Microorganisms and Disease What is common in catheters and ventilators? Bacteria responsible for associated infections are usually susceptible to antibiotics They bypass important defenses of the body They are used primarily in neonatal intensive care units They predispose patients to viral rather than bacterial infections Bacteria responsible for associated infections are usually susceptible to antibiotics They bypass important defenses of the body They are used primarily in neonatal intensive care units They predispose patients to viral rather than bacterial infections ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Microorganisms and Disease The nature of the poliovirus gives for oral vaccination (satin vaccine) as part of the eradication programme is formalin-inactivated viruses small dosage of wild-type live viruses heat killed virus live attenuated strains of all three immunological types formalin-inactivated viruses small dosage of wild-type live viruses heat killed virus live attenuated strains of all three immunological types ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Microorganisms and Disease Mucus helps in protecting against pathogens by blocking access and attachment of pathogens to mucosal surfaces facilitating the growth of normal flora sequestering Iron lowering the pH blocking access and attachment of pathogens to mucosal surfaces facilitating the growth of normal flora sequestering Iron lowering the pH ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Microorganisms and Disease Both Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Streptococcus pneumoniae stay in the lung and rarely, if ever, enter the bloodstream are acquired by inhalation have polysaccharide capsules have cell walls that contain a high content of mycolic acids stay in the lung and rarely, if ever, enter the bloodstream are acquired by inhalation have polysaccharide capsules have cell walls that contain a high content of mycolic acids ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Microorganisms and Disease A major difference between EHEC and EPEC is EPEC rearranges host cell actin and EHEC does not EPEC passes through the placenta to infect the fetus and EHEC does not EHEC possesses a type III secretion system and EPEC does not EHEC secretes a Shiga-like toxin and EPEC does not EPEC rearranges host cell actin and EHEC does not EPEC passes through the placenta to infect the fetus and EHEC does not EHEC possesses a type III secretion system and EPEC does not EHEC secretes a Shiga-like toxin and EPEC does not ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Microorganisms and Disease Which of the following statements is not true regarding Mycobacterium tuberculosis and/or the disease it causes? Antibodies to the pathogen are protective None of these The pathogen can live inside macrophages The pathogen contains mycolic acid in its cell wall Antibodies to the pathogen are protective None of these The pathogen can live inside macrophages The pathogen contains mycolic acid in its cell wall ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP