MODEL QUESTION PAPER
MICROBIOLOGY PAPER -1
Time: 2 hours Max.
marks: 40
(Draw diagrams wherever necessary)
I. READ THE CLINICAL
HISTORY AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS
A
30 year old male comes to the Medical O.P with C/O of fever of 2 weeks
duration.
He
has dry cough &weight loss .X-Ray reveals area of consolidation in the apex
of
the
right lung.
1.
What is the probable diagnosis and source of infection?.
2.
What are the specimens sent for laboratory diagnosis in this case?
3.
How will you proceed with laboratory diagnosis here?
4
.How can the disease be prevented?
5.
What is the skin test done routinely for the diagnosis? Discuss the
interpretation?
(1+1+4+2+2=10)
II. WRITE IN DETAILS
1.
Pathogenesis & lab diagnosis of cholera
2.
Type 1 Hyper sensitivity reaction (2×5=10)
III. WRITE SHORT NOTE ON
1.
Clostridium difficile
2.
Inspissation
3.
Bacterial growth curve
4.
Nullcells
5.
Transport medium
6.
Legionella pneumophila
7.
TRIC agents
8.
Scrub typhus
9.
MRSA
10.
Coliform count (2×10=20)
