Exam 22: Oral and Gastrointestinal Diseases

Which of the following helminths is not diagnosed by finding eggs in the feces?

Which statement about host susceptibility is incorrect?

Your 14-month old daughter is fussy when you bring her home from daycare. And when you change her diaper you are shocked to find diarrhea with blood and mucus. Which pathogen might she have and why did you reach that diagnosis?

Streptococcus form ________ ,a cement-like substance that enables bacteria to adhere to the tooth surface.

_____ resists the acid in the stomach and attaches in the large intestines. It creates special filaments to infect other cells. Within 1-4 days the patient has diffuse diarrhea,with blood and mucus,which could lead to kwashiorkor and vitamin B12 deficiencies.

Feces are composed about 50% by weight and volume of bacteria. Most of these are species of ________.

Taxonomically,Salmonella has been broken down into 2000 different _______ ,depending on the antigens on their surface.

All of the statements about mumps are true except

Which Hepatitis virus only causes severe disease when there is a coinfection with Hepatitis B?

Which can be found in a peanut butter and jelly sandwich,if moldy peanuts were used to make the peanut butter?

Which gastrointestinal bacterial diseases causes systemic symptoms without diarrhea?

Helicobacter pylori survives in the stomach due to

Echinococcus granulosus is characterized by all of the following except

Which microbe is responsible for a self-limiting disease whose symptoms include abdominal pain,fever (probably due to endotoxins),and diarrhea with blood and mucus within 8-48 hours of ingestion?