Final exam, micro 260, LCC multiple choices and questions with verified correct answers.

Staphylococcus aureus - correct answers Impetigo TSS food poisoning-gastroenteritis heat stable enterotoxin Streptococcus pyogenes (group A beta-hemolytic streptococci) - correct answers Necrotizing fasciitis pharyngitis Rheumatic fever Streptococcus pneumoniae - correct answers pneumonia otitis media sepsis and meningitis in babies not prevented by HIB vaccine Streptococcus mutans - correct answers Dental Caries (tooth decay) Listeria monocytogenes - correct answers miscarriage, still birth grows at refrigerator temps Neisseria gonorrhoeae - correct answers STD PID urethritis in males Neisseria meningitidis - correct answers contagious meningitis vaccination recommended for college students by most universites Haemophilus influenzae - correct answers Pneumonia otitis media sepsis and meningitis in babies preventd by HIB vaccine Pseudomonas auruginosa - correct answers Nosocomial pathogen on burn units pneumoina in cystic fibrosis patients Bordetella pertussis - correct answers whooping cough "P" in DTaP vaccine Escherichia coli - correct answers Traveler's diarrhea UTI Vibrio cholerae - correct answers Rice water stools can lose 12-20 liters of fluid per day (3-5 gallons) rectally; often accompanied by vomiting Vibrio parahemolyticus - correct answers Food poisoning- gastroenteritis ingestion of raw shellfish wound infections exposure of wound to contaminated shellfish or seawater Salmonella enterica - correct answers common contaminant of chicken eggs, reptiles. microbes are destroyed by normal cooking Campylobacter jejuni - correct answers Leading cause of foodborne illness in us Clostridium tetani - correct answers" T" in D Tap vaccine toxin prevents relaxation of muscles Clostridium botulinum - correct answers possible fatal food poisoning- toxin blocks release of neurtransmitter, causing flaccid paralysis linked to raw honey in babies Clostridium perfringens - correct answers good poisoning usually in meat dishes meat contaminated with intestinal contents during slaughter causes gangrene Clostridium difficle - correct answers normal inhabitant of the intestine antibiotic-induced, colitis-cytotoxin causes symptoms ranging from diarrhea to ulcerative colitis, depending on the severity of the infection sometimes treated with fecal transplant Bacillus antracis - correct answers cutaneous, gastrointestinal, pulmonary forms biological weapon Corynebacterium diphtheriae - correct answers "D" in DTAP vaccine pseudomemrane: fibrin, tissue, bacterial cells. Mycobacterium tuberculosis - correct answers Acid-fast rod; transmitted from human to human positive skin test Borrelia burgdorferi - correct answers Lyme disease reservoir: mice, and deer vector: ticks first symptom: bull's-eye rash, flu-like symptoms second phase: irregular heartbeat, neurologic symptoms third phase: arthritis An infection acquired during the course of hospitalization - correct answers Nosocomial infection Name a normal flora of the skin - correct answers staphylococcus epidermidis corynybacterium species "diphtheriods, propionobacterium acnes The type of symbionic relationship where both organisms benefit - correct answers mutualism Usually the first organism that colonizes a baby's GI tract - correct answers Bifidobacterium (anaerobic lactobacillus) 2 mechanisms whereby bacteria can be resistant to antibiotics - correct answers enzyme that inactivates antibiotic, alteration of antibiotic binding site, metabolic bypass of inhibited reactions, reduce uptake, efflux pumps remove abx An inanimate object involved in indirect transmission of an infectious agent - correct answers fomite The mode of transmission for STD's - correct answers direct contact transmission Insect and arthropods that carry pathogens from one host to another. - correct answers Vectors The mode of transmission for whooping cough - correct answers droplet transmission An example of vehicle transmission - correct answers Waterborne, foodborne, or airborne Cells which remain in the body to be used for a secondary response to the same antigen. - correct answers memory B cells and memory T cells Class of immunoglobulin found in secretions - correct answers Ig A First class of immunoglobulin produced in response to antigen, and the largest. - correct answers Ig M The class of cells involved in delayed type hypersensitivity - correct answersTH1 helper T cells An example of naturally acquired active immunity - correct answers actually having had the disease Structure that makes Strep. pneumoniae virulent and protects it from phagocytosis - correct answers capsule Type of toxin associated with gram negative organisms - correct answers Endotoxin 2 enzymes that help a pathogen spread in tissue - correct answers kinase, hyalurinidase, collagenase, neuraminidase Type of exotoxin which causes an increased release of cytokines by T cells, sometimes leading shock - correct answers superantigen organism that produces toxin as a result of lysogenic conversion - correct answers Enterohemorrhagic E. coli, Corynebacterium diphtheriae Strep. pyogenes (scarlet fever toxin) What does DTP stand for? - correct answers Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis an inactivated toxin used in vaccines - correct answers toxoid a type of vaccine that contains live organisms - correct answers Attenuated vaccine