MICROORGANISMS AND DISEASE QUIZ

gastroenteritis

myocarditis

acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis

muscular dystrophy

blocking access and attachment of pathogens to mucosal surfaces

sequestering Iron

facilitating the growth of normal flora

lowering the pH

bladder

lungs

uterus

vagina

Antibodies to the pathogen are protective

None of these

The pathogen can live inside macrophages

The pathogen contains mycolic acid in its cell wall

Tuberculosis

Diphtheria

Shigella dysentery

Botulism

forms cAMP that leads to fluid accumulation

lysis macrophages with the release of cytokines

binds host cell receptors found on heart cells

cause ADP ribosylation of a factor involved in protein synthesis

Dehydration and loss of nutrients

Faulty carrier proteins

the toxin produced by the bacterium

Too little water in the food stream

They predispose patients to viral rather than bacterial infections

They are used primarily in neonatal intensive care units

They bypass important defenses of the body

Bacteria responsible for associated infections are usually susceptible to antibiotics

have cell walls that contain a high content of mycolic acids

stay in the lung and rarely, if ever, enter the bloodstream

have polysaccharide capsules

are acquired by inhalation

caused by a gram-positive bacterium

caused by a spore-forming bacterium

All of these

precipitated by the use of certain antibiotics