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Test Bank For Textbook Of Diagnostic Microbiology 7th Edition By Connie R. Mahon
Chapters 1 - 41

, Mahon: Textbook of Diagnostic Microbiology, 7th Edition Test Bank
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Table of contents
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Part 1: Introduction toClinical Microbiology
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Chapter 1. Bacterial CellStructure, Physiology, Metabolism, and Genetics
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Chapter 2. Host-Parasite Interaction
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Chapter 3. The LaboratoryRole in Infection Control
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Chapter 4. Control ofMicroorganisms: Disinfection,Sterilization, and MicrobiologySafety
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Chapter 5. Performance Improvement inthe MicrobiologyLaboratory
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Chapter 6. Specimen Collection andProcessing
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Chapter 7. Microscopic Examination ofMaterials from Infected Sites
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Chapter 8. Use ofColony Morphologyfor the Presumptive Identification ofMicroorganisms
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Chapter 9. Biochemical Identification ofGram-Negative Bacteria
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Chapter 10. Immunodiagnosis of Infectious Diseases
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Chapter 11. ApplicationsofMolecular Diagnostics
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Chapter12. AntibacterialMechanisms ofActionand Bacterial Resistance Mechanisms
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Chapter 13. Antimicrobial SusceptibilityTesting
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Part 2: Laboratory Identification of Significant Isolates
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Chapter 14. Staphylococci
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Chapter 15. Streptococcus, Enterococcus, and OtherCatalase-Negative, Gram-Positive Cocci
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Chapter 16.Aerobic Gram-Positive Bacilli
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Chapter 17. Neisseria Species and Moraxella catarrhalis
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Chapter 18. Haemophilus,HACEK, LegionellaandOther Fastidious Gram-Negative Bacilli
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Chapter19.Enterobacteriaceae
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Chapter 20. Vibrio, Aeromonas, and Campylobacter Species
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Chapter 21. Nonfermentingand Miscellaneous Gram-Negative Bacilli
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Chapter 22. Anaerobes ofClinical Importance
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Chapter 23. The Spirochetes
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Chapter 24. Chlamydia, Rickettsia, and Similar Organisms
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Chapter 25. Mycoplasmaand Ureaplasma
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Chapter 26. Mycobacterium tuberculosisand Nontuberculous Mycobacteria
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Chapter 27. MedicallySignificant Fungi
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Chapter 28. Diagnostic Parasitology
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Chapter 29. Clinical Virology
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Chapter 30. Agents ofBioterror and Forensic Microbiology
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Chapter 31. Biofilms: Architects ofDisease
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Part 3: Laboratory Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases: and Organ SystemApproach to DiagnosticMicrobiology
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Chapter 32. Upperand Lower RespiratoryTract Infections
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Chapter 33. Skinand Soft Tissue Infections
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Chapter 34. Gastrointestinal Infections and Food Poisoning
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Chapter 35. Infections ofthe Central Nervous System
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Chapter 36. Bacteremia and Sepsis
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Chapter 37. UrinaryTract Infections
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Chapter 38. Genital Infectionsand SexuallyTransmitted Infections
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Chapter 39. Infections inSpecial Populations
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Chapter 40. Zoonotic Diseases
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Chapter 41. Ocular Infections
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1. Tosurvive, microbial inhabitants havelearned to adapt byvarying all of the following, except
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d. bacterialshape. h
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ny different niches and habitats. It discusses slow growers, rapid growers, and replication with sc
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arce or abundant nutrients, under different atmospheric conditions, temperature requirement
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s, and cell structure. Bacterial shape as a form of evolution is not discussed.
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2. Whowas considered the fatherofprotozoologyand bacteriology?
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a. AntonvanLeeuwenhoek h
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c. CarlLandsteiner h
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d. MichaelDouglas h
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The book discusses Anton van Leeuwenhoek as the inventor of the microscope and the first perso
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nto seethe “beasties.” Sotheydubbed him the fatherofprotozoology and bacteriology.Theother
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3. Prokaryoticcells havewhich ofthefollowing structures in their cytoplasm? h
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b. Ribosomes
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All the structures listed are found in eukaryotic cells, but ribosomes are the onlyones thatappl
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yto prokaryotic cells.
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4. This form of DNAis commonlyfound in eukaryoticcells.
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a. Linear
b. Circular
c. Plasmid
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Circularand plasmid DNA areusuallyfound only in bacteria, not eukaryotic cells. Colloid isaprope
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rtyof protein molecules and is not associated with nucleotides.
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5. Thenuclearmembranein prokaryotes is
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a. missing.
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bound structures in the cytoplasm including astructured nucleus.
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6. Amicroorganism that isaunicellularorganism and lacks anuclearmembraneand truenucl
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eusbelongs to which classification?
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a. Fungi
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Fungi, algae, and parasites areunicellulareukaryoticorganisms that contain atruenucleus.Bac
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teria areprokaryotic and do not contain a true nucleus or nuclear membrane.
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7. Inthelaboratory, theclinical microbiologist is responsibleforall thefollowing, except
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c. identifyingmicroorganisms. h
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d. analyzingbacteria that causedisease. h
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Clinical microbiologistsdo not select thetreatment forpatients. Theyprovide thedoctorwiththe
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name of the organism and the antibiotics that can kill the bacteria, but not in the final selection of t
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8. What enables themicrobiologist toselect thecorrect mediaforprimarycultureand optimizethe
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d. Knowingthedifferences incellwalls ofparticular bacteria h
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