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The lecture Tuberculosis by Jeremy Brown, PhD is from the course Infections of the Respiratory Tract.
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Which of the following statements is FALSE regarding Mycobacterium tuberculosis?
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis can be rapidly cultured in the laboratory.
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis dIoes do not have any environmental source.
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis is one of the most common causes of death worldwide due to bacteria
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis is an intracellular organism.
- Mycobacterium organisms that are related to M. tuberculosis are called non-tuberculous mycobacterium which is having the environment as a source.
Which of the following is NOT a sub-species of M.tuberculosis?
- Mycobacterium avium intracellularae
- Mycobacterium bovis
- Mycobacterium africanus 1
- Mycobacterium africanus 2
- BCG
Which of the following does Mycobacterium tuberculosis cell wall predominantly contain?
- Lipid
- Protein
- Mucopolysaccharide
- Mucin
Which of the following is the route of spread of a lung Tuberculosis?
- Droplet
- Direct contact
- Food
- Blood products
- Animals skin
hich of the following statements about the pathogenesis of mycobacterium tuberculosis is FALSE?
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis is an extracellular pathogen
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis invades macrophages and diverts normal phagosome pathways .
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis helps spreads within the body and immune evasion .
- Mycobacterium acts as a persistent latent disease.
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis stimulates histological immunological hallmarks like granulomas.
Which cell does the Mycobacterium tuberculosis primarily affect?
- Macrophage
- Neutrophil
- Eosinophil
- Lymphocyte
- Monocyte
Which of the following is the primary mechanism of intracellular evasion of death by the mycobacterium tuberculosis organism?
- Diverts the phagolysosome pathways.
- Secretion of cytokines that cause self-destruction of the immune cell causing attack on the Mycobacterium.
- Prevents the Mycobacterium organism from opsonization.
- Mycobacterium disguises itself to evade attack from the immune cell.
- Mycobacterium rushes into the cell that invades it.
Which of the following is the immunological hallmark of mycobacterium tuberculosis infection?
- Granuloma formation
- Fibrosis of the lung
- Cavitation
- Angioinvasion
- Consolidation
Author of lecture Tuberculosis
Jeremy Brown, PhD
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