A previously healthy 25 year old lady developed

purulent nasal discharge and complained of severe

headache, flashing lights after returning from
vacation at backwaters, Kerala. She was admitted
with a diagnosis of bacterial meningitis and died 5
days later. Diagnosis?
a)
Plasmodium falciparum
b)
Toxoplasma gondi
c)Acanthamoeba
d)
Naegleria fowleri

Quinine in the pathogenesis of blackwater

fever acts as
a)
b)
c)
d)

Autoantigen
Carrier
Hapten
Immunogen

A 29 year old woman presents with 3months

amenorrhoea with history of two first trimester
abortions. TORCH test reveals Toxo, CMV, HSV IgG
+ & Rubella IgG-. Toxo IgM+ & CMV, HSV & Rubella
IgM-. What is to be done next
a)
Start Spiramycin
b)
IgG avidity test
c)Advise MTP
d)
Reassurance

A HIV positive patient presents with diarrhea. Stool

examination revealed acid fast oocyst which
showed fluorescence without auramine dye.
Diagnosis?

a)
Cryptosporidium parvum
b)
Cyclospora cayetensis
c)Isospora belli
d)
Microsporidium

An outbreak of epileptic seizures were reported

from a villagers known to eat pork in Assam. The
first outbreak investigation should be
a)
The presence of Toxoplasma in cats
b)
The presence of Taenia eggs in the drinking
water
c)The presence of cysticerci in the pig
d)
The presence of Trypanosoma brusei in the
villagers

A village girl presents with 5g/dl hemoglobin with

extensive rash and swelling in her feet and ankle.
The most likely parasite?
a) Schistosoma
b) Ankylostoma duodenale
c)Ankylostoma braziliense
d) Trichuris