USMLE microbiology prt 9 assesses key medical knowledge through scenarios involving infections and diseases. It evaluates understanding of microbiological agents causing conditions from diarrhea in toddlers to neurological issues in adults, crucial for medical professionals.
Croup
Epiglottitis
Meningitis
Otitis externa
Otitis media
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Bacillus cereus
Clostridium perfringens
Escherichia coli
Shigella sonnei
Staphylococcus aureus
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Asymptomatic carrier
Chronic active carrier
Fulminant hepatitis B
Recovered from acute self-limited HBV
Vaccinated against HBV
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Borrelia burgdorferi
Pseudomonas mallei
Pseudomonas pseudomallei
Spirillium minus
Streptobacillus moniliformis
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AIDS
Chickenpox
Measles
Syphilis
Tuberculosis
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Actinomyces israelii
Candida albicans
Histoplasma capsulatum
Nocardia asteroides
Trichophyton rubrum
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Double-stranded, enveloped DNA virus
Double-stranded, nonenveloped DNA virus
Single-stranded, enveloped RNA virus
Single-stranded, nonenveloped DNA virus
Single-stranded, nonenveloped RNA virus
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Cataract formation
Hemorrhage into the anterior chamber
Hemorrhage into the posterior chamber
Retinal detachment
Scarring of the cornea
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Papovavirus
Paramyxovirus
Parvovirus
Picornavirus
Poxvirus
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The FTA-ABS titer would fall
The FTA-ABS titer would rise
The VDRL titer would fall
The VDRL titer would rise
Both FTA-ABS and VDRL would fall
Both FTA-ABS and VDRL would rise
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The CSF glucose level suggests bacterial meningitis
The CSF glucose level suggests viral meningitis
The lymphocytes suggest bacterial meningitis
The lymphocytes suggest viral meningitis
There is no evidence for meningitis
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Cavitary tuberculosis
Ghon complex
Histoplasma infection
Miliary tuberculosis
Remote healed tuberculosis
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Campylobacter jejuni
Escherichia coli
Salmonella
Shigella
Vibrio cholera
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It inhibits dihydrofolate reductase
It inhibits DNA-dependent RNA polymerase
It inhibits protein synthesis by binding to the 30s ribosomal subunit
It inhibits protein synthesis by binding to the 50s ribosomal subunit
It inhibits topoisomerase II (DNA gyrase)
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Competitive inhibition of para-aminobenzoic acid (PABA)
Inhibition of bacterial cell wall synthesis
Inhibition of DNA-gyrase
Irreversible binding to the 30S subunit of bacterial ribosomes
Irreversible binding to the 50S subunit of bacterial ribosomes
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Klebsiella pneumoniae
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Parainfluenza virus
Respiratory syncytial virus
Streptococcus pneumoniae
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It blocks the release of acetylcholine from the nerve terminal
It blocks the release of inhibitory neurotransmitters such as glycine and GABA
It has a subunit that inactivates an elongation factor by ADP-ribosylation
It is a lecithinase
It stimulates guanylate cyclase
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It causes alpha-hemolysis on blood agar
It is catalase positive
It is coagulase positive
It is sensitive to bacitracin
It is sensitive to optochin
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Aspergillus fumigatus
Blastomyces dermatitidis
Mycobacterium avium
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Pneumocystis carinii
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Adenovirus
Cytomegalovirus
Influenza virus
JC virus
Poliovirus
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Enterococcus faecalis
Staphylococcus aureus
Staphylococcus epidermidis
Streptococcus agalactiae
Streptococcus pyogenes
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S. aureus
S. epidermidis
S. pneumoniae
S. pyogenes
S. saprophyticus
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