Infectious agents transmitted by blood transfusion, contaminated surgical or dentla instruments, shared needles, or intimate contact are:

a. congenital pathogens

b. bloodborne pathogens

c. fomite pathogens

d. airborne pathogens

Which of the following is a class of antiinfective drugs?

a. cephalosporin

b. statin

c. analgesic

d. steroid

Another name for a spinal tap:

a. lumbar biopsy

b. lumbar puncture

c. pleurocentesis

d. pleurodesis

The medical term for "flesh eating" disease is:

a. necrotizing fasciitis

b. nodular vasculitis

c. nonparalytic poliomyelitis

d. nutritional steatitis

Bacteria that do not require oxygen are called:

a. anaerobes

b. gram-negative organisms

c. aerobes

d. acid-fast bacilli

Which of the following is a virus which is spread via mosquito bites?

a. cytomegalovirus

b. Norwalk virus

c. parvovirus

d. West Nile virus

Shingles is causes by:

a. Varicella Zoster

b. Herpes simplex 1 virus

c. Epstein-Barr virus

d. Herpes simplex 2 virus

The medical term for chickenpox is:

a. adenovirus

b. varicella

c. mononucleosis

d. toxoplasmosis

The body's ability to protect itself against an infection is called:

a. autoimmunity

b. hypersensitivity

c. immunity

d. immunodeficiency

Which of the following suffixes denotes a class of antibiotics?

a. -azapam

b. -olol

c. -cillin

d. -caine

Which of the following tests is used to classify bacteria by their morpholgical characteristics?

a. Wright stain

b. Sedimentation rate

c. Gram stein

d. CBC

Which of the following is an opportunistic infection that ocurrs predominantly in patients with HIV/AIDS?

a. Pneumocystis jiroveci (P. carinii)

b. Mycoplasma pneumoniae

c. Helicobacter pylori

d. Legionella pneumophila

Microorganisms grown in a medium in a laboratory for a specific length of time is called:

a. serology test

b. Gram stain

c. ANA

d. culture

Which of the following is known to cause stomach ulcers?

a. Heliobacter pylori

b. Escherichia coli

c. Clostridium difficile

d. Varicella zoster

The class of drugs used to kill or inhibit bacterial pathogens is called:

a. antivirals

b. antiemitics

c. antibiotics

d. antifungals

The range of organisms against which a particular antibiotic can be used is called:

a. specturm

b. CBC

c. portfolio

d. antibiotic sensitivity test

Prophylactic antibiotics are given:

a. during an infection

b. after the resolution of an infection

c. to prevent infection

d. to see if an antibiotic will work

Examples of immunoglobulins include:

a. IgA, IgG

b. monocytes

c. lymphocytes

d. hepatocytes

Which of the following describes a slight increase in the number of lymphocytes?

a. lymphocytosis

b. lymphopoiesis

c. lymphedema

d. lymphocytopervo

An antifungal agent would be effective against:

a. gonorrhea

b. herpes

c. candida

d. HIV

HIV is the:

a. virus that causes AIDS

b. virus that causes gential warts

c. virus that causes shingles

d. virus that causes mumps

A physician aspirates fluid from a swollen and painful knee and orders a "see-en-ess". What laboratory test is the physician requesting?

a. CNS fluid analysis

b. culture and serology

c. calcium and sodium

d. culture and sensitivity

CD4 counts are used to:

a. monitor patients with meninggitis

b. grade the severity of varicella infection

c. assess immune response to vaccination

d. monitor AIDS patients

Mycology is the study of:

a. fungi

b. muscle

c. viruses

d. tissue

A common tick-borne illness in the United States is:

a. diptheria

b. Lyme disease

c. tuberculosis

d. sporotrichosis

Which of the following classes of drugs are antibiotics?

a. anxiolytics antivirals

b. beta agonists and anthelmintics

c. cephalosporins and sulfonamides

d. diuretics and anticholinergics

detecting specific antigens or antibiotics in the patient's blood

Serology tests help to diagnose disease by:

a. detecting specific antigens or antibiotics in the patients blood

b. Isolating the infectious agent

c. visualizing infectious agent using stain

d. culturing the infectious agent

A severe bacterial infection may cause:

a. an increase in eosinophils

b. an increase in neutrophils

c. an increase in monocytes

d. a decrease in red cells