Hint | Answer |
Bacterial virulence factor that binds Fc region of Ig and prevents opsonization and phagocytosis | |
Causes disseminated, non-TB disease in AIDS | |
Yellow pigment-producing bacteria | |
Exotoxin that causes GI mucosal damage and dysentery by removing adenine from rRNA to inactivate 60S ribosome | |
Type of leprosy characterized by low cell-mediated immunity with a humoral Th2 response | |
'Rice water' diarrhea | |
Maculopapular rash on palms and soles | |
Quellung reaction occurs in microbes that possess a | |
Strain of E. coli that adheres to apical surface, flattens villi, prevents absorption | |
Infection w/ mycobacterium tuberculosis in nonimmune host | |
Confirm diagnosis of syphilis with | |
Toxin prevents release of inhibitory neurotransmitters in spinal cord | |
Gas gangrene and 'double zone' of hemolysis on blood agar | |
Penicillins and cephalosporins act in this phase of the bacteria growth curve | |
Colonizes the gut and can cause bacteremia and subacute endocarditis in colon cancer patients | |
Extrapulmonary tuberculosis in vertebral body | |
Type of leprosy characterized by high cell-mediated immunity with largely Th1 response | |
Exotoxin that causes pharyngitis by inactivating elongation factor EF-2 | |
Host antibodies against this toxin used to diagnose rheumatic fever | |
Most common cause of meningitis | |
Tx of Neisseria | |
Lowenstein-Jensen agar is a special culture requirement for | |
'Actin rockets' move thi facultative intracellular microbe from cell to cell | |
Bacterial structure resistant to dehydration, heat, and chemicals | |
Normal flora of oropharynx that causes dental caries | |
Rash starting at wrists and ankles then spreads to trunk, palm, and soles | |
Silver stain | |
Rose spots on abdomen + fever + headache + diarrhea | |
Lobar pneumonia in alcoholics and diabetics | |
Expanding bull's eye red rash + flu-like symptoms + facial nerve palsy | |
Weakly acid fast branching filamentous bacteria | |
What type of antibiotic is ineffective against aerobes because they require O2 to enter bacterial cell? | |
Transfer of plasmid and chromosomal genes | |
Diabetes + malignant otitis externa | |
Gram positive + catalase positive + coagulase positive cocci in clusters | |
Chocolate agar is a special culture requirement for | |
Fibrocaseous cavity lesion in upper lobe | |
Tx of Lyme disease | |