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IDR Block 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Genetic difference between Flavi and Toga | Structural proteins location. Flavi: 5' end. Toga: 3' end |
| azoles | inhibit ergosterol synth |
| echinocandins (eg caspofungin) | inhibit beta glycan synth |
| Arthritis, Urethritis, Conjunctivitis | Reiter's Syndrome. Chlamydia trachomatis |
| intracellular not culturable. Parrot poo | Chlamydophila psitacci |
| P1 pilins (not culturable) | M. pneumo |
| a type II hypersensitivity reaction, with the formation of antibodies against desmoglein. Common in Jews | Pemphigus vulgaris |
| Dog and owner have the same legions. what pathogenic characteristicand virulence factor? | Broad budding yeast and WI-1. Blastomycosis |
| Prego African women ulceractions in Cali | Valley fever. Coccidiodes |
| Fungi replicate in Macros | Histoplasma |
| Estrogen inhibits growth S America pilot wheel | Paracocciodes |
| Candida thats resistant to antifungals | glabrata |
| Tx for C neoformans | Flucytosine + Amphotericin B |
| eucalyptus in BC | Cryptococcus gattii |
| underlying aids Tx c HAART and amp b or azole | Aspergillus |
| Broad angle branching fungi | Mucor/Zygomycosis |
| underlying hiv: tx with tmp-smx and HAART | Pneumocystis |
| From goats. Undulating fever every few weeks | Brucella |
| benign tertian malaria | vivax |
| quartan malaria | malariae |
| Blackwater fever | P. falciparum causes kidney damage |
| currently the most effective of all antimalarials | Artemisinin |
| keratitis resulting in eye pain, redness, tearing and potential loss of vision. Commonly in contact lens solution. | Acanthamoeba |
| There is no vaccine because antigenic variation changes the variable surface glycoprotein (VSG) on | Trypanosoma brucei |
| the pathogenic amoeba responsible for dysentery | Entamoeba histolytica |
| Beaver fever (butthead laugh) | Giardia lamblia |
| 1-2 weeks after ingestion of as few as 10 cysts, onset may be gradual or dramatic, with diarrhea, foul smelling, greasy stools, bloating, nausea, and flatulence. | Giardia lamblia |
| only ciliate known to parasitize humans. | Balantidium coli |
| A flask shaped lesion in the intestinal epithelium is characteristic of mucosal erosion by | Entamoeba histolytica |
| P. vivax receptor | Duffy blood group |
| Which two plasmodiums form hypnozoites?? | P. vivax and P. Ovale |
| Common coinfection with Borrelia burgdorferi from Ixodes tick | Babesia microti |
| Treatment of ALL Trematodes | Praziquantel |
| undercooked crab + operculated eggs in SPUTUM. | Paragonimus westermani |
| Causes "Hydatid cysts" | Echinococcus granulosus |