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BME 556 Exam 1 (Infectious Diseases) Questions with complete solution Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever - correct answer an acute tick-borne illness characterized by the infection of vascular endothelial cells Rickettsia rickettsii - correct answer Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Complications...

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BME 556 Exam 1 (Infectious Diseases)
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Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever - correct answer ✔an acute tick-borne illness
characterized by the infection of vascular endothelial cells


Rickettsia rickettsii - correct answer ✔Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever


Complications of RMSF - correct answer ✔Fever, Intravascular Volume
Depletion, Microvascular Thromboses, Microinfarcts


Length of Tick Inoculation - correct answer ✔6 Hours


Gross Anatomy of RMSF - correct answer ✔Characteristic rash, vascular
lesions of petechiae and purpura, splenomegaly, and pulmonary edema


Where do microinfarcts occur during RMSF - correct answer ✔brain, heart,
kidneys, liver, lungs ,GI tract


Where do organisms hide during RMSF - correct answer ✔Inside the cells


Exposure, Fever, Chills, Rash, Headache, Tachycardia and Low Pulse
Pressure - correct answer ✔Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever


Tachycardia, Sometimes hypotension and tachypnea - correct answer
✔Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

,Where does the rash begin during RMSF? - correct answer ✔Hands and
Feet then spreads centripetally


Lab Tests for RMSF - correct answer ✔Depressed or normal WBC,
Depressed platelets


Problem with serological tests for antibodies and indirect fluorescent antibody
tests for RMSF - correct answer ✔Too long


Differential Diagnosis for RMSF - correct answer ✔Adenovirus,
Mononucleosis, Meningococcemia, Measles


Drugs for RMSF - correct answer ✔Tetracycline, Chloramphenicol, Aspirin,
Doxycycline


Most Common form of staph infection - correct answer ✔coagulase positive
staphylococcus aureus


Less Common form of staph infection - correct answer ✔coagulase negative
staphylococci


Staph infection on implantable devices - correct answer ✔S. Epidermidis


Staph infection for urinary tract infections - correct answer ✔S.
Saprophyticus


What color are gram positive cells - correct answer ✔Purple

, What color are gram negative cells - correct answer ✔Pink


Which cell has a thick peptidoglycan layer - correct answer ✔Gram-Positive


When does a staph infection occur - correct answer ✔When the staph
penetrate the skin


What percentage of people harbor staph aureus on skin? - correct answer
✔30%


What percentage of people harbor S. Epidermidis? - correct answer
✔Everyone


Coagulase - correct answer ✔Can shut down blood flow and cause less
WBC


Hemolysin - correct answer ✔Breaks down host cell membranes


Leukocidin - correct answer ✔kills WBC and skins cells


Protein A - correct answer ✔binds humoral antibodies


Penicillinase - correct answer ✔breaks beta-lactam ring of penicillins


Lipases - correct answer ✔Liberate free fatty acids, which suppress
competing bacteria and fungi


Skin pH - correct answer ✔5

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