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MBI 111- Exam #3
MBI 111- Phillips- Exam 3
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Microbiology
Undergraduate 2
03/22/2012

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all of the above: impetigo, pneumonia, toxic shock syndrome, scalded skin syndrome
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Staphylococcus aureus is part of the normal flora of skin, but if given the opportunity can cause:
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because the patient was seemingly a healthy young athlete who suddenly died
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In the article on hantavirus... why were they so surprised?
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nerve pulp (enamel, gum line, dentin, root)
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Dental caries become painful toothache when the decay reaches to the level of the tooths:
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All of the above- (because the patient is low on ions, because the water would further dilute the particles/ions in patients blood, because the patients muscle function is dependent on having proper ions, because the patients nervous system meeds ions to function properly)
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Why is it so important to give icons in the ORS as well as water?
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tap water (hamburgers, deli meats, ground turkey, spinach)
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In the article "anatomy of an outbreak" workers from CDC... outbreak of EHEC that was caused by contamination in:
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the bacterium is grown in armadillos
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A characteristic that researchers discovered when working with mycobacterium laprae is that:
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a healthy carrier
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Typhoid mary mallon was a person who was responsible for transmitting typhoid fever in her job as a cook. she was found to be:
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A and B (Escherichia coli, shigella)
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"Travelers diarrehea" is caused by what agent?
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having fecal-oral transmission
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Infectious hepatitis is characterized as...
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rodent
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Hantavirus transmission involves a _____ as a vector and reservior
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Bcillus Athracis
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What endospore-forming bacterium was used in bioterrorism attempts through the US postal service?
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Helicobacter pylori
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Gastric ulcers have been shown to be caused primarily by:
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gas gangrene
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A patient displays the following symptoms: pain, edema, fever, visible bloody bubbles pushing out through skin... what is it?
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All of the above: dont drink stream water, add iodine to water, boil water, bring bottled water.
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What can be done to prevent giardia from causing campers diarrhea?
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tattoo/piercing parlor
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What does dr. philips visit frequently that could be a site of hep b?
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a bacterium named legionella pneumophila
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Legionnaires disease is a form of pneumonia that is caused by
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stratum basale
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The later of skin tha tconstantly produces new cells by mitosis is the:
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gastrointestinal test
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Alimentary canal is another term for:
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Ground meat
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The ecoli 0157:H7 strain is deadly. Common source of infection?
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mucous membranes
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Line respiratory tract and make sticky secretion
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ciliary escalator
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Move upward constantly to prevent foreign invaders from reaching lower resp. tract
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epiglottis
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covers opening of trachea during swallowing
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breakdown of carbo in saliva
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which of the following would be a chemical process of digestion
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norwalk
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which type of virus is the most common cause of gastroenteritis?
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All of the above (tuberculosis, consumption, wasting disease, phthisis)
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Evidence shows that humans have long been harmed by mycobacterium tuberculosis, a bacterium that causes:
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skin- top epidermis, middler dermis- largest part
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match diagram skin and middle dermis
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cholera
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and article described outbreak in Peru.. the return on:
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large intestine
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Colitis is the inflammation of infection of:
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because the virus undergoes an antigenic shift and cannot be recognized by our immune system even when it is attached to our cells.
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why might the influenza that arrives in the US each winter be able to evade out immune systems?
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BEcause the bacterial agent can remain active in deep wounds
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Why is tetanus a concern in the event of a deep puncture wound?
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military soldiers and personnel
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According to the panati article, the influenze epidemic of 1912 was first diagnosed in:
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all of the above: peyers patches tonsils, adeniods, lymph nodes
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Which of the following is part of GALT?
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tuberculosis
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In the article "resurrection of a killer"
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all of the above: scarlet fever, pharyngitis, rhematic fever, kidney damage
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Which of the following complications or health problems can result from infection with streptoccus pyogens?
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macule
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Flat discolored lesion
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purpura
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Reddish skin discoloration
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maculopapular rash
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Raised, discolored rash
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scale
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Flakey lieson of skin
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small intestine
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Site of absorption of food molecules
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stomach
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Site of chemical digestion of proteins only
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large intestine
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Site of absorption of water from food
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Shorten duration of infection
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The antiviral medications tamiflu and relenza have what affect on an influenza infection if taken as soon as the first symptoms appear.
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None (yeast, streprococcus, staph, legionella)
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What normal flora is present in the Lower respiratoryTract?
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phagocytes
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Major source of defense in lower resp. tract is:
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