M.B.B.S-M.B.B.S 2nd Year Microbiology - Paper II(Kerala University of Health Sciences-2013)

Code: 206001 Reg. no.: …………………
Second Professional MBBS Degree Examinations, April 2013
Microbiology - Paper II

Time: 2 Hours                                                                               Total Marks: 40

• Answer all questions

• Draw diagrams wherever necessary

Essay: (10)

1. Read the clinical history and answer the following questions:
A 35 year old man presented to the medical OPD with a history of intractable diarrhea for the past one week. He gave past history of multiple exposures six months back. On clinical examination he was emaciated and oral thrush was present.
• What is the provisional diagnosis.
• Mention the different routes of transmission in this condition.
• Explain the pathogenesis of the above clinical condition.
• Describe briefly the laboratory investigations.
• What is the confirmatory test.
• Mention any four important opportunistic infections associated with this disease.
(1+1+2+3+1+2=10)
Short essay: (2x5=10)
2. Hydatid disease.
3. Pathogenesis and laboratory diagnosis of faciparum malariae.
Short notes: (10x2=20)
4. Giardiasis.
5. Cryptosporidiumparvum.
6. Tinea versicolor
7. Candida albicans.
8. Mycotoxins.
9. Mucormycosis
10. Infectiousmononucleosis.
11.Prophylaxis of rabies.
12. Inclusion bodies.
13.MMR vaccine.
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