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2019 Scheme
Q.P. Code: 215001 Reg. no.: ........................
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Second Professional MBBS Degree Regular/Supplementary Examinations January 2023
Microbiology - Paper I Total Marks: 100
Time: 3 Hours
- Answer all questions to the point neatly and legibly. Do not leave any blank pages between answers
- Indicate the question number correctly for the answer in the margin space
- Answer all parts of a single question together. Leave sufficient space between answers
- Draw table/diagrams/flow charts wherever necessary
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Long Essays (2x15=30)
- A 30-year-old previously healthy woman presented to Medicine OPD with malaise, low-grade fever, nausea, vomiting, aversion to food, mild itching since one month. Serum showed elevated levels of AST and ALT and presence of antiHBcIgM.
- What is the probable clinical diagnosis.
- Which phase is the patient in.
- What are the common etiological agents for a similar condition.
- In the above case scenario, what are the other serological investigations required.
- How does one get this infection.
- What is the long-term concern in this infection.
- How does one prevent this infection. Give details. (1+1+2+2+2+2+5)
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- A 20-year-old woman came to the Medicine OPD with history of fever, fatigue and abdominal discomfort since 4 days. It did not resolve with antipyretics. Samples were collected for the common probable causes of this condition and was confirmed as typhoid fever.
- What are the common probable causes of the above case scenario.
- Which is the confirmatory test for typhoid fever.
- What is the most important instruction to be given for sample collection for the above test.
- How does one get this infection.
- Who is a chronic carrier of typhoid. In whom is chronic carriage likely.
- How to detect chronic carriers. Give details.
- What is the public health importance of detecting a chronic carrier.
- Define Multi drug resistant Salmonella Typhi.
- How to prevent typhoid infection. (2+1+1+1+2+3+1+1+3)
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Short essays (5x8=40)
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- Quantitative buffy coat examination- principle, applications, advantages and Disadvantages. (3+1+2+2)
- Describe the indications and different methods of blood culture. Discuss sample collection for blood culture. (3+2+3)
- Antimicrobial susceptibility testing methods - types with respective principle, interpretation, purpose of selective reporting. (4+3+1)
- Discuss mechanisms of innate immunity.
- List antigen presenting cells and discuss their role in immune response.
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Short answers (5x4=20)
- List four parasitic infections especially seen in immunocompromised patients.
- Laboratory diagnosis of invasive candidiasis.
- Importance of biofilms in management of infections.
- List the various roles of Cell mediated immunity with specific examples.
- Healthcare associated infections - definition, major types, four micro-organisms transmitted through contact. (1+1+2)
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Objective type questions (10x1=10)
- What is the mode of transmission of visceral leishmaniasis.
- Which is the microbe causing lymphatic filariasis.
- What is the stage in the life cycle of trypanosomes infective to Man.
- What are dimorphic fungi.
- Clinical importance of plasmids in bacteria with two examples.
- List FOUR clinical clues associated with anaerobic infections.
- What is the role of memory cells in immune response.
- What is mucosal immunity.
- Name the disinfectant (with %) to be used for a large spill.
- Name two narrow spectrum antibiotics.
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