Identify, microbes and defense - Past papers

2007

• Role of antibodies in immunity
• Role or T cells in immunity
• Antibody deficiency
• T cell deficiency - complications
• Organ specific effects of antibody deficiency - respiratory
• Anaphylaxis - pathogenesis, pathophysiology, clinical features
• HSV - structure, life cycle, pathogenesis, clinical features
• Tuberculosis - pathology (includes pathogenesis, gross morphology, histopathology), investigation, diagnostic criteria, pharmacotherapy principles, transmission, prevention
• Lung neoplasm - pathology (includes pathogenesis, gross morphology, histopathology)
• Fever - mechanism
• Anaemia - causes, RBC morphology and mechanisms esp chronic anaemia
• Venous thromboembolic disease - causes, pathogenesis

2006

• Venous thromboembolic disease - causes, pathogenesis
• Anaphylaxis - causes (precipitants), pathogenesis, pathophysiology, clinical features, treatment and mechanisms, investigation
• Wound healing - pathogenesis, primary vs secondary, complications and causes, inhibitors of wound healing
• Modes of infection transmission, quarantining and types of infection precautions , contact tracing
• Tuberculosis - natural history and possible sequalae or complications, investigation esp Mantoux test
• Colonic cancer - causes (heritable types), morphology
• Anaemia - causes, RBC morphology and mechanisms esp haemolytic anaemia
• Haemolytic anaemia - cause, complications, investigations
• EBV - infectious precautions, treatment (indications/contraindications), complications/sequalae
• Immune response to virus esp EBV
• Serological testing - antibodies, IgG, IgM and interpretation

2004

• VZV - structure, life cycle, pathogenesis, clinical features
• Chicken pox - cause, clinical features
• Shingles - cause, pathogenesis
• Immune response to virus esp chicken pox
• Cervical cancer - screening, cause, pathogenesis (e,g, CIN), morphology
• DDx pelvic mass
• Anaemia - causes, RBC morphology and mechanisms, complications (on CVS, Haem, GIT, Biochem) esp iron deficiency
• Iron deficiency anaemia - cause, complications, investigations
• Blood products - types, indications esp for haemorrhage
• Prothrombotic pharmacology - esp to reverse warfarin
• Role or T cells in immunity
• T cell deficiency - complications
• Swollen leg - DDx + pathogenesis - DVT, cellulitis, allergic reaction, toxic inflammatory reaction
• Cellulitis - microbiology, treatment
• Microbiological testing - MCS and interpretation
• Immunisation - types, mechanisms
• Tetanus immunisation - options and indications
• Infection - complications and causes esp reasons for impaired response to antibiotics