B.Sc-B.Sc Allied Health Sciences 1st Year Microbiology (Kerala University of Health Sciences-2014)

Q.P. CODE: 105016                                                               Reg. No: …………………...
                         First Year B.Sc Perfusion Technology Degree Examinations, August 2014
                                                                       Microbiology
Time: 3 Hrs                                                                                     Max. Marks:80

• Answer all questions
• Draw diagram wherever necessary

Essays: (2×10=20)

1. Name the organisms transmitted through blood and blood products. Name the mandatory screening tests before blood transfusion. Define needle stick injury and explain the steps to be taken when there is a needle stick injury is happen (2+4+1+3 = 10)
2. Describe the clinical features, laboratory diagnosis, and prophylaxis of pulmonary tuberculosis. (3+5+2 = 10)

Short notes: (6x5=30)

3. Laboratory diagnosis of urinary tract infection
4. Autoclave
5. Chemical disinfectants
6. Infective endocarditis
7. Prophylaxis of tetanus
8. Plasmodium falciparum

Answer briefly: (10x3=30)

9. Incineration
10. Bacterial spore
11. ASO test
12. Bacillary dysentery
13. Oral polio vaccine
14. Candida albicans
15. Name three RNA viruses and the diseases caused by them
16. Gram’s staining
17. Selective media
18. Ascaris lumbricoides
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