Exam 14: Principles of Disease and Epidemiology

A) requires an arthropod.
B) requires direct contact.
C) works only with noncommunicable diseases.
D) involves specific diseases.
E) involves fomites.

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A) The USA300 strain accounts for most community- acquired MRSA.
B) Antimicrobial therapy for hemodialysis- associated infections increases antibiotic resistance.
C) The M in MRSA stands for mannitol.
D) The USA100 strain accounts for most hospital- acquired MRSA.
E) S. aureus is differentiated from other mannitol+ cocci by the coagulase test.

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A) tapeworm
B) cat- scratch disease
C) rabies
D) Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome
E) None of the answers is correct; all of these are zoonoses.

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A) are always acquired by direct contact.
B) never cause disease.
C) are present for a relatively short time.
D) cause diseases.
E) are found in a certain location on the host.

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A) convalescence.
B) illness.
C) incubation.
D) decline.

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A) fewer diseases.
B) no bacterial growth because washing removes their food source.
C) normal microbiota returning immediately.
D) body odor.
E) increased susceptibility to disease.

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A) local infection
B) systemic infection
C) bacteremia
D) septicemia
E) focal infection

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A) They may be caused by normal microbiota.
B) They may be caused by drug- resistant bacteria.
C) They may be caused by opportunists.
D) The patient was infected before hospitalization.
E) They occur in compromised patients.

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A) a hospital
B) a sick person
C) a healthy person
D) a sick animal
E) None of the answers is correct; all of these can be reservoirs of infection.

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A) case control
B) descriptive
C) prodromal
D) experimental
E) analytical

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A) Some pathogens can cause several disease conditions.
B) Some human diseases have no other known animal host.
C) Some diseases are not caused by microbes.
D) Some diseases are noncommunicable.
E) Some diseases have poorly defined etiologies.

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A) droplet.
B) direct contact.
C) vector- borne.
D) indirect contact.
E) vehicle.

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A) septicemia.
B) systemic infections.
C) bacteremia.
D) sepsis.
E) local infections.

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A) typhoid fever
B) malaria
C) tetanus
D) tuberculosis
E) AIDS

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