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UTA Microbiology Tholen: Exam 4 | Questions And Answers Latest {2024- 2025} A+Graded | 100% Verified
Which of the following would be a sign of an infection?
a) muscle aches
b) headache
c) fever
d) nausea - c) fever
Which of the following is an example of a noncommunicable infectious disease?
a) infection with a respiratory virus
b) food poisoning due to a preformed bacterial toxin in food
c) skin infection acquired from a dog bite
d) infection acquired from the stick of a contaminated needle - b) food poisoning due to a preformed
bacterial toxin in food
During an oral surgery, the surgeon nicked the patient's gum with a sharp instrument. This allowed
Streptococcus, a bacterium normally present in the mouth, to gain access to the blood. As a result, the
patient developed bacterial endocarditis (an infection of the heart). Which type of disease is this?
a) iatrogenic
b) nosocomial
c) vectors
d) zoonotic - a) iatrogenic
Which period is the stage of disease during which the patient begins to present general signs and
symptoms?
a) convalescence
b) incubation
c) illness
d) prodromal - d) prodromal
, A communicable disease that can be easily transmitted from person to person is which type of disease?
a) contagious
b) iatrogenic
c) acute
d) nosocomial - a) contagious
Which of the following is a pathogen that could not be identified by the original Koch's postulates?
a) Staphylococcus aureus
b) Pseudomonas aeruginosa
c) Human immunodeficiency virus
d) Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium - c) Human immunodeficiency virus
Pathogen A has an ID50 of 50 particles, pathogen B has an ID50 of 1,000 particles, and pathogen C has
an ID50 of 1 × 106 particles. Which pathogen is most virulent?
a) pathogen A
b) pathogen B
c) pathogen C - a) pathogen A
Which of the following choices lists the steps of pathogenesis in the correct order?
a) invasion, infection, adhesion, exposure
b) adhesion, exposure, infection, invasion
c) exposure, adhesion, invasion, infection
d) disease, infection, exposure, invasion - c) exposure, adhesion, invasion, infection
Which of the following would be a virulence factor of a pathogen?
a) a surface protein allowing the pathogen to bind to host cells
b) a secondary host the pathogen can infect
c) a surface protein the host immune system recognizes
d) the ability to form a provirus - a) a surface protein allowing the pathogen to bind to host cells
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