Description : Select the drug which is active against a variety of diarrhoea producing organisms like Giardia, Shigella, Salmonella as well as S. typhi and Trichomonas vaginalis, but is not a first line treatment for any of these: A. Metronidazole B. Mepacrine C. Cotrimoxazole D. Furazolidone
Last Answer : D. Furazolidone
Description : The following antimalarial drug is more active against pre-and exoerythrocytic stages of the malarial parasite than against the erythrocytic stage: A. Proguanil B. Primaquine C. Pyrimethamine D. Halofantrine
Last Answer : B. Primaquine
Description : If a drug is active against the preerythrocytic stage of the malarial parasite it will be useful as a: A. Suppressive prophylactic B. Causal prophylactic C. Clinical curative D. Radical curative
Last Answer : B. Causal prophylactic
Description : Metronidazole is used in peridontal abscess because of activity against: A. Entamoeba histolytica B. Giardia lamblia C. Anaerobic bacilli D. Aerobic gram positive cocci
Last Answer : C. Anaerobic bacilli
Description : Entamoeba histolytica is a parasite found in man’s (1) liver (2) intestines (3) lungs (4) kidneys
Last Answer : intestines
Description : The total dose of chloroquine (base) for treatment of an episode of malarial fever in a nonimmune adult is: A. 1000 mg B. 1500 mg C. 2000 mg D. 2500 mg
Last Answer : B. 1500 mg
Description : Which of the following drugs is effective against Trichomonas vaginalis C A. Penicillin B. Streptomycin C. Metronidazole D. Pentamidine
Last Answer : Metronidazole
Description : The active form of Entamoeba histolytica feeds upon (a) food in intestine (b) blood only (c) erythrocytes, mucosa and submucosa of colon (d) mucosa and submucosa of colon only
Last Answer : (c) erythrocytes, mucosa and submucosa of colon
Description : The following is true of quinine: A. It has a longer elimination half-life than chloroquine B. It is not to be used for prophylaxis of malaria C. It is not active against P. vivax D. It should not be used along with sulfa-pyrimethamine
Last Answer : B. It is not to be used for prophylaxis of malaria
Description : Trichomonas vaginalis is
Last Answer : Trichomonas vaginalis is A. Virus B. Chlmydia C. Bacterium D. Protozoan
Description : The infection rate of Trichomonas vaginalis in European women is C A.
Last Answer : 1-5%
Description : The T in TORCH stands for the disease caused by a. Trypanosome Brucei. b. Toxoplasma Gondii. c. Taenia Spiralis. d. Trypanosoma Cruzi. e. Trichomonas Vaginalis.
Last Answer : b. Toxoplasma Gondii.
Description : When the female client reports a frothy yellow-brown vaginal discharge, the nurse suspects the client has a vaginal infection caused by a) trichomonas vaginalis. Trichomonas vaginalis causes a ... the external vulva and vaginal walls. d) chlamydia. Chlamydia causes a profuse purulent discharge.
Last Answer : a) trichomonas vaginalis. Trichomonas vaginalis causes a frothy yellow-white or yellow-brown vaginal discharge.
Description : A newly married girl comes to gynae OPD with history of dysuria, burning, micturition and sore perineum. What is your likely diagnosis: a) Trichomonas vaginalis. b) Candida infection. c) Trauma due to coitus. d) Honey moon cystitis. e) Genital herpes.
Last Answer : d) Honey moon cystitis.
Description : Trichomonas vaginalis is transmitted through a) water b) light c) sexual contact c) none of these
Last Answer : c) sexual contact
Description : Diethyl carbamazine citrate has the following action in filariasis: A. Rapidly kills adult filarial worms and stops production of microfilariae B. Kills circulating microfilariae C. Kills microfilariae present in nodules and serous fluids D. Promotes phagocytosis of circulating microfilariae
Last Answer : D. Promotes phagocytosis of circulating microfilaria
Description : Entamoeba histolytica is found in which part of man? -Do You Know?
Last Answer : answer:
Description : Infective stage of Entamoeba histolytica is
Last Answer : Infective stage of Entamoeba histolytica is A. Trophozoite B. Precystic form C. Metacystic form D. Quadrinucleate cyst
Description : Which one of the following constitutes the reserve food material in the cyst of Entamoeba histolytica ?
Last Answer : Which one of the following constitutes the reserve food material in the cyst of Entamoeba ... granules C. Glycogen granules D. Fat droplets
Description : A bite of tse-tse fly may pass to humans (a) Leishmania donovani (b) Trypanosoma gambiense (c) Entamoeba histolytica (d) Plasmodium vivax.
Last Answer : (b) Trypanosoma gambiense
Description : Which one of the following does correctly match a sexually transmitted disease with its pathogen? (a) Syphilis-Treponema pallidum (b) Gonorrhoea-Entamoeba histolytica (c) Urethritis-Bacillus anthracis (d) Softsore-Bacillus brevis
Last Answer : a) Syphilis-Treponema pallidum
Description : Amoebic dysentery in man and animals is caused by C A. Entamoeba (E.) coli B. E. gingivalis C. E. histolytica D. None
Last Answer : E. histolytica
Description : This opportunistic protozoan causes primary meningoencephalitis (PAM). a. Plasmodium Vivax b. Toxoplasma Gondil c. Naegieria Fowleri d. Paragonimus Westermani e. Entamoeba Histolytica
Last Answer : c. Naegieria Fowleri
Description : .______ enters the human body as a cyst and develops into a trophozoite in the small intestine; a severe form of dysentery may occur. a. Cryptosporidium parvum b. Entamoeba histolytica c. Giardia intestinalis d. Cyclospora cayetanensis
Last Answer : b. Entamoeba histolytica
Description : Entamoeba histolytica is found in which part of man?
Last Answer : Intestine
Description : Amoebic dysentery is caused by (1) Entamoeba histolytica (2) Salmonella typhi (3) E. coli (4) Streptococcus pyogenes
Last Answer : Entamoeba histolytica
Description : Choose the antimalarial drug effective against multidrug resistant P. falciparum, which rapidly terminates an attack of malarial fever, but has a short duration of action, so that recrudescence is common: A. Proguanil B. Mefloquine C. Amodiaquine D. Artemisinin
Last Answer : D. Artemisinin
Description : In addition to fungi, amphotericin B is active against the following pathogen: A. Anaerobic bacteria B. Giardia C. Leishmania D. Rickettsiae
Last Answer : C. Leishmania
Description : Example of a digenetic parasite a) Entamoeba b) Enterobium c) Planaria d) schistosoma
Last Answer : d) schistosoma
Description : $ Male anopheles acts as the carrier host for malarial parasite ! Sleeping Sickness is caused by Leishmonia.
Last Answer : $ Male anopheles acts as the carrier host for malarial parasite ! Sleeping Sickness is caused by Leishmonia. ... wrong D. If both As and R are wrong.
Description : $ Secondary host of Taenia solium is pig. ! Malarial parasite completes its life cycle in the blood of human beings alone.
Last Answer : $ Secondary host of Taenia solium is pig. ! Malarial parasite completes its life cycle in the blood of human ... wrong D. If both As and R are wrong.
Description : The duration 19-21 days refers to: (1) incubation period of hen's egg (2) average life-span of a red blood cell in humans (3) the period of menstrual cycle soon after menstruation, during ... to occur (4) period of completion of one schizogony cycle of malarial parasite inside a red blood cell
Last Answer : (3) the period of menstrual cy-cle soon after menstruation, during which fertilisation is most likely to occur Explanation: The menstrual cycle is the scientific term for the physiological changes ... 21 days or more between a woman's shortest and longest cycle lengths is considered very irregular
Description : Which one of the following is the infective stage of the Malarial Parasite? (1) schigozoite (2) trophozoite (3) sporoblast (4) sporozoite
Last Answer : (4) sporozoite Explanation: When a mosquito sucks the blood of a person who has malaria parasites in his or her blood, the mosquito picks male and female gametocytes where they undergo ... parasites in the mosquito. This process takes about 10 -14 days depending on environmental temperature.
Description : Who discovered Malarial parasite?
Last Answer : Ronald Ross
Description : The infective stage of malarial parasite, Plasmodium that enters human body is (a) merozoite (b) sporozoite (c) trophozoite (d) minuta form.
Last Answer : b) sporozoite
Description : Malignant tertian malarial parasite, belongs to class (a) Plasmodium falciparum (b) P. vivax (c) P. ovale (d) P. malariae.
Last Answer : (a) Plasmodium falciparum
Description : The part of life cycle of malarial parasite Plasmodium vivax, that is passed in female Anopheles is (a) sexual cycle (b) pre-erythrocytic schizogony (c) exoerythrocytic schizogony (d) post-erythrocytic schizogony.
Last Answer : (a) sexual cycle
Description : Where will you look for the sporozoites of the malarial parasite? (a) Saliva of infected female Anopheles mosquito (b) Red blood corpuscles of human suffering from malaria (c) Spleen of infected humans (d) Salivary glands of freshy moulted female Anopheles mosquito
Last Answer : (a) Saliva of infected female Anopheles mosquito
Description : Which group of animals belong to the same phylum? (a) Prawn, Scorpion, Locusta (b) Sponge, Sea anemone, Starfish (c) Malarial parasite, Amoeba, Mosquito (d) Earthworm, Pinworm, Tapeworm
Last Answer : (a) Prawn, Scorpion, Locusta
Description : Plasmodium, the malarial parasite, belongs to class (a) sarcodina (b) ciliata (c) sporozoa (d) dinophyceae.
Last Answer : (c) sporozoa
Description : The ________form of the malarial parasite enters the human blood while The_____ enters the mosquito. a. Sporozoites; Merozoites b. Merozoites; Gametocytes c. Merozoites; Sporozoites d. Sporozoites; Gametocytes
Last Answer : d. Sporozoites; Gametocytes
Last Answer : sporozoite
Last Answer : the period of menstrual cycle soon after menstruation, during which fertilisation is most likely to occur