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UNIVERSITY OF JAFFNA, SRI LANKA
SECOND EXAMINATION FOR MEDICAL DEGREES Part I--January 2011
MICROBIOLOGY Paper II
Date: 03.01.2011.
Time: 02 hours
ANSWER ALL THE FOUR QUESTIONS
I .
Explain, giving reasons, the principles of management of infections in the
following clinical situations
1.1. To a health care worker through needle stick injury from a patient
(35 Marks)
1.2. Rabid dog bite
(30Marks)
1.3. A pregnant doctor who examined a patient suspected to have rubella (35 Marks)
2.
2.1. List five microorganisms that cause community acquired
pneumonia
(20 Marks)
2.2. Describe the defense mechanisms that prevent infection in the
respiratory tract
(35Marks)
2.3. How would you collect and transport specimenis for
microbiological investigations from a patient with acute pneumonia (35 Marks)
3.
Write notes on
3.1. Contact dermatitis
(35Marks)
3.2. Histoplasmosis
(35Marks)
3.3. Traveler's diarrhea
(30Marks)
4.
"Prevention is better than cure" Discuss this statement in relation to the
following:
4.1. Dengue haemorrhagic fever
(25Marks)
4.2. Leptospirosis
(25Marks)
4.3. Measles
(25Marks)
4.4. Rheumatic fever
(25 Marks)
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