| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria is caused by which gram positive rod? | Corynebacterium diphtheriae | 67%
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| What causes typhoid fever? | Salmonella typhi | 67%
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| What is caused by accumulation of Ab-Ag complexes that lodge in the kidney glomeruli to cause inflammation? | Glomerulonephritis | 44%
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| To the nearest 10% what is the mortality rate of untreated colera? | 50% | 33%
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| What bacteria causes whooping cough? | Bordetella pertusis | 33%
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| What is the name given to the watery diarrhoea in cholera? | Rice water | 33%
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| What type of necrosis occurs in the middle of TB granulomas? | Caseous | 22%
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| By what process is diptheria toxin taken into the host cell? | Endocytosis | 22%
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| In cholera high cytosolic levels of what molecule disturbs the activity of the CFTR pump? | cAMP | 11%
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| What small pore forming toxin is released by Mycobacterium tuberculosis? | ESAT6 | 11%
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| What cytolysin is produced by Strep. pneumoniae to resist removal by ciliated/mucous cells? | Pneumolysin | 11%
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| What ATPase protein pump acidifies the endosome with DTX in leading to B dependant translocation of A across the membrane? | V | 11%
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| Yersinia pestis (pneumonic plague) uses injected effector proteins to subvert macrophage function preventing engulfment, what are they called? | Yops | 11%
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| What is the name given to bacteria that can spread from animals to humans? | Zoonosis | 11%
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| What gene does salmonella use to inhibit maturation of the phagolysosome, allowing it to survive in macrophages? | SPI-2 | 0%
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