microbiology reviews
Lymphogranuloma venereum is caused by a
Chlamydia
a disease characterized by obesity and musclar weakness associated with abnormal functions of the adrenal gland is
Cushing syndrome
which of these statements is descriptive of spirochetes?
They are spiral shaped microbes which move around a variable axis
where are spores formed?
Within the cell cytoplasm
which of the following substances is most specific in antimicrobial action?
antibodies
marrow suppression resulting from drugs and/or chemicals, radiation, infection and metabolic disorder is
aplastic anemia
the type of immunity that results from the inoculation of a toxoid is
artificially acquired active
which of these transmit disease by biting the host?
biological vectors
which of the following is a mode of direct transmission?
droplet spray
Histoplasmosis and coccidiodimycosis are caused by
fungi
which of the following would most likely transmit typhoid fever as a mechanical vector?
housefly
which of the following enzymes is often referred to as "the spreading factor"
hyaluronidase
which of the following is mechanical body defense?
intact skin
what body cell is known to perform the process of phagocytosis?
leukocyte
the portal of entry of salmonella typhi is
mouth
molds are
multicellular
Opthamalia neonatorum is an infection caused by a species of bacteria which is a member of the genus
neisseria
which of the following is a type of pigmented tumor?
nevus
silver nitrate prophylaxis was once used for the control of
ophthalmia neonatorum
Rickettsia grow only as
parasites
which disease is not protected by the MMR vaccine?
rocky mountain spotted fever
what is an infection of the blood with actual growth and multiplication of pathogens in the blood?
septicemia
which of the following organisms is capable of forming capsules when living as a parasite?
streptococcus pneumoniae
which of the following diseases may be caused by the organisms responsible for infection entering the body through the unbroken skin?
tularemia
mosquitoes have been implicated in the transmission of which of the following types of hepatitis?
types A and C
the disease known as "ebola" is caused by which types of organisms?
virus
