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PBSN 520 Exam 1: Study Guide for Medical Microbiology (Dr. Basu)
Human Microbial Interaction Portals of entry of pathogens Resident flora Virulence factors Attachment mechanisms of pathogens Endotoxins and exotoxins – Properties, mechanism of action, examples, source Stages of clinical infections- Process of Infection and Disease Transmission of infections – direct, indirect, nosocomial Vectors of infections Infectious Dose and pathogenicity/virulence
Med Bacteriology components of the peptidoglycan layer-Gram positive & Gram negative, characteristics, staining Staphylococcus, Streptococcus-alpha & Beta hemolytic, Group A and B streptococci, methicillin resistance, differentiation tests, coagulase, catalase E. coli – Enterohemorragic, Enterotoxic, Diagnostics neonatal sepsis, Strep throat and meningitis Rocky Mountain spotted fever chronic lymphocytic meningitis tetanus and botulism Shigella, Slamonella, Clostridium, Chlamydiae Lyme disease Diptheria, tetanus, botulism nontyphoidal gastroenteritis and typhoid fever Treatment of gram-negative bacteremia and septic shock Mycobacteria
Med Parasitology
Morphology, motility Trophozoites, Merozoites, Sporozoites Dysentery Symptomatic and asymptomatic amebiasis – signs, treatment Ascariasis - cause, symptoms, treatment Tapeworm infection- cycle, hosts, symptoms, treatment Malarial parasite- life cycles, stages, hosts, genetic polymorphism, chloroquine resistance/relapse Lymphatic filariasis-cause, symptoms, treatment Hookworm- cycle, causative agent, hosts, symptoms, treatment T. vaginalis- hosts, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
G. lamblia- hosts, symptoms, treatment
Med Mycology Sexual & Asexual reproduction Histoplasmosis-cause, symptoms, characteristics, treatment Blastomycosis- clinical forms, cause, symptoms, characteristics, treatment Sporothrix- disease, symptoms, characteristics, treatment Cryptococcus- disease, symptoms, characteristics, treatment Candida- disease, symptoms, characteristics, treatment Opportunistic infections, aspergillosis, examples Superficial infections, cutaneous and sub-cutaneous infections, locaton of infection, causative agents, treatment Dermatophytic infections Endemic mycoses Mycotoxicoses (fungal toxins) Cellular differences, antifungal drug targets