Download Diplomate of National Board (DNB) 2016 Dec MICROBIOLOGY PAPER 2 Previous Question Paper
DECEMBER 2016
POSSESSION / USE OF CELL PHONES OR ANY SUCH ELECTRONIC GADGETS IS NOT PERMITTED INSIDE THE
EXAMINATION HALL.
MICROBIOLOGY
PAPER ? II
MICRO/D/16/18/II
Time : 3 hours
Max. Marks : 100
Important instructions:
? Attempt all questions in order.
? Each question carries 10 marks.
? Read the question carefully and answer to the point neatly and legibly.
? Do not leave any blank pages between two answers.
? Indicate the question number correctly for the answer in the margin space.
? Answer all the parts of a single question together.
? Start the answer to a question on a fresh page or leave adequate space between two answers.
? Draw table/diagrams/flowcharts wherever appropriate.
Write short notes on:
1. a) Classify Chlamydia and enumerate the diseases caused by
them.
b) Approach for laboratory diagnosis of these infections.
3+7
2. a) Enumerate the causes of chronic meningitis in India.
b) Its laboratory diagnosis including recent advances.
2+8
3. Non-culture methods for diagnosis of sepsis.
10
4. Epidemiology, clinical features and laboratory diagnosis of
Penicillium marneffei infection.
2+2+6
5. a) Name the etiological agent and vector of Scrub typhus.
b) Its epidemiology in India
c) Laboratory diagnosis of Scrub typhus.
2+3+5
6. Dermatophytes:
a) Definition
b) Classifications with examples of each
c) Lab diagnosis in brief.
2+6+2
7. List the bacterial agents causing urethritis. Describe the mode of
transmission, pathogenicity and laboratory diagnosis of anyone of
them.
2+1+3+4
8. Virulence factors of candida albicans.
10
9. a) Different types of serological tests for syphilis.
b) National strategy for Elimination of Congenital Syphilis (ECS).
5+5
10. Clostridium difficile infection: Risk factors, clinical presentation and
laboratory diagnosis.
3+2+5
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