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  • Lactoferrin helps to protect against pathogens by


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  • A. sequestering Iron
  • B. blocking sebum production
  • C. lowering the pH
  • D. facilitating the growth of normal flora

  • Correct Answer
  • sequestering Iron 


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    • 1. Plastic implants can pose a serious nosocomial infection problem because

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    • A. phagocytes have trouble moving on the plastic surface
    • B. phagocytes have trouble engulfing bacteria embedded in a biofilm
    • C. infected implants usually have to be surgically removed
    • D. all of the above
    • Discuss
    • 2. Which of these cytokines is also known under the name cachectin?

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    • A. Interferon gamma
    • B. Interleukin 2
    • C. Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)
    • D. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 3. Prontosil is

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    • A. an effective antibacterial when used in animals
    • B. an effective antibacterial when used in in-vitro cultures
    • C. an effective antibacterial both in animals as well as in in-vitro cultures
    • D. not used as an antibacterial agent
    • Discuss
    • 4. Immunization with which of the following toxoid induces high titer serum antibody, but does not protect from the corresponding disease?

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    • A. Tetanus
    • B. Botulism
    • C. Diphtheria
    • D. Shigellosis
    • Discuss
    • 5. Which of the following statements is not true regarding Mycobacterium tuberculosis and/or the disease it causes?

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    • A. The pathogen contains mycolic acid in its cell wall
    • B. The pathogen can live inside macrophages
    • C. Antibodies to the pathogen are protective
    • D. None of these
    • Discuss
    • 6. All infections do not cause fever and all fevers are not due to infections which of the following is an example of non-infections cause of fever?

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    • A. Typhoid
    • B. Chicken pox
    • C. Rheumatic disease
    • D. Malaria
    • Discuss
    • 7. Which of the following is true regarding anthrax?

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    • A. Anthrax is caused by a virus
    • B. Anthrax is highly contagious
    • C. Inhalation anthrax and cutaneous anthrax are caused by separate strains of Bacillus anthracis
    • D. Inhalation Anthrax requires infection with a large number of spores
    • Discuss
    • 8. Which is not a major defense mechanism in the stomach?

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    • A. Proteolytic enzymes
    • B. Low pH
    • C. Dense normal flora
    • D. All of these
    • Discuss
    • 9. The influenza vaccine is administered each year because

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    • A. mutations in the viral hemagglutinin may allow the virus to evade the immune response elicited by previous vaccines
    • B. it is a polysaccharide vaccine that does not confer long-term protection
    • C. the vaccine is sufficiently toxic to make it necessary to administer only a small amount at any one time
    • D. none of the above
    • Discuss
    • 10. The "A" subunit of diphtheria toxin

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    • A. binds host cell receptors found on heart cells
    • B. cause ADP ribosylation of a factor involved in protein synthesis
    • C. forms cAMP that leads to fluid accumulation
    • D. lysis macrophages with the release of cytokines
    • Discuss


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