WCU Microbiology Final Exam Fully
Solved Test Questions.
Toxic-shock like syndrome is associated with: - Answer streptococcus aureus
Pt is brought to ER w. constant high fever, extensive edema, low BP, and petechiae. What might
the Pt be suffering from? - Answer Septicemia
Vegetations are associated with which of the following disease processes? - Answer
Endocarditis
Chief diagnostic sign of brucellosis - Answer Fever recurring every 24 hours
Causative agent of bubonic and pneumonic plague is: - Answer Yersinia pestis
Which of the following diseases associated with Epstein-Barr virus is commonly seen in AIDS
pts? - Answer Oral hairy Leukoplakia
The Epstein-Barr virus infections are typically asymptomatic in which of the following groups? -
Answer Young children
Dengue hemorrhagic fever is actually: - Answer A hyperimmune response to reinfection with
dengue virus
Infection with which of the following species of Plasmodium is most likely to be fatal? - Answer
P. falciparum
Which of the following is associated with some cases of streptococcal pharyngitis? - Answer
Scarlet fever, rheumatic fever, and acute glomerulonephritis
The majority of cases of pneumonia are caused by: - Answer Streptococcus pneumonia
V shapes and palisade arrangements are characteristic of which of the following? - Answer
, The DTaP vaccine protects against which of the following respiratory diseases? - Answer
Pertussis
strep throat - Answer Streptococcal pharyngitis
how does S. pyogenes travel? - Answer via respiratory droplets to other individuals
What produces a toxin that causes diphtheria - Answer Corynebacterium diphtheriae
Sinusitis and otitis media can be caused by these three - Answer S. pneumoniae, Haemophilus
influenzae, or Moraxella catarrhalis
most common cause of colds - Answer Rhinovirus
why colds do not infect the lower respiratory tract. - Answer Cold viruses are sensitive to
warm temperatures and low pH
The most common type of pneumonia is pneumococcal pneumonia, and the majority of adult
causes
of pneumonia is caused by - Answer Streptococcus pneumoniae
Mycoplasmal pneumonia is also called primary atypical
pneumonia or walking pneumonia - Answer caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae
produces thick, bloody sputum and recurrent chills. - Answer Klebsiella pneumonia
Pneumonic plague is a form of pneumonia caused by - Answer Yersinia pestis
what causes ornithosis in birds, which is a disease that manifests as sever
pnemonia in humans. - Answer Chlamydophila psittci
Solved Test Questions.
Toxic-shock like syndrome is associated with: - Answer streptococcus aureus
Pt is brought to ER w. constant high fever, extensive edema, low BP, and petechiae. What might
the Pt be suffering from? - Answer Septicemia
Vegetations are associated with which of the following disease processes? - Answer
Endocarditis
Chief diagnostic sign of brucellosis - Answer Fever recurring every 24 hours
Causative agent of bubonic and pneumonic plague is: - Answer Yersinia pestis
Which of the following diseases associated with Epstein-Barr virus is commonly seen in AIDS
pts? - Answer Oral hairy Leukoplakia
The Epstein-Barr virus infections are typically asymptomatic in which of the following groups? -
Answer Young children
Dengue hemorrhagic fever is actually: - Answer A hyperimmune response to reinfection with
dengue virus
Infection with which of the following species of Plasmodium is most likely to be fatal? - Answer
P. falciparum
Which of the following is associated with some cases of streptococcal pharyngitis? - Answer
Scarlet fever, rheumatic fever, and acute glomerulonephritis
The majority of cases of pneumonia are caused by: - Answer Streptococcus pneumonia
V shapes and palisade arrangements are characteristic of which of the following? - Answer
, The DTaP vaccine protects against which of the following respiratory diseases? - Answer
Pertussis
strep throat - Answer Streptococcal pharyngitis
how does S. pyogenes travel? - Answer via respiratory droplets to other individuals
What produces a toxin that causes diphtheria - Answer Corynebacterium diphtheriae
Sinusitis and otitis media can be caused by these three - Answer S. pneumoniae, Haemophilus
influenzae, or Moraxella catarrhalis
most common cause of colds - Answer Rhinovirus
why colds do not infect the lower respiratory tract. - Answer Cold viruses are sensitive to
warm temperatures and low pH
The most common type of pneumonia is pneumococcal pneumonia, and the majority of adult
causes
of pneumonia is caused by - Answer Streptococcus pneumoniae
Mycoplasmal pneumonia is also called primary atypical
pneumonia or walking pneumonia - Answer caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae
produces thick, bloody sputum and recurrent chills. - Answer Klebsiella pneumonia
Pneumonic plague is a form of pneumonia caused by - Answer Yersinia pestis
what causes ornithosis in birds, which is a disease that manifests as sever
pnemonia in humans. - Answer Chlamydophila psittci
