Exam 21: Microbial Cardiovascular and Systemic Diseases

Depletion of clotting proteins from the serum leads to the uncontrollable hemorrhaging seen in ________ infections.

Lipid A can cause septic shock.

Small doses of antimicrobial drugs are effective in treatment of the late stages of Borrelia infection because the microbe is extremely susceptible.

A blood sample from a patient is examined on a microscope. Bacterial cells are detected in the sample. The patient has

Plasmodium species reproduce sexually in

Which of the following is the infective form of Trypanosoma cruzi?

Epstein-Barr virus causes the cells it infects to become immortal because it suppresses (apoptosis/cytolysis/oncogenesis).

A young woman develops a fever after a recent trip to a Caribbean island. She also experiences severe headache and pain "in the bones." After a few days, she also develops a rash. Which of the following did she most likely contract?

Fever, difficulty breathing, extreme fatigue, and elevated heart rate are characteristic of

How does Borrelia burgdorferi evade the body's defenses?

It is the (larvae/nymph/adult) stage of the tick genus Ixodes that most often transmits Lyme disease to humans.

Dengue hemorrhagic fever is the result of

Cycles of fever, chills, anemia and headache along with passage of dark colored urine are the symptoms of infection with

The three developmental stages of Ehrlichia are the elementary body, the initial body, and the morula.

Compare and contrast bubonic and pneumonic plague.

Yellow fever is named for the (anemia/jaundice/vomiting) it typically causes.

A person is brought to the emergency room with constant high fever, extensive edema, low blood pressure, and petechiae. From which of the following may the person be suffering?

The normal habitat of ________ is rodents, but humans bitten by fleas carrying the pathogen have fever, severely inflamed lymph nodes, and headache. Later, areas of black, necrotic tissue may develop.

People with genes for a form of hemoglobin known as hemoglobin C are at risk of fatal malaria disease.

Patients with occult septicemia are asymptomatic.