Microbiology final

African trypanosomiasis is commonly called ___________________.

African sleeping sickness

Infection with _____________ can lead to shingles later in life.

Chickenpox

What is the most frequently reported sexually transmitted bacterial pathogen in the US?

Chlamydia trachomatis

Which bacterium causes diphtheria?

Clostridium diphtheriae

Which bacterium causes gangrene?

Clostridium perfringens

Which bacterium causes tissue gas?

Clostridium perfringens

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

Inflammation of the brain is called ___________.

Encephalitis

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 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

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 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

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

Syphilis

Jock itch is caused by

The fungus Tinea cruris

Fungi lack _______________, so they are not photosynthetic.

chlorophyll

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

epidemic typhus

How many viruses can cause the common cold?

over 200

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

red blood cells

Cryptosporidium parvum often causes ___________.

traveler's diarrhea

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

virus

Lyme disease is caused by which bacterium?

Borrelia burgdorferi

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

What virus causes West Nile?

A flavivirus

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

A fungal infection where there is white growth on the tongue

Thrush is _____________.

What is the vector for Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever?

Ticks

What is the vector for West Nile virus?

Tiger mosquito

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

Toxoplasmosis

What is the vector for African sleeping sickness?

Tsetse fly

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

Tubercle

What virus causes chickenpox?

Varicella-zoster