Acellular Pathogens
Antimicrobial Drugs
Innate Host Defenses
Adaptive Host Defenses
Mechanisms of Pathogenicity
100

Is a virus a living organism or a non-living particle?

Non-living

100

Penicillin comes from what bacteria?

Penicillium notatum

100

"Exists prior to exposure to a microbe or microbial product" refers to innate or adaptive immunity?

Innate immunity

100

Would humoral or cellular immunity be effective against EXTRAcellular pathogens?

Humoral

100
"Diseases may result from microbial infection" refers to what theory?

Germ theory of disease

200

Why would someone be asked if they're allergic to eggs before receiving a vaccine?

Embryonated eggs can be used as a base for vaccines

200

More than half of our antibiotics are produced by?

Streptomyces species

200

Activation of the complement system by bacteria leads to which of the following outcomes?

A. cytolysis

B. inflammation

C. opsonization

D. all of the above

E. A & C

D. All of the above

200

The Fc region (crystallizable fragment) on an antibody is also known as?

The constant region

200

A patient telling you about subjective descriptions that may not be measurable such as nausea and pain would be a sign, symptom, or syndrome?

Symptom

300

HIV becomes AIDS when the ___ cell population drops below 200 microliters.

CD4

300

Use of a microbial drug to prevent an infection is classified as?

Prophylaxis

300

What are the 7 components of innate immunity?

Barrier-based defense, Phagocytes, Inflammation, Fever, The complement system, Interferons & Antimicrobial substances

300

"cross-linking microbes or toxins together; large aggregates become easier for the kidneys and spleen to filter from the blood and easier for phagocytes to ingest" refers to which of the 5 mechanisms of antibody-mediated immunity?

Agglutination

300

Salmonellosis, Lyme disease, rabies, etc. refers to which classification of infectious disease?

Zoonotic disease/zoonosis

400

This enzyme helps with insertion of viral DNA into chromosomes in the process of HIV replication

Integrase

400

Would trimethoprim and sulfamethoxazole used together result in synergism or antagonism?

Synergism

400

"motile, appear late in infection, scavengers" describe what kind of phagocyte?

Wandering Macrophages
400

This immunoglobulin is important for mucosal immunity

Secretory IgA dimer

400

Which is more virulent?

Bacterium 1: ID50/LD50 = 10^2

Bacterium 3: ID50/LD50 = 10^7

Bacterium 1

500

"Viral RNA enters the nucleus, where it is replicated by the viral RNA polymerase" describes which step in the multiplication of the influenza virus?

Biosynthesis

500

What drug binds to the end of the peptide chain (ala-ala) of cell wall precursors and blocks the cell wall subunits from being incorporated into the backbone of the peptidoglycan structure

Vancomycin

500

"Phagocytes squeeze between endothelial cells" describes what major event in inflammation?

Diapedesis

500

What cells stimulate B cell activation and differentiation into plasma cells and memory B cells?

T helper 2 cells

500

The LD 50 of Vibrio cholerae is 10^8 cells when taken orally. The LD50 value is 10^4 if the bacteria are ingested with bicarbonate that elevates the pH of stomach acid. This indicates that stomach acid...

A. decreases the virulence of V. cholerae

B. increases the virulence of V. cholerae

C. has no effect on virulence

D. plays a role in host resistance to V. cholerae

E. A & D

E. A & D

A. decreases the virulence of V. cholerae

D. plays a role in host resistance to V. cholerae