WCU FINAL STUDYGUIDE MICRO
EXAM COMBINED SET QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
What is the cause of Tetanus? - Answer- Clostridium Tetani
What are the symptoms of Tetanus? - Answer- Rigid spastic paralysis due to
continuous contraction of muscles. Affects jaw muscles early "lockjaw" and virtually all
muscles later. Death due to respiratory failure is the usual outcome if not treated
What causes Botulism? - Answer- Clostridium Botulinum
Botulism - Answer- Early symptoms include nausea without fever, sometimes diplopia
(double vision/blurred vision), difficulty swallowing, general muscle weakness. Late
symptoms include flaccid paralysis of muscles, death from respiratory failure
Gumma will occur in - Answer- The tertiary stage of syphilis.
What does Treponema pallidum cause - Answer- syphilis.
What are the symptoms of hookworm - Answer- Eggs are excreted in feces, eggs that
reach the soil may hatch and form larvae which is the stage that infects (walking around
barefoot) The larvae can penetrate unbroken skin and get carried to the lungs. Then the
worms get coughed up and either spit up or swallowed. Swallowed worms reach the
intestines where they attach to the mucosa. They get their nourishment from the host
bloodstream and may result in anemia
What are the symptoms of Pinworm? - Answer- common amoung children. Fecal - oral
route. female worm exits through the anus during periods of low movement (sleep) and
lays her eggs on the perenial area gag stimulates an inflammatory response which is
the prime symptom of the infection. Perianal itching
What does helicobacter pylori cause? - Answer- peptic ulcer disease
What are the symptoms of poisoning via Clostridium Botulinum? What causes this? -
Answer- Onset: 12-72h
nausea, double blurred vision, dysphagia (difficulty swallowing), weakness, confusion,
flaccid paralysis, death
Improperly canned foods, improperly stored foods with high protein content. Due to
spore formation.
, Who is at primary risk for Q Fever? - Answer- Dairy workers, beef processing workers,
butchers, and with the ingestion of raw milk
The DTaP vaccine protects against what respiratory disease? - Answer- pertussis
Toxic Shock Syndrom (TSS) - Answer- Strains of S. aureus.
Toxins produced by S. aureus in the vagina or in a wound stimulate T cells to release
excessive cytokines which trigger TSS
Type of infection of candidiasis - Answer- Characterized by a curdlike discharge, itching
and burning.
Change in pH or in normal microbiota. Candida (yeast)
Shigellosis - Answer- Caused by Shigella dysenteriae, S. flexneri, S boydii, and S.
sonnei.
Release enterotoxins such as shiga toxin.
Colonizes in cells of the small then large intestines
What causes Q Fever? - Answer- Coxiella Burnetii (a rickettsia)
Most common STD in the U.S - Answer- Chlamydia trachomatis
Most curable protozoan STD in women? - Answer- Trichomaonas vaginalis
The most common cause of traveler's diarrhea is - Answer- E Coli
What type of infection is candidiasis? - Answer- Fungal Yeast infection.
The causative agent of bubonic and pneumonic plague is - Answer- Yersinia Pestis
What disease is associated with Epstein-Barr virus is commonly seen in AIDS patients?
- Answer- Burkitts Lymphoma
Dengue hemorrhagic fever is actually - Answer- a hyperimmune response to reinfection
with dengue virus
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) - Answer- known to be teratogenic, is a disease affects fetuses,
newborns, and immunodeficient patients and is transmitted via bodily secretions.
A characteristic symptom of plague is - Answer- Bruises on the skin
A predisposing factor for infection by Clostridium perfringens is - Answer- Gangrene
A patient has a paroxysmal cough and mucus accumulation. What is the etiology of the
symptoms? - Answer- Bordetella
EXAM COMBINED SET QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
What is the cause of Tetanus? - Answer- Clostridium Tetani
What are the symptoms of Tetanus? - Answer- Rigid spastic paralysis due to
continuous contraction of muscles. Affects jaw muscles early "lockjaw" and virtually all
muscles later. Death due to respiratory failure is the usual outcome if not treated
What causes Botulism? - Answer- Clostridium Botulinum
Botulism - Answer- Early symptoms include nausea without fever, sometimes diplopia
(double vision/blurred vision), difficulty swallowing, general muscle weakness. Late
symptoms include flaccid paralysis of muscles, death from respiratory failure
Gumma will occur in - Answer- The tertiary stage of syphilis.
What does Treponema pallidum cause - Answer- syphilis.
What are the symptoms of hookworm - Answer- Eggs are excreted in feces, eggs that
reach the soil may hatch and form larvae which is the stage that infects (walking around
barefoot) The larvae can penetrate unbroken skin and get carried to the lungs. Then the
worms get coughed up and either spit up or swallowed. Swallowed worms reach the
intestines where they attach to the mucosa. They get their nourishment from the host
bloodstream and may result in anemia
What are the symptoms of Pinworm? - Answer- common amoung children. Fecal - oral
route. female worm exits through the anus during periods of low movement (sleep) and
lays her eggs on the perenial area gag stimulates an inflammatory response which is
the prime symptom of the infection. Perianal itching
What does helicobacter pylori cause? - Answer- peptic ulcer disease
What are the symptoms of poisoning via Clostridium Botulinum? What causes this? -
Answer- Onset: 12-72h
nausea, double blurred vision, dysphagia (difficulty swallowing), weakness, confusion,
flaccid paralysis, death
Improperly canned foods, improperly stored foods with high protein content. Due to
spore formation.
, Who is at primary risk for Q Fever? - Answer- Dairy workers, beef processing workers,
butchers, and with the ingestion of raw milk
The DTaP vaccine protects against what respiratory disease? - Answer- pertussis
Toxic Shock Syndrom (TSS) - Answer- Strains of S. aureus.
Toxins produced by S. aureus in the vagina or in a wound stimulate T cells to release
excessive cytokines which trigger TSS
Type of infection of candidiasis - Answer- Characterized by a curdlike discharge, itching
and burning.
Change in pH or in normal microbiota. Candida (yeast)
Shigellosis - Answer- Caused by Shigella dysenteriae, S. flexneri, S boydii, and S.
sonnei.
Release enterotoxins such as shiga toxin.
Colonizes in cells of the small then large intestines
What causes Q Fever? - Answer- Coxiella Burnetii (a rickettsia)
Most common STD in the U.S - Answer- Chlamydia trachomatis
Most curable protozoan STD in women? - Answer- Trichomaonas vaginalis
The most common cause of traveler's diarrhea is - Answer- E Coli
What type of infection is candidiasis? - Answer- Fungal Yeast infection.
The causative agent of bubonic and pneumonic plague is - Answer- Yersinia Pestis
What disease is associated with Epstein-Barr virus is commonly seen in AIDS patients?
- Answer- Burkitts Lymphoma
Dengue hemorrhagic fever is actually - Answer- a hyperimmune response to reinfection
with dengue virus
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) - Answer- known to be teratogenic, is a disease affects fetuses,
newborns, and immunodeficient patients and is transmitted via bodily secretions.
A characteristic symptom of plague is - Answer- Bruises on the skin
A predisposing factor for infection by Clostridium perfringens is - Answer- Gangrene
A patient has a paroxysmal cough and mucus accumulation. What is the etiology of the
symptoms? - Answer- Bordetella
