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, Mahon: ssTextbook ssof s s Diagnostic ss Microbiology, ss 7th ss Edition ssTest ss Bank

Table ssof sscontents
Part s s 1: s s Introduction ssto ss Clinical s s Microbiology
Chapter s s 1. s s Bacterial s s Cell s s Structure, s s Physiology, s s Metabolism, s s and s s Genetics
Chapter ss2. ssHost-Parasite ssInteraction
Chapter s s 3. s s The s s Laboratory s s Role s s in s s Infection s s Control
Chapter s s 4. s s Control s s of ss Microorganisms: s s Disinfection, ss Sterilization, s s and s s Microbiology s s Safety
Chapter s s 5. s s Performance s s Improvement s s in s s the s s Microbiology s s Laboratory
Chapter s s 6. s s Specimen s s Collection s s and s s Processing
Chapter ss7. ss Microscopic ssExamination ss of ssMaterials ssfrom ssInfected ss Sites
Chapter s s 8. s s Use s s of s s Colony ss Morphology s s for s s the s s Presumptive s s Identification s s of s s Microorganisms
Chapter s s 9. s s Biochemical s s Identification s s of s s Gram-Negative s s Bacteria
Chapter s s 10. s s Immunodiagnosis s s of s s Infectious s s Diseases
Chapter s s 11. s s Applications ss of ss Molecular s s Diagnostics
Chapter s s 12. s s Antibacterial s s Mechanisms s s of s s Action s s and s s Bacterial s s Resistance s s Mechanisms
Chapter 13. Antimicrobial s s Susceptibility s s Testing
Part s s 2: s s Laboratory s s Identification s s of s s Significant s s Isolates
Chapter s s 14. s s Staphylococci
Chapter s s s s 15. s s Streptococcus, s s Enterococcus, s s s s and s s Other s s Catalase-Negative, s s s s Gram-Positive
s s Cocci

Chapter s s 16. s s Aerobic s s Gram-Positive s s Bacilli
Chapter s s 17. s s Neisseria s s Species s s and s s Moraxella s s catarrhalis
Chapter s s 18. s s Haemophilus, s s HACEK, Legionella s s and s s Other s s s s Fastidious s s s s Gram-Negative s s
s s Bacilli

Chapter s s 19. s s Enterobacteriaceae
Chapter s s 20. s s Vibrio, s s Aeromonas, s s and s s Campylobacter s s Species
Chapter ss21. ss Nonfermenting ssand ss Miscellaneous ssGram-Negative ss Bacilli
Chapter s s 22. s s Anaerobes s s of ss Clinical s s Importance
Chapter s s 23. s s The s s Spirochetes
Chapter s s 24. s s Chlamydia, s s Rickettsia, s s and s s Similar s s Organisms
Chapter s s 25. s s Mycoplasma s s and s s Ureaplasma
Chapter 26. Mycobacterium tuberculosis s s s s and Nontuberculous s s s s Mycobacteria
Chapter s s 27. s s Medically ssSignificant s s Fungi
Chapter s s 28. s s Diagnostic s s Parasitology
Chapter s s 29. s s Clinical s s Virology
Chapter s s 30. s s Agents s s of s s Bioterror s s and s s Forensic s s Microbiology
Chapter s s 31. s s Biofilms: s s Architects s s of s s Disease
Part ss 3: s s Laboratory s s Diagnosis s s of s s Infectious ssDiseases: ssand ss Organ s s System ssApproach s s to
ssDiagnosticMicrobiology

Chapter s s 32. s s Upper ss and s s Lower s s Respiratory ss Tract s s Infections
Chapter s s 33. s s Skin s s and s s Soft s s Tissue s s Infections
Chapter s s 34. s s Gastrointestinal s s Infections s s and s s Food s s Poisoning
Chapter s s 35. s s Infections s s of s s the s s Central s s Nervous s s System
Chapter s s 36. s s Bacteremia s s and s s Sepsis
Chapter s s 37. s s Urinary s s Tract s s Infections
Chapter s s 38. s s Genital s s Infections s s and s s Sexually s s Transmitted s s Infections
Chapter s s 39. s s Infections s s in s s Special s s Populations
Chapter s s 40. s s Zoonotic s s Diseases
Chapter s s 41. ss Ocular s s Infections

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, Chapter ss01: ssBacterial s s Cell ssStructure, s s Physiology, s s Metabolism, ssand
ssGeneticsMah on: ssTextbook ssof ssDiagnostic ssMicrobiology, ss7th ssEdition ssTest ssBank
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MULTIPLE s s CHOICE

1. To s s survive, s s microbial s s inhabitants s s have ss learned s s to s s adapt s s by ssvarying s s all s s of s s the s s following,
ssexcept
a. growth s s rate.
b. growth ssin ssall ssatmospheric ssconditions.
c. growth s s at s s particular s s temperatures.
d. bacterial ssshape.
ANS: s s D
The sschapter ssbegins ssby ssdiscussing ssthe ssway ssmicrobial ssinhabitants sshave sshad ssto ssevolve
ssto sssurviveinmany ssdifferent ssniches ssand sshabitats. ssIt ssdiscusses ssslow ssgrowers, ssrapid

ssgrowers, ssand ssreplication sswi th s s scarce s s or s s abundant s s nutrients, s s under
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s s different s s atmospheric s s conditions, sstemperature s s requireme s s nts, ssand sscell

ssstructure. ssBacterial ssshape ssas ssa ssform ssof ssevolution ssis s s not ssdiscussed.



OBJ: s s Level ss2: ssInterpretation

2. Who s s was s s considered s s the s s father s s of s s protozoology s s and s s bacteriology?
a. Anton ssvan ssLeeuwenhoek
b. Louis s s Pasteur
c. Carl Landsteiner
d. Michael Douglas
ANS: ssA
The ssbook ssdiscusses ssAnton ssvan ssLeeuwenhoek ssas ssthe ssinventor ssof ssthe ssmicroscope
ssand ssthe ssfirst ssperso ssn ssto sssee ssthe ss―beasties.‖ ssSo ssthey ssdubbed sshim ssthe ssfather ssof

ssprotozoology ssand ssbacteriology.The ssot ss her ssthree ssindividuals sswere ssnot ssdiscussed.



OBJ: s s Level s s 1: s s Recall

3. Prokaryotic s s cells s s have s s which s s of s s the s s following s s structures s s in s s their s s cytoplasm?
a. Golgi s s apparatus
b. Ribosomes
c. Mitochondria
d. Endoplasmic ssreticulum
ANS: ss B
All s s the s s structures s s listed s s are s s found s s in s s eukaryotic s s cells, s s but s s ribosomes
s s are s s the s s only ssones s s thatapply ssto ssprokaryotic sscells.



OBJ: s s Level s s 1: s s Recall

4. This s s form s s of s s DNA2is sscommonly ssfound s s in s s eukaryotic ss cells.
a. Linear
b. Circular
c. Plasmid
d. Colloid


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Publisher: 2022 ISBN: 9780323832717 Edition: Unknown

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