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173 Cards in this Set
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skin infection in arm, deep purple cocci in grape like clusters under microscope
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staphylococcus aureus
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what is the following organisms is responsible for ophthalmia neonatorum
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neisseria gonorrhea
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what organism causes rheumatic fever
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streptococcus pyogens
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what is coagulase positive and catalase positive
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staphylococcus aureus
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what is a zoonotic disease
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anthrax
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what causes malignant pustules
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bacillus anthracis
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what develops a cluster of spherical cells
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staphylococci
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woolsorters disease is also called
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pulmonary anthrax
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which of the following organisms causes gas gangrene
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clostridium perfringens
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both staphylococci and streptococcus can produce hemolysin T or F
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T
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toxic shock syndrome toxin is produced by staphylococcus aureus
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T
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which of the following organisms causes food poisoning following eating of reheated fried rice
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bacillus cereus
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what organism is comma-shaped and causes watery diarrhea
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vibrio cholera
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what is transmitted by contaminated dairy products and unpasteurized milk
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brucellosis
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acid fast stain is used to identify which microorganism
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mycobacterium
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is teichoic acid found within gram negative bacteria
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no
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how does bacteria reproduce
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replication
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what is found in arrangements of monotrichous, lophotrichus, amphitrichous, and pertrichous
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flagella
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what is true regarding the functions of the bacterial pill
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adhere to cell surfaces
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what is true regarding bacterial genetic transduction
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DNA transferred by a virus from one cell to another
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what is a common feature of bacillus anthracis, clostridium tetani, clostridium tetani
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they are bacteria spore bearing
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salmonella food poisoning in the US most common due to
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egg and poultry
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what is the most common cause of a urinary tract infection
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e. coli
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acute glomerulo nephritis is a nonsuppurative complication that follows infection by which one of the following organisms
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streptococci pyogens
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what causes classical urethritis in male
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n. gonorrhea
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what is not involved in the purification of water
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fluoridation
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diseases that are always present in a community, usually at a low, more or less constant, frequency are classified as having an _____ pattern
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endemic
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an epidemic that becomes unually widespread and even global in its reach is referred to as a
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pandemic
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what gov agency is responsible for safety of milk and milk products
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USDA
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what fed agency establishes standards for acceptable occupational exposure to toxic chemicals
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occupational safety and health adminstration
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what agency is responsible for disease diagnosis and epidemiological safety
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CDC
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what healthy agency is responsible for follow up of pandemic diseases
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WHO
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what health agency assures quality of air and water supply
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EPA
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which of the following is the purpose of pili on bacteria
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adherence to host cells
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what is not used to classify bacteria
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size
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opthalmia neonatorum is caused by
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neisseria gonorrhea
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what causes woolsorters disease
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bacillus anthracis
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what causes gas gangrene
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clostridium perfringens
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what causes pseudomembranous cloitis
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clostridium difficile
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what bacteria are strictly gram negative anaerobes
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bacteroids
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normal flora of a human is not known to do with what
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anti-carcinagenic chemicals
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how does bacteria multiply
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binary fission
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what bacteria has a thicker cell wall
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gram positive
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bacterial gene transfer cannot happen by
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budding
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what does vibrio cholera produce
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severe/excessive diarrhea leading to death
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does bacteria contain solid nuceli
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no
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what is not a cell shape of bacteria
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round
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what does bacillus cereus cause
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food poisoning
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which bacteria are shaped like clusters under the microscope
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staphylococcus
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what causes vomiting and watery, nonbloody diarrhea
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enterotoxin
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all clostridia are ____ spore forming, gram _____ rods
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anaerobic positive
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bacillus cereus growth on fried rice can cause
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food poisoning
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gram positive bacteria appear to be
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purple
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enzymes present in the periplasmic space of gram negative bacteria make them resitant to
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penicillin
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enterotoxin causes all the following except
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blood-diarrhea
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s saprophyticus causes what type of infection
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urinary tract infection
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what bacteria contains lypoplysaccharide (endotoxin)
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gram negative
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what bacteria can form endospores
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bacillus
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endospores are not
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used for reproduction
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bacterial plasmids are
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present in enkaryotes
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which of the following is not a property of staphylococcus virus
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gram negative
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which of the following can produce spores
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genus clostridium and genus bacillus
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the growing cell/ developmental stage of bacteria is called
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vegetative cell
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what causes meningitis and sepsis in newborns and immunosuppressed adults and also causes outbreaks of febrile gastroenteritis
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listeria monocytogens
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bacteria are
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eukaryotic
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bacillus cereus can be described as
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rod shaped
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what is the difference between diplococcus and staphylococcus is
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diplococcus are double spheres and staphylococcus are clusters
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what creates gram positive cells
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absence of teichoic acid
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gram negative bacteria appear
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pink to red
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what disease has clinical finding of lock jaw
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clostridium tetani
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all of the following are characteristics of clostridia except
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endotoxic
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fever urethral discharge and burning during urination, staining indicates gram neg
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gonococcal
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what organism is responsible for gastric carcinoma
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helicobacter pylori
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what has been implicated in hemolytic uremic syndrome
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e. coli
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what bacteria causes lobar pneumonia associated with diabetes and alcholism
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klebsiella pneumonia
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what causes whooping cough
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bordetella pertussis
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what disease is transmitted by contaminated dairy products and unpasteurized milk
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brucellosis
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commonest tick born disease in USA
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lyme disease
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what is the cause of parrot fever
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chlamydia psittici
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what are three things true about syphilis
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caused by treponema pallidum, pirochetes, penicillin is the drug of choice for treatment
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what is not transmitted by a vector
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q fever
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what does not have a cell wall
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mycoplasma
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what organism can cross the placental barrier
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treponema pallidum
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rickettsia reckettsia is cause of which of the following
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rocky mountain spotted fever
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which of the following organisms causes black death in the 14th century
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yersinia pestis
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salmonella food poisoning is most common due to
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egg and poultry
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what is the most common cause of UTI
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e. coli
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plague was called bubonic because of what
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swollen lymph nodes
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what gram neg rod causes whooping cough
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bordetella pertusis
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what dis is transmitted by contaminated dairy products and unpasteurized milk
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brucellosis
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what organism is responsible for wound infections associated with cat and dog bites
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pasteurella multcoida
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which of the following organism causes hensen's dis
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mycobacterium leprae
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which of the following gram neg rods has capacity to producing greenish pus in infections
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pseudomonas aeruginosa
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T or F pregnancy, malnutrition, alcohol and drug abuse may predispose patients to overgrowth by resident candida species in the mouth, gut, vagina or urinary tract
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T
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is tinea corpora associated with pityriasis rosacea
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no
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an infecting fungus is most likely to be seen in a neutropenic patient
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aspergillus
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toxins are associated with the aspergillus species
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aflatoxins
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fungi are usually cultured at
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30 deg
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what organism is only found in north america
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blastomyces dermatitidis
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what is the primary difference between eukaryotic and prokaryotic disease
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membrane bound organelles
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which of the following fungi produces a capsule
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crptococcus
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outbreakes of sporothrix schenckii have been traced to contaminated sphagnum moss and inoculated into the fingers of gardeners, thus it has sometimes been called "rose gardener's dis" tell-tale nodules develop along draining lymphatics of the arm
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T
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the best known mycotoxicosis occures after ingesting Amanita mushrooms which produce xeveral potent hepatotoxins
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T
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Are aerial hyphae associated with vegetative mycellum
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no
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most fungi of medical sig will be visible on mycology media within
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weeks
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most common pathogen affecting cell mediated immune compromised pt is
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cryptococcus
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which of the following is not an asexual fungal spore
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ascospores
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which of the following is not a dimorphic fungus
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candida
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which of the following would generally not cause disease via inhalation
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sporotrichosis
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which of the following is not a dermatophyte
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rhizopus
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target sites for antifungal therapy may include all except
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nuclear membrane
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which of the following statements is untrue concerning the phylum deuteromycota
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only sexual spores have been observed in its members
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individuals who enjoy the sports of speluking may be exposed to high levesl of histoplasma capsulatum if high deposits of bat guano is present
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T
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diabetic ketoacidosis or severe malnutrition may be infected with Rhixopus species, as more iron is released allowing growth of these low virulent but rapidly pathogenic infections
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T
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Ab does not favor yeast overgrowth as most fungi are equally affected by the changes they create to bacterial cell walls
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F
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which of the following statements about fungi is false
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all fungi are unicellular
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which of the following statements concerning yeast is false
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must be diamorphic
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which of the following is the primary difference between eukaryotic and prokaryotic cell
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membrane bound organelles
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which of the following fungal produces a capsule
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cryptococcus
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tinea corporis matches pityriasis rosacea
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false
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which of the following regarding candida albicans infections is NOT true
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in its dimorphic state, it can involve the lungs and other organs
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which of the following media cultures is most frequently used to observe fungal growth
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sabouraud agar
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what is a characteristic of fungi
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they are eukaryotic
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which of the following is NOT characteristic of fungi
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they are eukaryotic
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which of the following is NOT a characteristic of fungi
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they all have a peptidoglycan cell wall
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which of the following is a dimorphic fungus
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candida albicans
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all of the following are useful in identifying medically important fungi except
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gram staining
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all of the following are superficial fungi
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candia albicans
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which of the following fungi cause tinea versicolor
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malassezia furfur
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which of the following causes a fungal ball in lung cavitites
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aspergillus fumigatus
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which of the following is responsible for san joaquin valley fever
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coccidiodies imitis
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which of the following is transmitted by inhalation of spores found in bat droppings
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histoplasma capsulatum
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which of the following fungi can cause meningitis in AIDS patients
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cryptococcus neoformans
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which of the following fungi causes white soft nodules on the hair
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trichophyton beigelli
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which of the following fungi causes an atypical pneumonia in imunocompromised patients
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pneumocysitis carinii
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which of the following parasitizes alveolar macrophages in the lungs
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histoplasma capsulaturm
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which of the following is caused by sporothrix schenckii
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localized absess or ulcer with nodules along the draining lymphatics
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which of the following is NOT a dimorphic fungus
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candida
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the primary differences between eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells is
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membrane bound organelles
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which of the following is NOT an asexual fungal spore
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ascospores
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which of the following statements concerning yeast is false
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they must be dimorphic
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which of the following statements about fungi is false
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all fungi are unicellular
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which of the following statements is untrue concerning the phylum deuteromycota
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only sexual spores have been observed in its members
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which of the following statements is untrue concerning the phylum deureromycota
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only sexual spores have been observed in its members
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which of the following organisms is only found in North America
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blastomyces dermatiditis
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which of the following is NOT a dermatophyte
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Rhizopus
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which of the following would generally not cause disease via inhalation
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sporotrichosis
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which of the following would generally not cause disease via inhalation
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sporotrichosis
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which of the following fungi produces a capsule
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cryptococceus
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in the lab fungi are cultured at
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30 deg
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most common pathogen affecting cell mediiated immune compormised pts is
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cryptococcus
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most fungi of medical significance will be visible on mycology media within
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weeks
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most fungi of medial significance will be visible on mycology media within
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weeks
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toxins associated with the aspergillus species are known as
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aflatoxins
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target sites for antifungal therapy may include all of the following except
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nuclear membrane
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an infecting fungus most likely to be seen in a neutropenic patient is
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aspergillus
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some fungi that were originaly placed in the class "fungi imperfecta" due to the fact that they did not appear to form sexual spores now have two names due to the fact that they now have been found to have a sexual phase
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true
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some fungi that were originally placed in the class "fungi imperfecta" due to the fact they did not appear to form sexual spores now have two names due to the fact that they now have been found to have a sexual phase
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fungi imperfecta
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The best known mycotoxicosis occurs after ingesting amanita muschrooms which produce several potent heptotoxins
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True
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the best known mycotoxicosis occurs after ingesting Amanita mushrooms which produce several potent hepatotoxins
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intoxication may result from ingestion of a potent toxin producing fungus itself (amanita mushrooms- hepatotxins) or foods (spoiled grains/peanuts) contaminated by their toxins
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pregancy, malnutrition, alcohol and drug abuse may predispose patient to overgrowth by resident Candida species in the mouth, gut, vagina or urinary tract
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T
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patients with diabetic ketoacidosis or severe malnutrition may be infected with Rhizopus species, as more iron is released allowing growth of these low virulent but rapidly pathogenic infections
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T
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patients with diabetic ketoacidosis or severe malnutrition may be infected
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T
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Ab treatment does not favor yeast overgrowth as most fungi are equally affected by the changes they create to bacterial cell walls
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F
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Individuals who enjoy the sport of spelunking (cave exploration) may be exposed to high levels of histoplasma capsulatum if high deposits of bat guano is present
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T
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Out breaks of Sporothrix schenckii have been traced to contamination sphagnum moss and inoculated into the fingers of gardeners, thus it has sometimes been called "rose garderner's disease" tell-tale nodules develop along draining lymphatics of the arm
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T
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out breaks of sporothrix schenckii have been traced to contaminated sphagnum moss and inoculated into the fingers of gardeners, thus it has someties been called "rose garderner's disease" tell-tale nodules develop along draining lymphatics of the arm
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T
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which of the following fungi produces a capsule
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cryptococcus
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which of the following fungi produces a capusle
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cryptococcus
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which of the following media cultures is most frequently used to observe fungal growth
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sabouraud agar
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which of the following media cultures is most frequently used to observe fungal growth
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sabouraud agar
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which of the following facts is NOT ture regarding infections with candida albicans
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in its dimorphic state it can involve the lungs and idsseminate to organs
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actinomycetes and nocardis are prokaryotic organisms that act like fungus in that they are both filamentors and beaded but are in face gram-positive organisms
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T
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