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Metagenomic analysis of oral flora involves:

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Next generation high throughput sequencing of DNA

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Large droplets travel within the distance of

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1m

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How is chicken pox spread?

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  • airborne (respiratory droplets)
  • direct contact w lesions, saliva, blisters, mucus
  • appears in 10-21 days of infection (aka length that u need to monitor aft exposure)
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Gram +ve bacteria appear gram -ve after awhile if..

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Too much ethanol is applied (eventually, decolourisation of thick peptidoglycan layer, cuz usually they retain the purple stain aka. Gram complex)

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Which hepatitis virus is an RNA virus, not common in general pop, but common in needle users and haemodialysis patients & causes liver disease.

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Hep C

  • transmitted by infected blood & sex
  • usually found in developing countries
  • asymptomatic
  • no vaccine
  • persistent & chronic
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What is the most associated lesion in early HIV

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Cervical lymphadenopathy (Abnormal enlargement of lymph nodes in head and neck)
(Acute HIV infection = fever, rash)

  • HIV blood count highest at the start (acute infection)
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Nurse gets contact w px w chicken pox, no VZV vaccine, must monitor for how long?

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10-21 days (thats how long it takes to see first signs of chicken pox

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Blood spill, what agent to clean up? (Fast acting on virus)

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Hypochlorite (Bleach)

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What are the most contagious antigens of hep B?

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  1. HepB surface antigens (HBsAg)
  2. HepB E antigens (HBeAg)
  • i think the HBV DNA & HBcAg is also highly infective and contagious
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First colonisers after tooth eruption are?

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Streptococci

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After baby is born, which organism dominates first?

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Streptococci

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Selective IgA deficiency leads to..

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Sinusitis (inflammation of sinus lining

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Bronchiolitis in infants is likely to be caused by

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RSV (respiratory syncytial virus)

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How long does it take for acute infection of fever and rash to show aft HIV infection?

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1-6 weeks

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You are most likely to get HIV

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  • blood contact!!
  • bitten w blood in saliva > needle stick injury
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Most likely to get hepatitis when..

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U r an injecting drug user> sex or needle stick injury

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Bee sting resulting in swollen face, severe hypotension. Mediated by which antigen?

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IgE. (Hypersensitivity)

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Mouth palatal vesicle lesions w that specific picture.. (pic shows red dots on palate)

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Coxsackie (HFMD)

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Analysis of microbial flora in oral cavity, what is the best to analyse?

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16s ribosomal RNA

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We have live attenuated vaccines for..

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  1. Measles (paramyxovirus)
  2. Influenza (change in HA & N to match seasonal change)
  3. VZV (chicken pox)
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A boy gets fever, rash, diagnosed w chicken pox. Which antibody association?

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IgM (cuz primary infection)

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New generations of vaccines must include what in order for an effective influenza vaccine?

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Envelope glycoproteins.

Two glycoproteins on the surface of influenza virus, hemagglutinin and neuraminidase, play a prominent role in the process of influenza virus infection and release.

  • HA & N
  • is the thing that changes with the strain!
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Fever, increased gram -ve bacteremia and increased eosinophilila, test for what?

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Gut parasite

Parasitic infection involves:
- mast cells, basophils, eosinophils

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Intra epithelial lymphocyte is primarily

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CD8 T cell (cytotoxic)

Intra-epithelial lymphocytes: lymphocytes found in the epithelial layer of mucosa

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Womans nose is blocked, cannot breathe, unexplained breathing. Doctor does a biopsy bcuz he suspects which virus?
EBV (prolly cuz nasopharyngeal carcinoma)
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Pathogen causing opportunistic infections come most commonly from which reservoir
Patient’s own commensal flora
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What part of bacteria prevents attachment to surface by immune cells, and is a major virulence factor?
Polysaccharide capsule - protects bacteria from phagocytosis - prevent Ab entry - prevent immune cell attachment
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Virus injected into B cells causes immortality. What virus is this?
EBV
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What can be spread ard by aerosols?
Chicken pox (Not influenza! I think chickenpox spreads better than influenza airborne thats why.. influenza is through large droplets)
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A child had dengue 3 days ago, which immunoglobulin will be high?
IgM
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Which cell type is cytotoxic and is a part of innate immunity/wo need for adaptive immunity response?
NK cells - induces apoptosis of virus-infected & tumour cells
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What size shd the membrane pores of the filter be to remove bacteria without removing virus?
0.4 microns
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Successful HIV treatment due to improvements in HAART leads to increase in incidence of what syndrome?
Oral warts HAART (highly active anti-retroviral therapy) (suppresses HIV viral replication) - increases incidence of oral papilloma (warts) - decreases incidence of hairy leukoplakia & kaposi sarcoma
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Experimental vaccine against which bacteria can prevent caries?
S. Mutans/Streptococcus Mutans
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Relatively clean surface, kills viruses fast:
Iodine povidone
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Creutz Jakob disease causes neurological degeneration. What is this pathogen made up of?
Prions (proteins)
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Bowie dick tape test, what does it test for?
Sufficient steam gravity - ensure air properly removed => ensure steam penetration - is the zebra patterned tape
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MALDI-TOF detects what?
Protein and peptides (purpose is to identify bacteria) - issa mass spectrometry method to test for molecular markers
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Bacterial resistance genes can be transferred to another bacteria via conjugation. This is a property of what?
Plasmids
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Tongue papillae has low redox potential, what organism’s growth is supported in this environment?
Anaerobes Low redox potential: more anaerobic and reduced conditions
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Relatively clean surface can use what type of disinfectant to clean, and can achieve fast antiviral action?
Povidone iodine
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Intravenous fluid contaminated by which substance found in bacterial cells can result in signs and symptoms of septic shock, even if no viable bacteria are found?
Lipopolysaccharide - endotoxin that is present only in gram -ve cell walls
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Removal of which organ causes increased risk of infection by encapsulated bacteria like Strep pneumoniae?
Spleen
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Vaccinate against what virus can reduce risk of cancer?
HPV
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Virus that causes jaundice, and is transmitted mainly by contaminated food and water and unhygienic environment.
Hep A
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One of the COVID extrapulmonary symptoms is..
Loss of smell Extrapulmonary means outside of lungs
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Healthy patient gets severe pneumonia, what virus likely caused it?
Adenovirus
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Patient with fever and cough for 3 days being tested for covid-19. Which lab test would be the best and most accurate?
Nasopharyngeal swab with PCR
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N95 is needed to protect healthcare professionals against contagious respiratory illness spread by aerosol. Why is it called N95?
Prevents 95% of particles of 0.3 microns
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Hep B vaccine causes the body to have pre-formed antibodies. What do these antibodies do when the person gets the virus later in life, which helps to prevent the disease?
Prevents virus from binding to receptor
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HIV gp120 glycoprotein binds to which receptor on host?
CD4 receptor (helper T cells)
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Which virus is of a different structure in terms of genetic material and structure? A. Hep B B. Enterovirus C. Hep A D. Polio E. Coxsackie A
**A. Hep B** (is DNA) B. Enterovirus C. Hep A D. Polio E. Coxsackie A - the rest are ssRNA
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Influenza virus requires yearly vaccination bcuz of..
Antigenic drift - seasonal change of antigenicity - **accumulation of a series of minor RNA genetic mutations** (change in HA & N) (is the same virus)
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HIV: how long can a patient last until opportunistic infections first start to appear, assuming no treatment was undertaken?
1-10yrs
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Which structure does gram -ve bacteria have more than gram +ve bacteria?
LPS (lipopolysaccharide)
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What virus most commonly causes post-transplant organ rejection and fatal pneumonia
CMV
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Virus that causes HFMD?
Enterovirus, coxsackie
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Cytotoxic T cells release what to kill?
Perforin & granzyme
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Which of the following presents antigens to immune cells of the body?
Dendritic cells
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Which bacteria in the oral cavity is responsible for the most cariogenic **exopolysaccharide layer**?
Strep mutans
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What viruses are truly airborne?
- chicken pox - measles, mumps - mycobacteria TB (All spread thru respiratory droplet nuclei, influenza only spread via large droplets)
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When a person sneezes, most of the large respiratory droplets settle how far away?
1m
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A child suffers a fever and has vesicles at the back of the throat. Which virus is the most likely?
Enterovirus
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What are the steps in a gram -ve staining?
1. Crystal violet 2. Lugol iodine 3. Decolourise 4. Safranin counterstain
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Packaged goods can be sterilised by..
Steam penetration - test using bowie dick tape test
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Gram-negative sepsis leading to end-organ failure occurs due to:
**Increased vascular permeability (& excessive blood vessel dilation)** - cuz of LPS, which can still cause septic shock even when bacteria is dead - end-organ failure, death
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How do we test/sample whether polio is still ard in the environment?
Test sewage.
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Which of the antibodies is formed as pentamer?
IgM
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