Microbiology Fortis Final UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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Microbiology Fortis Final UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
cerebrospinal - CORRECT ANSWER- as means of diagnosing bacterial meningitis, a
procedure known as spinal tap is performed. In this procedure ? fluid is removed.
petechiae - CORRECT ANSWER- small subcutatneous hemorrhages cal...
Microbiology Fortis Final UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
cerebrospinal - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔as means of diagnosing bacterial meningitis, a
procedure known as spinal tap is performed. In this procedure ? fluid is removed.
petechiae - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔small subcutatneous hemorrhages called ? are
sometimes present in cases of meningitis?
prions - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔infectious proteins called ____ cause diseases such as
CJD and mad cow disease.
flaccid - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔the neurotoxins of Clostridium botulinum produce ?
paralysis by preventing muscle contraction.
acetylcholine - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔the binding of the neurotransmitter ? to its
receptors on muscle cells causes a muscle to contract.
meningitis - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔symptoms include painful or stiff neck, fever, nausea
and vomiting. mistaken for the flu. photophobia may be noted.
lumbar puncture - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔what procedure is performed whenever
meningitis is suspected?
streptococcus pneumoniae - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔diagnosis of meningitis, gram stain
shows gram positive with cocci in pairs. what is organism?
vaccination with Pneumovax - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔what is the prevention for
streptococcus pneumoniae?
vancomycin & ceftriaxone - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔anibiotics used to treat streptococcus
pneumoine?
no antibiotic therapy - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔best antibiotic for equine encephalitis?
70% mortality rate - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔what is mortality rate for equine
encephalitis?
fecal-oral - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔what is the transmission of the polio virus?
pain control and mechanical ventilation - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔what is the best
treatment for polio?
Enterovirus picornaviridae - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔what is the causative agent for polio?
neurotropic - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔distinct symptom of polio
bulbar poliomyelitis - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔only affects motor nerves, not sensory
nerves, so patient can feel the pain.
less than one year post diagnosis - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔patients live with Creutzfeldt-
Jacob disease?
exposure in birth canal - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔neonatal meningitis is most commonly
transmitted by?
Streptococcus agalactiae - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔leading cause of meningitis in
newborns?
vector control - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The best defense against arborviruses
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