MICROBIOLOGY (BACTERIOLOGY) MOCK TEST
Full marks 40 Time – 2 hours
Attempt all questions. Supplement your answer with charts and diagrams as needed.
1. A middle aged lady attended the skin OPD with complaints of hypopigmented patch over the right elbow with progressive loss of sensation. What is your provisional diagnosis? How would you proceed to confirm the clinical diagnosis in the laboratory? How is the efficacy of treatment evaluated in such cases? [1 + 7 + 2]
Or, A middle aged person attended the STD clinic with a solitary painless ulcer with hard base on the glans penis. What is the commonest organism that causes such a lesion? What are the methods of isolation and demonstration of the organism in the laboratory? Discuss the role of serological tests in diagnosing late stages of the disease. [1 + 4 + 5]
Or, Name the bacteria responsible for diarrheal diseases in man. How would you proceed to investigate a case of bacterial diarrhea in the laboratory if you are supplied with the fresh fecal matter of the infected individual collected in a sterile plastic bottle? [2 + 8]
2. Write short notes on any THREE: [3 x 4 = 12]
a) Acid fast stain OR Bacterial growth curve
b) Plasmids OR Bacterial flagella
c) El Tor Vibrio OR Shiga toxin producing E. coli
d) Importance of ASO titer OR Interpretation of Mantoux test
3. Comment on any THREE: [3 x 4 = 12]
a) The choice of specimen for diagnosis depends on the stage of Enteric fever.
b) Koch’s postulates have many exceptions.
c) Morphology of the colonies of motile bacteria depends on the concentration of agar agar in Nutrient agar medium.
d) Bacteriological profile of purulent meningitis varies with the age of the patient.
e) Slide and tube coagulase tests are based on different biological principles.
f) Both chromosomal and extra-chromosomal factors are involved in the origin of bacterial drug resistance.
4. Differentiate between any THREE: [3 x 2 = 6]
a) Staphylococcus aureus and S. saprophyticus
b) Autoclaving and Tyndallisation
c) Streptococcus pneumoniae and Streptococcus pyogenes
d) Chlamydia and bacteria
e) Blood agar and chocolate agar
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