Exam 47: Microbiology and Disease

Amy is a 9-year-old patient who has a high fever, headache, and an itchy rash. Although Amy usually has a good appetite, her mother says she has not been hungry for the last few days. The rash is starting to blister. Which of the following diseases might you suspect?

Fungi that grow into large, fuzzy, multicelled organisms that produce spores are called ____.

The parasitic insect pictured here burrows under the skin and causes ____.

A specimen may be directly viewed as a(n) ________, in which a specimen is spread thinly and evenly across a slide.

The spiral-shaped bacterium pictured here is classified as a ____.

Which of the following would you include when performing a Gram stain?

A preparation of a specimen in a liquid that allows the organisms to remain alive and mobile while being identified is a(n) ____.

MRSA is an example of an infection caused by a(n) ________ microorganism that is on the rise in the United States.

When a Gram stain is performed, bacteria that lose the purple color when the decolorizer is added and pick up the red color of the safranin are referred to as ________ bacteria.

Which of the following are grapelike clusters of cocci that are commonly found on the skin?

An infection caused by a parasite is called a(n) ____.

Which of the following is an inflammation of the heart tissue that occurs most frequently in school-age children as a result of an untreated strep throat?

The procedure that involves culturing a specimen and then testing the isolated bacterium's susceptibility to certain antibiotics is called a culture and ________ test.

Which of the following involves culturing a specimen and then testing the isolated bacterium's susceptibility to antibiotics?

The organism pictured here spreads bacteria that causes Lyme disease and is considered a ____.

The bacteria shown in the figure are ____.

A fungus that grows mainly as a single-celled organism and reproduces by budding is referred to as a(n) ________.

Which type of specimen is examined for the presence of parasites such as roundworms or tapeworms?

Most of the confirmed cases in which a healthcare worker contracted HIV as a direct result of occupational activities were the result of ____.

Organisms that neither help nor harm the host or are beneficial, creating a barrier against pathogens, are called resident normal ________.