Microbiology Fortis Final Exam Questions
With Correct Answers
Cerebrospinal - answer✔as means of diagnosing bacterial meningitis, a procedure known as
spinal tap is performed. In this procedure ? fluid is removed.
petechiae - answer✔small subcutatneous hemorrhages called ? are sometimes present in cases of
meningitis?
prions - answer✔infectious proteins called ____ cause diseases such as CJD and mad cow
disease.
flaccid - answer✔the neurotoxins of Clostridium botulinum produce ? paralysis by preventing
muscle contraction.
acetylcholine - answer✔the binding of the neurotransmitter ? to its receptors on muscle cells
causes a muscle to contract.
meningitis - answer✔symptoms include painful or stiff neck, fever, nausea and vomiting.
mistaken for the flu. photophobia may be noted.
lumbar puncture - answer✔what procedure is performed whenever meningitis is suspected?
streptococcus pneumoniae - answer✔diagnosis of meningitis, gram stain shows gram positive
with cocci in pairs. what is organism?
vaccination with Pneumovax - answer✔what is the prevention for streptococcus pneumoniae?
vancomycin & ceftriaxone - answer✔anibiotics used to treat streptococcus pneumoine?
pain control and mechanical ventilation - answer✔what is the best treatment for polio?
Enterovirus picornaviridae - answer✔what is the causative agent for polio?
neurotropic - answer✔distinct symptom of polio
bulbar poliomyelitis - answer✔only affects motor nerves, not sensory nerves, so patient can feel
the pain.
less than one year post diagnosis - answer✔patients live with Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease?
exposure in birth canal - answer✔neonatal meningitis is most commonly transmitted by?
Streptococcus agalactiae - answer✔leading cause of meningitis in newborns?
vector control - answer✔The best defense against arborviruses
Cryptococcus neoformans - answer✔common cause of meningitis in AIDS patients and can be
found in bird droppings
blood-brain barrier - answer✔the brain defense that restricts substances from entering the brain
by the vascular system?
cat - answer✔What organism is the main reservoir and host for Toxoplasma gondii?
virus - answer✔what type of organism causes Encephalitis?
muscles can't relax in tetanus; muscles can't contract in botulism - answer✔Tetanus differs from
botulism in that?
had a reduced immune response compared to the rest of body - answer✔the concept
"immunologically privileged" explains why the CNS...
contaminated water - answer✔Poliovirus is most often transmitted via?
Eastern equine encephalitis - answer✔Which encephalitis has the highest mortality rate?
Listeria monocytogenes - answer✔what causative agent of bacterial meningitis is transmitted by
contaminated food?
enterovirus - answer✔what is the most common cause of viral meningitis?
Neisseria meningitits - answer✔the type of meningitis that becomes epidemic among adults?
good hygiene - answer✔what is the only way to prevent conjuctivites
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