Guide: Exam Questions in Microbiology (LF HK)

1. Bacterial cell structure, shape and size of bacteria, basics of bacterial genetics
2. Microscopic detection of infectious agents, basic staining of slides
3. Cultivation of bacteria, cultivation soils, multiplication of bacteria, growth of bacteria on solid and liquid soils
4. Identification of bacteria
5. Bacterial cell wall and peptidoglycan
6. Endotoxin, composition and biological effects
7. Case and glycocalyx
8. External structures of bacteria, fimbriae and flagella
9. Extrachromosomal genetic information and its transmission
10. Molecular biological methods in microbiology
11. Pathogenicity and virulence of bacteria
12. Bacterial virulence factors
13. Bacterial exotoxins
14. Bacterial enterotoxins
15. Bacterial superantigens
16. Principles of clinical materials collection
17. Properties and cultivation of anaerobic bacteria
18. Serological examination of clinical materials
19. Virus genetics, mutation frequency, use of attenuated strains, recombination, reassortment
20. Virus structure, nomenclature, classification
21. Virus growth cycle
22. RNA virus replication strategies
23. Virus replication strategies
24. Virus-cell interactions, types of infection, cytopathogenic effects of viruses
25. Virus and host organism, course of macroorganism infection, types of infection
26. Entry of the virus into the organism
27. Mechanisms of antiviral immunity
28. Types of vaccines, vaccination
29. Physical methods of sterilization and disinfection
30. Chemical methods of sterilization and disinfection
31. Classification of antibiotics
32. Mechanisms of action of antibiotics
33. Antibiotic susceptibility testing
34. Bacterial resistance to antibiotics
35. Antimicrobial therapy strategies
36. Side effects of antibiotics
37. Prophylactic use of antibiotics
38. The natural microflora of the human body and its importance
39. Infection process - the development of infection in the body
40. Anti-infective immunity - non-specific antibacterial immunity
41. Anti-infective immunity - specific antibacterial immunity
42. Antigen-antibody reactions in vitro, serological methods
43. Agglutination, precipitation, immunofluorescence - use in serological diagnostics
44. Complement fixation reaction
45. Passive immunization
46. Principles of neutralization tests used in bacteriology and virology
47. Principle and use of ELISA, RIA methods
48. Therapy of viral diseases
49. Aeromonas, Plesiomonas
50. Anaerobic non-sporulating microorganisms
51. Actinomyces
52. Atypical mycobacteria
53. Bacillus anthracis and Bacillus cereus
54. Coxiella burnetii
55. Bordetella
56. Borrelia
57. Brucella, Bartonella
58. Campylobacter
59. Clostridium difficile
60. Corynebacterium diphtheriae
61. Enterobacteria (general properties and principles of diagnostics)
62. Enterococcus
63. Escherichia coli (spec. Groups of E. coli and their identification)
64. Francisella tularensis
65. Haemophilus, Pasteurella
66. Helicobacter pylori
67. Histotoxic clostridia
68. Chlamydophila (Chlamydia)
69. Coagulase-negative staphylococci
70. Legionella
71. Leptospira
72. Listeria monocytogenes
73. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
74. Mycoplasma
75. Neurotoxic clostridia
76. Nocardia
77. Staphylococcus aueus
78. Streptococcus pyogenes
79. Streptococcus agalactiae
80. Streptococcus pneumoniae
81. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
82. Neisseria meningitidis
83. Salmonella
84. Shigella
85. Conditionally pathogenic enterobacteria (Citrobacter, Enterobacter, Klebsiella, Morganella, Proteus, Providence, Serratia)
86. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
87. Pseudomonas non-aeruginosa, Stenotrophomonas, Burkholderia
88. Rickettsia
89. Treponema pallidum
90. Vibrio cholerae and other vibria
91. Yersinia pestis, Y. enterocolitica, Y. pseudotuberculosis
92. Nosocomial infections
93. Poxviruses
94. Adenoviruses
95. Varicella-zoster virus
96. Herpes simplex virus
97. Epstein-Barr virus
98. Cytomegalovirus
99. Human herpes viruses 6, 7, 8
100. Influenza (flu viruses)
101. Mumps virus
102. Measles virus
103. Rubella virus
104. Papillomavirus
105. Parvoviridae
106. Polyomaviridae
107. Causative agents of diarrheal viral diseases
108. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
109. Picornaviruses (important representatives)
110. Flaviviruses, especially Central European tick-borne encephalitis virus
111. Rabies virus
112. Coxsackie viruses, echoviruses, rhinoviruses
113. Retroviruses, tumor viruses, prions
114. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
115. Hepatitis B virus
116. Hepatitis A virus
117. Hepatitis C virus
118. Hepatitis E virus
119. Candida albicans
120. Cryptococcus neoformans
121. Aspergillus
122. Dimorphic fungi
123. Agents of superficial mycoses
124. Agents of deep mycoses (organ, systemic, generalized)
125. Pneumocystis jirovecii
126. Entamoeba histolytica
127. The causative agents of malaria
128. Toxoplasma gondii
129. Enterobius vermicularis, Trichuris trichiura, Ascaris lumbricoides
130. Trichinella spiralis, Ancylostoma duodenale
131. Tapeworms (basic division)
132. Trypanosomes
133. Leishmania
134. Trichomonas vaginalis
135. Changelings, Naegleria fowleri
136. Megrims
137. Toxocara
138. Filaria
139. Scabies
140. Respiratory tract infections
141. Causes of skin and soft tissue infections
142. Causes of gastrointestinal infections
143. Agents of CNS infections
144. Agents of sexually transmitted diseases
145. Causes of urinary tract infections
146. Originators of travel diseases
147. Causes of bloodstream infections
148. Infections in immunosuppressed patients

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