaphragm back muscles jaw muscles
jaw muscles
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
1. The disease _____________ is caused by Treponema pallidum and has three stages to it. gonorrhea bubonic plague syphilis Lyme disease
syphilis
What is the vector for Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever?
ticks
What is the vector for African sleeping sickness?
tsetse fly
What is the most frequently reported sexually transmitted bacterial pathogen in the US? syphilis Chlamydia trachomatis gonorrhea Psittacosis
Chlamydia trachomatis
What bacterium causes diphtheria? Clostridium botulinum Clostridium perfringens Clostridium tetani Clostridium diphtheriae
Clostridium diphtheriae
Which bacterium causes gangrene? Clostridium botulinum Clostridium perfringens Clostridium tetani Clostridium diphtheriae
Clostridium perfringens
Which bacterium causes tissue gas? Clostridium botulinum Clostridium perfringens Clostridium tetani Clostridium diphtheriae
Clostridium perfringens
What virus causes West Nile?
Flavivirus
Which bacterium is common in raw milk and causes bacterial sepsis and meningitis in newborns, and uterine infections in postpartum women? Helicobacter pylori Streptococcus pyogenes Streptococcus agalactiae Staphylococcus aureus
Streptococcus agalactiae
Which bacterium causes childbirth fever? Staphylococcus aureus Streptococcus pneumoniae Streptococcus pyogenes Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Streptococcus pyogenes
Which bacterium causes scarlet fever? Helicobacter pylori Streptococcus pyogenes Streptococcus agalactiae Staphylococcus aureus
Streptococcus pyogenes
Which bacterium causes strep throat? Helicobacter pylori Streptococcus pyogenes Streptococcus agalactiae Staphylococcus aureus
Streptococcus pyogenes
What disease in infants results from ingesting honey contaminated with C. botulinum spores? scarlet fever impetigo rheumatic fever botulism
botulism
Infection with ______________ can lead to shingles later in life.
chickenpox
Fungi lack _______________, so they are not photosynthetic.
chlorophyll
Loss of smell and taste is an odd symptom of what disease?
covid 19
Fungal infections of the skin are called ________________. mycophytes dermatomycoses keratin keratinytes
dermatomycoses
The chickenpox virus can remain dormant in what part of the body? nerve endings ventral root of the spinal cord dorsal root ganglia of the spinal cord muscle
dorsal root ganglia of the spinal cord
Inflammation of the brain is called ________________. fulminant amyloid encephalitis spongiform encephallopathy
encephalitis
The tongue is covered with a white or black fur and is rolled up in the disease ___________. epidemic typhus endemic typhus rubella strep throat
epidemic typhus
An area of dead tissue in cutaneous anthrax is _______________. eschar buboe gumma carbuncle
eschar
Necrosis of tissue is called ________________. furuncle carbuncle gangrene buboe
gangrene
What disease is caused by a protozoan that has two nuclei and can be found in all types of water, even chlorinated water? toxoplasmosis giardiasis cryptosporidiosis amebiasis
giardiasis
What cells of the body does HIV attack? memory B cells memory T cells liver cells helper T cells
helper T cells
What is a local skin infection caused by Streptococcus pyogenes that mostly infects children who scratch insect bites? strep throat furuncle impetigo eschar
impetigo
What part of the body does hepatitis affect?
liver
Tetanus is also known as ____________. Black Death impetigo lockjaw scarlet fever
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? typhus SARS rhinovirus measles
measles
What cells of the body does the mononucleosis virus attack? memory T cells memory B cells helper T cells liver cells
memory b cells
Healthcare associated infections are called _____________ infections. nosocomial gumma eschar hospital
nosocomial
How many viruses can cause the common cold?
over 200
Mumps is the infection of the ____________________. stomach tonsils parotid glands lymph nodes
parotid glands
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 part of the insect vector's body does the protozoan that causes malaria reside? intestines salivary glands proboscis (that is used to bite humans) legs
salivary glands
In what disease is the tongue spotted with a strawberry-like appearance? strep throat scarlet fever impetigo rheumatic fever
scarlet fever
Which bacterium causes a furuncle? area of dead tissue in cutaneous anthrax serious hair follicle infection called a boil rubberlike lesion of bone, viscera, and skin necrosis of tissue
serious hair follicle infection called a boil
What is the only viral disease that has been eradicated from the world?
smallpox
Antimicrobial eye drops or silver nitrate are placed in a baby's eyes on delivery because of the possibility of what disease? gonorrhea syphilis scarlet fever rheumatic fever
syphilis
Jock itch is caused by the fungus Tinea capitis the protozoan Plasmodium the fungusAspergillus flavus the fungus Candida albicans
the fungus Tinea capitis
What is the vector for West Nile virus?
tiger mosquito
Pregnant women shouldn't clean litter boxes to avoid the disease ___________. ringworm toxoplasmosis thrush giardiasis
toxoplasmosis
Cryptosporidium parvum often causes _________________.
travelers diarrhea
Mycobacterium tuberculosis causes tuberculosis. When the bacterium invades attacking macrophages, a nodule in the lungs called a/n ____________ forms. furuncle carbuncle tubercle gumma
tubercle
Yeasts are _____________.
unicellular fungi
An intracellular parasite that is genetic material in a protein coat is a _____________. prion virus fulminant bacteria
virus
Lyme disease is caused by which bacterium? Borrelia burgdorferi Treponema pallidum Francisella tularensis Yersinia pestis
Borrelia burgdorferi
What part of the body does rabies attack? CNS PNS muscles stomach
CNS
What causes yeast infections in women? Candida albicans Tinea capitis Entamoeba histolytica Aspergillus flavus
Candida albicans
What are the names of the polio vaccines? Salk, Polio Sabin, Tamiflu P1, P2 Sabin, Salk
Sabin, Salk
What is the vector for malaria? Anopheles mosquito Anopheles fly tsetse mosquito tsetse fly
Anopheles mosquito
The toxin aflatoxin is produced by _____________. Coccidioides immitis Aspergillus glaucus Aspergillus flavus Aspergillus niger
Aspergillus flavus
What virus causes AIDS?
HIV
Cold sores are caused by ______________ virus. Herpes simplex 2 Herpes simplex 1 shingles flavivirus
Herpes simplex 1
What virus causes chickenpox? Varicella-zoster cowpox Rhinovirus Rhabdovirus
Varicella-zoster
Thrush is ________________. what causes yeast infections in women a fungal infection where the circular rash clears as it spreads outward a fungal infection where there is white growth on the tongue a stomach infection by a protozoan
a fungal infection where there is white growth on the tongue
