Bacteria | Viruses and Protozoans | Fungi and Helminths | Miscellaneous questions |
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What is the organism that is the leading cause of anaerobic infections?
Bacteroides s.p.p
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Name a hemorrhagic fever?
Ebola
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What helminth causes a vitamin b12 deficiency?
Diphyllobrothrium latum
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Give 3 examples of prion based diseases
Mad Cow, Scrapie, Creutzfeld Jakob. Kuru, Chronic wasting
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What is the organism that causes HUS?
Escherichia coli
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West Nile Virus presents itself how? i.e symptoms/manifestations
Encephalitis
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What is the genus of the fungus that causes Chicago disease?
Blastomyces
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pylori is the species of what bacterium that causes peptic ulcers?
Helicobacter
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Chlamydia trachomatis causes what condition?
Non specific urethritis
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African Sleeping Sickness is a result of this protozoans presence
Trypanosoma brucei
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Enterobius vermicularis is what type of helminth?
pinworm!
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Give the genus of the protozoa that causes vaginitis
BONUS: another protozoan shares the same genus, what disease does it cause. 300pts
African Sleeping sickness
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What is the genera of the organism with the species jejuni?
Campylobacter
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What is the genus of the protozoan that causes Malaria?
Plasmodium
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blank and blank are the genera of the fungi that causes circular lesions to appear on the epidermis. Commonly mistaken for a worm.
Microsporium and Trichophyton
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What are the two Taenia species you focused on?
saginata, solium
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The Hib vaccine is for what bacterium? Bonus: 200 pts Which bacterium would not be alarming if found on your skin? Hint: It's NORMAL
Haemophilus influenzae. Micrococcus Iuteus
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Lamblia is the species for what organism?
Giardia
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It is said that this fungus can find its way into your body by way of handling a thorny flower
Sporothrix schenkii
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Name two of the four Clostridium bacteria (genus and species) and what diseases they cause Bonus: name all four and their diseass 300pts
Botulinum- botulism Tetani- tetanus
difficile- Antibiotic associated colitis perfringens- gaseous gangreen |