Chapter 22 Microbial Diseases of the Nervous System Fungal

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Chapter 22 Microbial Diseases of the Nervous
System
Fungal and Protozoan Diseases
The Nervous System
Bacterial Diseases
Prion Diseases
Viral Diseases
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Topic 1 The Nervous System100 Question

• Meningitis is
• a. Inflammation of the brain
• b. Inflammation of the meninges
• c. Inflammation of the nervous system
• d. Total body inflammation

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Topic 1 The Nervous System 100 Answer

• Meningitis is
• a. Inflammation of the brain
• b. Inflammation of the meninges
• (correct answer)
• c. Inflammation of the nervous system
• d. Total body inflammation

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Topic 1 The Nervous System 200 Question

• Which of the following is the most common cause
  of meningitis?
• a. A virus
• b. A bacterium
• c. A protozoan
• d. A fungus

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Topic 1 The Nervous System 200 Answer

• Which of the following is the most common cause
  of meningitis?
• a. A virus (correct answer)
• b. A bacterium
• c. A protozoan
• d. A fungus

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Topic 1 The Nervous System 300 Question

• The inflammation of the brain is called
• a. Meningitis
• b. Encephalitis
• c. Neuritis
• d. Hydrocephalus

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Topic 1 The Nervous System 300 Answer

• The inflammation of the brain is called
• a. Meningitis
• b. Encephalitis (correct answer)
• c. Neuritis
• d. Hydrocephalus

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Topic 1 The Nervous System 400 Question

• The separation of circulating blood and
  cerebrospinal fluid maintained by the choroid
  plexus is called the
• a. Cerebral cortex
• b. Spinalcortical separation
• c. Hemocerebral barrier
• d. Blood-brain barrier

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Topic 1 The Nervous System 400 Answer

• The separation of circulating blood and
  cerebrospinal fluid maintained by the choroid
  plexus is called the
• a. Cerebral cortex
• b. Spinalcortical separation
• c. Hemocerebral barrier
• d. Blood-brain barrier (correct answer)

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Topic 1 The Nervous System 500 Question

• Which of the following is the definitive way to
  identify bacterial meningitis?
• a. latex agglutination
• b. culture
• c. Inhibition tests
• d. Gram stain

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Topic 1 The Nervous System 500 Answer

• Which of the following is the definitive way to
  identify bacterial meningitis?
• a. latex agglutination (correct answer)
• b. culture
• c. Inhibition tests
• d. Gram stain

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Topic 2 Bacterial Diseases100 Question

• College freshmen living in dormitories are at
  higher risk than general population of similar
  age of contracting meningitis caused by
• a. Haemophilus influenzae type B
• b. Neisseria meningitidis
• c. Listeria monocytogenes
• d. Clostridium tetani

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Topic 2 Bacterial Diseases 100 Answer

• College freshmen living in dormitories are at
  higher risk than the general population of
  similar age of contracting meningitis caused by
• a. Haemophilus influenzae type B
• b. Neisseria meningitidis (correct answer)
• c. Listeria monocytogenes
• d. Clostridium tetani

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Topic 2 Bacterial Diseases 200 Question

• The manifestations of tetanus are due to
  
• a. Neurotoxin
• b. Leukocidins
• c. Hemolysins
• d. Coagulase

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Topic 2 Bacterial Diseases 200 Answer

• The manifestations of tetanus are due to
  
• a. Neurotoxin (correct answer)
• b. Leukocidins
• c. Hemolysins
• d. Coagulase

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Topic 2 Bacterial Diseases 300 Question

• Which gram-positive rod is known to cause
  stillbirth and neurological disease in animals?
• a. Listeria monocytogenes
• b. Streptococcus pneumoniae
• c. Clostridium botulinum
• d. Haemophilus influenzae

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Topic 2 Bacterial Diseases 300 Answer

• Which gram-positive rod is known to cause
  stillbirth and neurological disease in animals?
• a. Listeria monocytogenes (correct
  answer)
• b. Streptococcus pneumoniae
• c. Clostridium botulinum
• d. Haemophilus influenzae

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Topic 2 Bacterial Diseases 400 Question

• The pneumococcus is a
• a. Gram-positive encapsulated
  streptococcus
• b. Gram-positive nonencapsulated streptococcus
• c. Gram-positive encapsulated diplococcus
• d. Gram-positive nonencapsulated diplococcus

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Topic 2 Bacterial Diseases 400 Answer

• The pneumococcus is a
• a. Gram-positive encapsulated
  streptococcus
• b. Gram-positive nonencapsulated streptococcus
• c. Gram-positive encapsulated diplococcus
  (correct answer)
• d. Gram-positive nonencapsulated diplococcus

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Topic 2 Bacterial Diseases 500 Question

• Which of the following bacteria is NOT
  transmitted by the respiratory route?
• a. Listeria monocytogenes
• b. Streptococcus pneumoniae
• c. Haemophilus influenzae
• d. Cryptococcus neoformans

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Topic 2 Bacterial Diseases 500 Answer

• Which of the following bacteria is NOT
  transmitted by the respiratory route?
• a. Listeria monocytogenes
• (correct answer)
• b. Streptococcus pneumoniae
• c. Haemophilus influenzae
• d. Cryptococcus neoformans

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Topic 3 Fungal and Protozoan Diseases100
Question

• Trypanosoma brucei is transmitted by
• a. Tsetse flies
• b. Body lice
• c. Houseflies
• d. Head lice

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Topic 3 Fungal and Protozoan Diseases 100
Answer

• Trypanosoma brucei is transmitted by
• a. Tsetse flies (correct answer)
• b. Body lice
• c. Houseflies
• d. Head lice

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Topic 3 Fungal and Protozoan Diseases 200
Question

• Cryptococcus neoformans is transmitted mainly by
• a. Inhalation
• b. Ingestion
• c. Blood
• d. Skin

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Topic 3 Fungal and Protozoan Diseases 200
Answer

• Cryptococcus neoformans is transmitted mainly by
• a. Inhalation (correct answer)
• b. Ingestion
• c. Blood
• d. Skin

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Topic 3 Fungal and Protozoan Diseases 300
Question

• Which of the following patients are the most
  susceptible to fungal infections?
• a. Elderly patients
• b. Infants
• c. AIDS patients
• d. Cardiac patients

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Topic 3 Fungal and Protozoan Diseases 300
Answer

• Which of the following patients are the most
  susceptible to fungal infections?
• a. Elderly patients
• b. Infants
• c. AIDS patients (correct answer)
• d. Cardiac patients

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Topic 3 Fungal and Protozoan Diseases 400
Question

• The normal route of contracting rabies is by
• a. toad urine in a cut or wound
• b. Bird droppings inhaled
• c. Small animal bite
• d. Food contaminated with fungus

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Topic 3 Fungal and Protozoan Diseases 400
Answer

• The normal route of contracting rabies is by
• a. toad urine in a cut or wound
• b. Bird droppings inhaled
• c. Small animal bite (correct answer)
• d. Food contaminated with fungus

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Topic 3 Fungal and Protozoan Diseases 500
Question

• Primary amebic meningoencephalitis is caused by
• a. Balamuthia mandrillaris
• b. Naegleria fowleri
• c. Trypansoma brucei
• d. Cryptococcus neoformans

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Topic 3 Fungal and Protozoan Diseases 500
Answer

• Primary amebic meningoencephalitis is caused by
• a. Balamuthia mandrillaris
• b. Naegleria fowleri (correct answer)
• c. Trypansoma brucei
• d. Cryptococcus neoformans

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Topic 4 Prion Diseases100 Question

• Which of the following diseases is caused by a
  prion?
• a. Rabies
• b. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
• c. Polio
• d. Wound botulism

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Topic 4 Prion Diseases 100 Answer

• Which of the following diseases is caused by a
  prion?
• a. Rabies
• b. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (correct answer)
• c. Polio
• d. Wound botulism

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Topic 4 Prion Diseases 200 Question

• A prion is
• a. An abnormally folded protein
• b. A protein subunit
• c. A form of a bacterium
• d. A viral particle

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Topic 4 Prion Diseases 200 Answer

• A prion is
• a. An abnormally folded protein
  (correct answer)
• b. A protein subunit
• c. A form of a bacterium
• d. A viral particle

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Topic 4 Prion Diseases 300 Question

• Which animal disease is similar to
  Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease?
• a. Anthrax
• b. Sheep scrapie
• c. Kuru
• d. Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy

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Topic 4 Prion Diseases 300 Answer

• Which animal disease is similar to
  Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease?
• a. Anthrax
• b. Sheep scrapie (correct answer)
• c. Kuru
• d. Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy

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Topic 4 Prion Diseases 400 Question

• One hypothesis of the origin of mad cow
• disease in cattle is believed to be
• a. Cattle feed contaminated with scrapie
• b. Direct contact with animals infected
• with scrapie
• c. Direct contact with other infected
• species
• d. Hormones in cattle feed

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Topic 4 Prion Diseases 400 Answer

• One hypothesis of the origin of mad cow disease
  in cattle is believed to be
• a. Cattle feed contaminated with scrapie
  (correct answer)
• b. Direct contact with animals infected with
  scrapie
• c. Direct contact with other infected species
• d. Hormones in cattle feed

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Topic 4 Prion Diseases 500 Question

• The clinical presentation of dementia and early
  neurological signs is found in
• a. Classic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
• b. Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
• c. African trypanosomiasis
• d. Sheep scrapie

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Topic 4 Prion Diseases 500 Answer

• The clinical presentation of dementia and early
  neurological signs is found in
• a. Classic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
  (correct answer)
• b. Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
• c. African trypanosomiasis
• d. Sheep scrapie

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Topic 5 Viral Diseases100 Question

• Which is a disease transmitted by ingestion that
  could lead to paralysis has been mostly
  eliminated by vaccination and pool chlorination?
• a. Polio
• b. Rabies
• c. Hansens disease
• d. Arboviral encephalitis

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Topic 5 Viral Diseases100 Answer

• Which is a disease transmitted by ingestion that
  could lead to paralysis has been mostly
  eliminated by vaccination and pool chlorination?
• a. Polio (correct answer)
• b. Rabies
• c. Hansens disease
• d. Arboviral encephalitis

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Topic 5 Viral Diseases200 Question

• Most viruses affecting the nervous system enter
  it by
• a. Blood or lymph
• b. Skin
• c. Peripheral nervous system
• d. Respiratory system

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Topic 5 Viral Diseases200 Answer

• Most viruses affecting the nervous system enter
  it by
• a. Blood or lymph (correct answer)
• b. Skin
• c. Peripheral nervous system
• d. Respiratory system

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Topic 5 Viral Diseases300 Question

• This virus multiples in the skeletal muscles and
  eventually moves to the brain
• a. Arboviral encephalitis
• b. Hansens disease
• c. Polio
• d. Paralytic rabies

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Topic 5 Viral Diseases300 Answer

• This virus multiples in the skeletal muscles and
  eventually moves to the brain
• a. Arboviral encephalitis
• b. Hansens disease
• c. Polio
• d. Paralytic rabies (correct answer)

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Topic 5 Viral Diseases400 Question

• Eastern equine encephalitis has a mortality rate
  of
• a. 20 or more
• b. 50 or more
• c. 30 or more
• d. 70 or more

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Topic 5 Viral Diseases400 Answer

• Eastern equine encephalitis has a mortality rate
  of
• a. 20 or more
• b. 50 or more
• c. 30 or more (correct answer)
• d. 70 or more

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Topic 5 Viral Diseases500 Question

• Arboviral encephalitis most commonly found in the
  United States is
• a. Eastern equine
• b. Western Nile
• c. St. Louis
• d. California

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Topic 5 Viral Diseases500 Answer

• Arboviral encephalitis most commonly found in the
  United States is
• a. Eastern equine encephalitis
• b. Western Nile (correct answer)
• c. St. Louis
• d. California

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FINAL ROUND Question

• The tetanus vaccine is a(n)
• a. Conjugated vaccine
• b. Toxoid
• c. Attenuated whole-agent vaccine
• d. Inactivated whole-agent vaccine

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FINAL ROUND Answer

• The tetanus vaccine is a(n)
• a. Conjugated vaccine
• b. Toxoid (correct answer)
• c. Attenuated whole-agent vaccine
• d. Inactivated whole-agent vaccine

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