NBCE Microbiology by organism| 72 QUESTIONS| WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

Ascaris lumbricoides CORRECT ANSWERS: MC roundworm, colicky pain, lives in small intestine Aspergillosus fumigatus CORRECT ANSWERS: in nuts & grains, makes aflatoxin, primary liver cancer, fungus ball in lung Bacillus anthracis CORRECT ANSWERS: anthrax, woolsorter's disease, inhaled spores, sporulation Blastomycosis CORRECT ANSWERS: endemic fungus on eastern seaboard from Florida to Canada Bordetella pertussis CORRECT ANSWERS: pertussis, whooping cough, inspiratory whoop Borrelia recurrentis CORRECT ANSWERS: recurrent/relapsing fever Borrelia burgdorferi CORRECT ANSWERS: Lyme's disease, bulls eye rash, vector = deer tick aka Lxodes scapularis Brucella abortus CORRECT ANSWERS: Bang's disease, zoonosis from cattle, spontaneous abortions in cattle, undulant fever Candida albicans CORRECT ANSWERS: oral thrush, monoliasis in babies & diabetics, white discharge Chlamydia psittaci CORRECT ANSWERS: psittacosis, parrot fever, lower respiratory infection Clostridium botulinum CORRECT ANSWERS: botulism, 1st diploplia, 2nd death, food poisoning Clostridium perfringes CORRECT ANSWERS: gas gangrene, organism aka C. welchi Coccidiomycosis CORRECT ANSWERS: San Joaquin Valley fever, endemic fungus in deserts of southwest Cornebacterium diphtherium CORRECT ANSWERS: diphtheria, gray pseudomembrane in throat, metachromatic fever Coxiella burnetii CORRECT ANSWERS: A Rickettsia, causes Q-fever, vector = milk, not organism, Weil-Felix (-) Diphyllobothrium latum CORRECT ANSWERS: fish tapeworm, pernicious anemia