Microbiology Questions

General

L form bacteria (without cell wall)

Sterilisation methods (LQ) (23)

Methods of transmission of infection

Gene transfer in bacteria; drug

resistance (LQ) (19)

Mutations
Conjugation

Types of media (15)

Oxidase test
Plasmids (10)
Carriers
Anaerobic methods of cultivation (9)
Inspissation
Bacterial growth curve (7)
Structure of bacterial cell and
appendages, growth req. (LQ) (7)
Bacterial capsule (7)
Immuno fluorescence tests (6)
Nosocomial infection (5)
Bacterial filters (4)
Tyndalisation (4)
Bacterial flagella (4)

Immunology
hyper sensitivity reactions ;
anaphylaxis (LQ) (13)
Define and classify immunity;
Immunoglobulins/humoral immunity
(LQ) (10)
Antigen-Antibody reactions;
Agglutination/ precipitation reactions
(10)

Louis pasture (3)

B & T cells (9)
ELISA (3)
Autoimmunity (LQ) (6)
Robert Koch (2)
Acquired immunity (6)
Joseph Lister (2)
Passive immunity (4)
Testing of disinfectants (2)
Monoclonal antibody (4)
PCR (2)
Graft versus host reactions (2)
Coagulase test (2)
Antibody synthesis and function (2)
Eleks gel precipitation test (2)
Alternate complement pathway (2)
Differential staining methods
Role of complements (2)
PK Reaction
Coombs test (2)

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Adjuvants (2)

Satellitism (5)

Hapten

Weil Felix Reaction (5)

NK Cells

Helico bacter pylori (5)

Western blot analysis

Malignant Pustule (5)

Antigen presenting cell

Tetanus Prophylaxis (5)

MHC

Naglers reaction (4)

Bacterial vaccines

Bio-weapons; Bacillus anthrax; ascolis

test (LQ) (4)

Protocol for safe blood transfusion

Significant Bacteriuria (4)
Autoimmunization Mechanisms
Bacterial endo and exo toxins (4)
Super Antigens
Serum sickness

Diptheria prophylaxis, toxin production,

diagnosis (4)

Heterophile antigens

Leptospirosis (4)

Bacteriology

family entero bacteriaceae ; enteric

career lab diag. (4)
UTI (LQ) (4)
Bacterial spore (4)

Classify, Pathogenicity, Lab,

prophylaxis of Vibrio Cholerae (16)

E. coli diarrhea (3)

Classify mycobacteria, diag., t/t,

prophylaxis, diag. of pulmonary
tuberculosis (9)

Widal test (3)

Patho, causes, diagnosis of Bacterial

meningitis (LQ) (9)

anaerobic infections lab diagnosis (3)

Yersina pestis; Plague (LQ) (3)

Salmonella typhi (LQ) (3)

Classify streptococci. Toxins and
enzymes and diag. of strepto
pyogenes (8)
Describe STD, Syphilis (LQ) (7)
Pyrexia of unknown origin; typhoid
fever (7)
Clostridium, toxins gas gangrene (7)

Milk borne diseases; sterilization (3)

Mantoux test (3)
Bacterial food poisoning; any one lab
diag. (LQ) (3)
Quellung reaction (3)
EIJKMAN TEST (3)

TRIC agents (Trachoma conjunctivitis)

(6)

enterobiasis (3)

Atypical mycobacteria (5)

Campylobacter (2)

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Antibiotic sensitivity test (2)

Epidemic typhus (Ricketsia prowazeki)

Mycoplasma lab/lepromin test (2)

Rickettsiae

MRSA (2)

CAMP test

Scrub typhus (2)

Infectious mononucleosis

Staphylococcal aureus virulence

factors (2)

Q fever
Purpural sepsis

Frei's test (2)

VDRL test (2)

Virology

Gonorrhoea (2)

Classify picorna virus; Aseptic

meningitis, poliomyelitis (LQ) (12)

Borrelia; relapsing fever (2)

Non-suppurative complications of
strepto pyogenes (2)
Bacteroides
Shwartzman reaction
Nocardia
Mac fadyeans reaction
Lyme disease

Rhabdo virus; Rabies (LQ) (11)

Classify arbo virus; Dengu (LQ) (9)
Classify arbovirus; Japanese
enaphalitis (LQ) (8)
Hepatitis B (LQ) (8)
Interferon (8)
HIV (7)

Bacterial endocarditis / rheumatic

heart disease (LQ)

Classify DNA virus; Herpes virus (LQ)

(7)

Extra pulmonary tuberculosis

Cell/tissue culture (6)

Arthus phenomenon

Viral diarrhoeas (5)

Milk ring test

Non gonocolcal urethritis (5)

Trench fever

Yellow fever/ Viral haemorrhagic fever

(5)

Gardnerella vaginalis.
Neil Mooser reaction
Bacillary dysentery
Bacterial Virulence

Antigenic shift and drift (5)

Varicella zoster virus (4)
Viral inclusion bodies (4)
MMR (3)

Treponematoses
Viral vaccines (3)

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Viral replication (3)

Mycology

Chikungunya Fever (2)

Mycotic Mycetoma (LQ) (9)

Coxasackie B virus (2)

Dermatophytes (9)

ortho myxo and Paramyxo viruses (2)

Cryptococcus (7)

Influenza virus (LQ) (2)

Candida albicans (7)

Cytopathic effect (2)

Opportunistic fungal infections (6)

Ebstein Barr virus (2)

Mycotoxin (4)

Hepatitis E (2)

Sporotrichosis (3)

Hepatitis C (2)

Rhinosporidiosis (3)

Rota virus (2)

Dimorphic fungi (3)

Slow virus disease of man (2)

Fungal infection lab diagnosis (3)

Viral oncogenesis mechanism

Germ tube Test (2)

Virus tissue culture

Aspergilloma (2)

Interleukins

Sporothrix schenkii

Enteroviruses

Sabouraud's medium

Haemagglutination Inhibition test

Histoplasma capsulatum

Bacteriophage

Chlamydospores

Organisms imp. during blood

transfusion

Sulphure granules

OPV
Antiviral agents
Latent viral infection
Von magnus phenomenon
H1N1 infection
Prions
Congenital viral infections

Parasitiology
Classify sporozoa, describe
plasmodium (LQ) (17)
taenia solium / cystecercus cellulosae
(LQ) (10)
Microfilaria (9)
Echinococcus granulosus / Hydatid
disease (LQ) (8)
Trichomona vaginalis (6)

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Cryptosporidiosis (6)

Viviparous parasite

Larva migrans (6)

Classify hemoflaggelets; Leishmania

denovani (LD Bodies) (LQ)

Wuchereria bancrofti / filariasis (6)

Classify intestinal nematods,
Morphology, life cycle, diag.
Ancylostoma duodenale (6)

Life cycle of Balantidium coli

Life cycle of taenia saginata
Life cycle of trematode

Stool concentration and examination

(5)

Trichinella Spiralis

Kala-azar (LQ) (4)

Bile stained eggs

Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis

(4)

Giardia lamblia

Toxoplasmosis (LQ) (3)

Lab assessment of drinking water /
coliform count (3)
Kyasanur-Forrest disease (3)
Ascariasis lumbricoides (LQ) (3)
Life cycle of Entamoeba histolytica (2)
Cyclops (2)
Free living amoebae (2)
Extra intestinal amoebiasis (2)
N.N.N. medium (2)
Paragonimus westermani (Lung fluke)
(2)
Pathogenicity of strongyloides
stercoralis
Blood culture
Larval forms of cestodes
Casonis test
Fasciola hepatica (liver fluke)
Fecal examination

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TORCH test