MCB 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Varicella Zoster Virus, Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Virus, Meningococcal Disease

• School: University of Florida
• Department: Microbiology and Cell Science
• Course: MCB 2000
• Professor: Asghari Karim

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Mcb 2000 exam three study guide: how skin wards off infection. Impetigo: what makes staph and strep resist phagocytosis, staph- capsule, strep m protein, name the antibiotic used to treat staph skin infections. What are the characteristics of this disease: conjunctivitis inflammation of the conjunctiva in the eye, trachoma agent chlamydia trachomatis, characteristics inflammation and destruction of the cornea and conjunctiva of eye. Name the drug use: latent infection: disease goes into hiding , persisting in tissues but showing no symptoms, herpes treatment: difficult because of latency, drug used is called acyclovir, name two diseases associated with cns. How active is the immune system in cns: bacterial meningitis, poliomyelitis c. 3: brain infection/ encephalitis behavioral changes, coma, death. Inflamed cranial meninges severe headache, vomiting, pain. What is their mechanism of action: relenza, tamiflu, amantadine b. Increased risk of cervical and prostate cancer: pid caused by untreated gonorrhea or chlamydia i. ii.