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test 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The “flesh eating bacteria” is called | STREP PYOGENES |
| The Hantavirus is carried by | RODENTS |
| TB is not transmitted by which route? | FORMITES |
| Which contagious disease should not be treated with antibiotics? | VIRUS LIKE THE COMMON COLD |
| The most frequent portal of entry for pathogens is: | RESPIRATORY |
| Which HSV is on the lips and mouth? | HSV-1 |
| Where is Coccidioides immitis found in the soil? | ARIZONA |
| Flora found is same location as resident flora but just for a short time is: | TRANSIENT FLORA |
| Strawberry tongue is caused by: | SCARLET FLORA |
| When a disease is generally present in a population: | ENDEMIC |
| The fungus in the “fungus ball” is what agent? | PULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS |
| What causes “whooping cough”? | BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS |
| Diaper rash is caused by: | CANDIDA ALBICANS |
| Strep throat is caused by: | STREP PYOGENES |
| Bacterial Endotoxins are found in what organisms: | GRAM NEGATIVE CELL WALL |
| What produces leprosy: | MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE |
| Microorganism that is capable of causing a disease: | PATHOGEN |
| We have normal flora everywhere except: | PERITONEUM |
| Rheumatic Fever is a complication of: | STREP THROAT |
| Fungal infection of the skin is: | MYCOSES |
| Health care associated infections: | NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS |
| Fungi that causes most infections of the skin, hair, and nails is: | DERMATOPHYTES |
| The four factors that affect virulence of bacteria: | ADHESION, COLONIZATION, INVASION, TOXINS |
| Langerhan cells, plays a role in defense of pathogens are located in what layer of skin: | EPIDERMIS |
| What kind of bacteria is Strep pneumonia: | GRAM POSITIVE |
| Warts are caused by: | HPV |
| Which is not part of the lower respiratory tract: | PHARYNX |
| Subcutaneous Mycosis occurs where: | TROPICS |
| Mold producing penicillin is an example of what type of symbiosis: | AMENSALISM |
| All of the following are examples of vehicle transmission except: | INSECTS (VECTORS) |
| A symbiosis when both members benefit is: | MUTALISM |
| TB organism falls under what genus: | MYCOBACTERIUM |
| Microbes present on our body are called: | CONTAMINATION |
| Infection generally caused by group A strep : | ERYSIPELAS |
| Impetigo is caused by: | STAPH AUREUS INFECTION |
| Organism in normal flora of upper respiratory tract: | STAPH AUREUS |
| Several infectious agents establish themselves at same site : | MIXED INFECTION |
| What do we call the degree or extent of disease evoking power of a microorganism: | VIRULENCE |
| Parrott Fever is caused by what kind of pneumonia: | CHLAMYDIS PSITTACI |
| Pathogen that spreads from one site to infect another site is: | FOCAL INFECTION |
| The human flu virus is type A,B,C, and D. Which is most virulent: | TYPE A |
| Tinea infection in the groin is : | “JOCK ITCH” |
| Chickenpox and shingles are caused by: | VARICELLA ZOSTER |
| Scarlet fever is caused by: | STREP PYOGENES |
| SARS is caused by what virus: | CORONAVIRUS |
| The papillary layer of the skin is part of what tissue: | DERMIS |
| Symbiotic relationship in which one benefits and the other is not harmed or helped: | COMMENSALISM |
| Agent responsible for acne: | PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES |
| Microorganism that produces anthrax: | BACILLUS ANTHRACIS |
| What is the cause of an infection called that is caused by UTI in the hospital: | LATROGENIC |
| Tinea Pedis is called: | “ATHLETES FOOT” |
| Chronic localized subcutaneous infection characterized by verrucoid lesions on the skin is | CHROMOBLASTOMYCOSIS |
| Variola virus of the orthopoxvirus family causes the acute disease: | SMALL POX |
| What agent causes toxic shock syndrome: | STAPH AUREUS |