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USMLE STEP 1 Microbiology Quiz Bank with complete solutions | Latest 2023/2024 What is a special cellular component of fungal membrane targeted in anti-fungal medication? --Ergosterol A major sterol What is the special component of bacterial cell wall? --Peptidoglycan Where are the normal flora found? Contributions to health? Causes of infection? -- Location: - found on body surfaces contiguous with outside environment (GI, etc.) - Semipermanent (dependent on life-changes) Contributions...

USMLE STEP 1 Microbiology NEW UPDATE 2023 WITH QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS |GRADED A What is a special cellular component of fungal membrane targeted in anti-fungal medication? - ANSWER- Ergosterol A major sterol What is the special component of bacterial cell wall? - ANSWER- Peptidoglycan Where are the normal flora found? Contributions to health? Causes of infection? - ANSWER- Location: - found on body surfaces contiguous with outside environment (GI, etc.) - Semipermanent (de...

USMLE STEP 1 Microbiology NEW UPDATE 2023 WITH QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS |GRADED A What is a special cellular component of fungal membrane targeted in anti-fungal medication? - ANSWER- Ergosterol A major sterol What is the special component of bacterial cell wall? - ANSWER- Peptidoglycan Where are the normal flora found? Contributions to health? Causes of infection? - ANSWER- Location: - found on body surfaces contiguous with outside environment (GI, etc.) - Semipermanent (dep...

USMLE STEP 1 Microbiology NEW UPDATE 2023 WITH QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS |GRADED A What is a special cellular component of fungal membrane targeted in anti-fungal medication? - ANSWER- Ergosterol A major sterol What is the special component of bacterial cell wall? - ANSWER- Peptidoglycan Where are the normal flora found? Contributions to health? Causes of infection? - ANSWER- Location: - found on body surfaces contiguous with outside environment (GI, etc.) - Semipermanent (depende...

What is a medical intervention? - Answer-Any measure whose purpose is to improve health or alter the course of a disease What are the main categories of interventions that function to maintain human health? - AnswerTreatments, Diagnostics and Equipment How do scientists gather evidence during the potential outbreak of an infectious disease? - Answer-1. Record patient's symptoms and find similarities with other patients 2. Isolate the bacteria in a lab 3. Go to affected areas and determine...

Exotoxin - ANS 1.Found usually with gram positive and a few gram negative bacteria 2. Can easily be converted to a toxoid 3. Is unstable 4. Mostly polypeptides 5. Highly specific 6. No fever 7. strong atigency Ex. Botulism, Tetanus Endotoxin - ANS 1. Lipopolysaccharide complex 2. Mostly produced by gram-negative bacteria 3. stable 4. weak antigency 5. cannot be immunized 6. non toxoid 7. High fever Ex. Tularemia Hyaluronidase - ANS A substance released by a mic...

Microbiology 33 Final Lecture Exam A & B EL CAMINO COLLEGE COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE 2023 RATED A+ Instruction: Please use the provided scantron to answer all questions from each section. 5% will be taken off from your total score if any marking is left on the exam booklet. Section E and F will be answered separately on provided paper and submitted with the booklet. Section A. Multiple Choice 1. An epidemic disease is one that A. breaks out in higher than usual proportions in a population...

USMLE STEP 1 Microbiology Question with complete solution 2023What is a special cellular component of fungal membrane targeted in anti-fungal medication? Ergosterol A major sterol What is the special component of bacterial cell wall? Peptidoglycan Where are the normal flora found? Contributions to health? Causes of infection? Location: - found on body surfaces contiguous with outside environment (GI, etc.) - Semipermanent (dependent on life-changes) Contributions to heal...

Bacteria is? - Answer prokaryote -cell wall -No nucleus -Most can produce outside host T/F? PAMPS can be found on various locations of the bacteria - Answer True.. T/F bacteria components cannot evade immune response - Answer False Some parts can Bacteria Classification Shape - Answer bacillus (pl. bacilli) •coccus(pl. cocci) •spirochetes Bacteria Classification - Answer Gram-positive Gram-negative gram postive bacteria - Answer appear purple in a Gram stain (sta...

A 54-year-old woman develops a right shoulder abscess with a strain of S. aureus that is resistant to nafcillin. She was treated with a 2-week course of intravenous vancomycin and improved. Three weeks later (week 5), the infection recurred, and she was given 2 more weeks of intravenous vancomycin and again improved. Four weeks later (week 11), the infection recurred and the patient was again started on intravenous vancomycin. The MICs for vancomycin for the S. aureus isolates were as follows: i...