Mycology Questions
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A nematode that has a predilection for the lung is?
Infection by which organism is NOT associated with handling hogs or eating pork?
An organism with a predilection for striated muscle is?
For which organism is ingested red blood cells a diagnostic criterion?
Which organism is most likely to be transmitted by handshake?
Which is the etiological agent of neurocysticercosis?
Humans cannot desaturate beyond what?
Which organism can cause urethritis, epididymitis, prostatis in men, but more commonly remains asymptomatic?
Several hundred residents of a town in Connecticut presented with sever diarrhea. Oocysts were discovered in the town's water supply. Intestinal biopsy of one of the patients revealed spherical organisms that stained with a modified acid fast technique. The most likely agent?
A 23-year-old hurricane relief worker in Malaysia presented with shaking chills, intermittent fever (48 hours), and body aches. Schizonts and ring-shaped parasites were observed in a blood smear. Most likely?
A 20-year-old male spent the night in a youth hostel in Belgium. He woke up to find his skin covered with itch papules. When he look at the sheets on his cot, he observed dark specks, some of which looked like dried blood. Most likely?
Which organism is most likely to cross the placenta, causing infection of the brain and eye?
The fourth step of fatty acid synthesis produces acetoacetyl, which is converted to what in the fifth step?
The fifth and seventh step utilize this and are known as reducing steps?
A 46-year-old wilderness guide presented with foul smelling, fatty stool, abdominal cramps, and bloating after returning backpacking. Fecal exam revealed teardrop shaped flagellated organisms and oval cysts. Most likely?
Palmitate can be utilized by converting it to?
In the fourth step of fatty acid synthesis, what occurs to the group on the ACP domain?
Elongation of the fatty acid requires the lengthened acyl group to be transferred to ACP domain, catalyzed by this enzyme?
In the sixth step of fatty acid synthesis, what occurs?
A protozoan that inhabits periodontal pockets in persons with poor oral hygiene is?