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Table of contents
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Part 1: Introduction to Clinical Microbiology
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Chapter1. Bacterial CellStructure, Physiology, Metabolism, and Genetics
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Chapter 2. Host-Parasite Interaction
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Chapter 3. The Laboratory Role in Infection Control
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Chapter4. Control ofMicroorganisms: Disinfection, Sterilization, and MicrobiologySafety
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Chapter5. Performance Improvement inthe Microbiology Laboratory
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Chapter 6. Specimen Collection and Processing
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Chapter7. Microscopic Examination of Materials from Infected Sites
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Chapter 8. Use of ColonyMorphology for 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. Applications ofMolecular Diagnostics
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Chapter12. Antibacterial Mechanisms of Action and BacterialResistance Mechanisms
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Chapter 13. AntimicrobialSusceptibilityTesting
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Part 2: Laboratory Identification of Significant Isolates
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Chapter 14. Staphylococci
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Chapter15.Streptococcus,Enterococcus, andOtherCatalase-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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Chapter18. Haemophilus,HACEK, Legionella and Other Fastidious Gram-Negative Bacilli
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Chapter 19. Enterobacteriaceae
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Chapter 20. Vibrio, Aeromonas, andCampylobacter Species
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Chapter21.NonfermentingandMiscellaneous Gram-Negative Bacilli
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Chapter 22. Anaerobes of Clinical 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. Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma
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Chapter26.Mycobacterium tuberculosis and 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 System Approach to Diagnostic Microbiology
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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 andFood 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 Infections and SexuallyTransmitted Infections
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Chapter 39. Infections in Special Populations
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Chapter 40. Zoonotic Diseases
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Chapter 41. Ocular Infections
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,Chapter01:Bacterial CellStructure, Physiology, Metabolism, andGenetics Mahon:
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Textbook of Diagnostic Microbiology, 6th Edition Test Bank
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MULTIPLE CHOICE d
1. To survive, microbial inhabitants have learned to adapt byvarying all ofthe following, except
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a. growth rate. d
b. growth in all atmospheric conditions. d d d d
c. growth at particular temperatures. d d d
d. bacterial shape. d
ANS: D d
Thechapter begins bydiscussing the waymicrobial inhabitants have had to evolve to survive in
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many different niches and habitats. It discusses slow growers, rapid growers, and replication
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with scarce or abundant nutrients, under different atmospheric conditions, temperature
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requirements, and cell structure. Bacterial shape as a form of evolution is not discussed.
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OBJ: Level 2: Interpretation
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2. Who was considered the father ofprotozoologyand bacteriology?
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a. Anton van Leeuwenhoek d d
b. Louis Pasteur d
c. Carl Landsteiner d
d. Michael Douglas d
ANS: A d
The book discusses Anton van Leeuwenhoek as the inventor of the microscope and the first
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persontoseethe―beasties.‖ Sotheydubbed himthefather ofprotozoologyand bacteriology. The
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other three individuals were not discussed.
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OBJ: Level 1: Recall d d d
3. Prokaryotic cells have which ofthe following structures in their cytoplasm? d d d d d d d d d d
a. Golgi apparatus d
b. Ribosomes
c. Mitochondria
d. Endoplasmic reticulum d
ANS: B d
All the structures listed are found in eukaryotic cells, but ribosomes are the onlyones that apply to
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prokaryotic cells.
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4. This form of DNA is commonly found in eukaryotic cells.
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a. Linear
b. Circular
c. Plasmid
d. Colloid
, ANS: A d
Circular and plasmid DNA are usuallyfound only in bacteria, not eukaryotic cells. Colloid is a
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property of protein molecules and is not associated with nucleotides.
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OBJ: Level 1: Recall
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5. Thenuclear membrane in prokaryotes is
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a. missing.
b. impenetrable.
c. aclassic membrane.
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d. alipid bilayer membrane.
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ANS: A d
Prokaryotic cells do not have anymembrane-bound structures in the cytoplasm including a
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structured nucleus.
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OBJ: Level 1: Recall
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6. A microorganism that is a unicellular organism and lacks a nuclear membrane and true
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d nucleus belongs to which classification?
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a. Fungi
b. Bacteria
c. Algae
d. Parasite
ANS: B d
Fungi, algae, and parasites areunicellular eukaryoticorganisms that contain atruenucleus.
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Bacteria are prokaryotic and do not contain a true nucleus or nuclear membrane.
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OBJ: Level 1: Recall
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7. In the laboratory, the clinical microbiologist is responsible for all the following, except
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a. isolating microorganisms. d
b. selecting treatment for patients. d d d
c. identifying microorganisms. d
d. analyzing bacteria that causedisease. d d d d
ANS: B d
Clinical microbiologists do not select thetreatment for patients. Theyprovide the doctor with the
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name of the organism and the antibiotics that can kill the bacteria, but not in the final selection of
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treatment protocols.
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OBJ: Level 2: Recall
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8. What enables the microbiologist to select the correct media for primarycultureand optimize the
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chance of isolating a pathogenic organism?
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a. Determining stainingcharacteristics d d
b. Understandingthe cell structure and biochemical pathways of an organism d d d d d d d d d
c. Understanding the growth requirements of potential pathogens at specific body site d d d d d d d d d d
d. Knowing the differences in cell walls ofparticular bacteria d d d d d d d d
ANS: C d