Download DNB 2016 Dec MICROBIOLOGY PAPER 2 Question Paper

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FINAL EXAM

DECEMBER 2016

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MICROBIOLOGY

PAPER - II

NATIONAL BOARD OF EXAMINATIONS

MICRO/D/16/18/11

Time : 3 hours

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Max. Marks : 100

Important instructions:

1. Attempt all questions in order.
2. Each question carries 10 marks.
3. Read the question carefully and answer to the point neatly and legibly.

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4. Do not leave any blank pages between two answers.
5. Indicate the question number correctly for the answer in the margin space.
6. Answer all the parts of a single question together.
7. Start the answer to a question on a fresh page or leave adequate space between two answers.
8. Draw table/diagrams/flowcharts wherever appropriate.

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Write short notes on:

1. a) Classify Chlamydia and enumerate the diseases caused by them. (3+7)
   b) Approach for laboratory diagnosis of these infections.
2. a) Enumerate the causes of chronic meningitis in India. (2+8)
   b) Its laboratory diagnosis including recent advances.

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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. (2+3+5)
   b) Its epidemiology in India
   c) Laboratory diagnosis of Scrub typhus.

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6. Dermatophytes: (2+6+2)
   a) Definition
   b) Classifications with examples of each
   c) Lab diagnosis: in brief.
7. List the bacterial agents causing urethritis. Describe the mode of transmission, pathogenicity and laboratory diagnosis of anyone of them. (2+1+3+4)

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8. Virulence factors of candida albicans. (10)
9. a) Different types of serological tests for syphilis. (5+5)
   b) National strategy for Elimination of Congenital Syphilis (ECS).
10. Clostridium difficile infection: Risk factors, clinical presentation and laboratory diagnosis. (3+2+5)

POSSESSION / USE OF CELL PHONES IS NOT PERMITTED INSIDE THE EXAMINATION HALL.

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