B.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER 2017
Optometry
MICROBIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY
(2016 onwards)
Time 3 Hours Maximum 75 Marks
Part A (10 x 2 20)
Answer all questions.
1. Define microbiology with two ocular applications.
2. What is moist heat sterilization?
3. Give any two applications of acid fast staining.
4. What is an antibiotic give an example?
5. Give two treatments for staphylococcal blepharitis.
6. What is a tumor? Give two examples.
7. Define tissue injury.
8. What is a causative organism of leprosy and tuberculosis?
9. Give two examples for immune mediated reactions.
10. Mention the types of cataract.
Sub. Code
25
CP-7932
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Wk 11
Part B x 5 25)
Answer all questions.
11. What are the steps involved in the fixing of the
slides?
Or
What is virology? Give the clinical importance of
pox and retro virus.
12. Write a short on spirochetes infection diagnosis and
treatment.
Or
What are the steps involved in the healing and
repair mechanism during a tissue injury?
13. Brief about toxocara and filaria species.
Or
Write a short note on Retinoblastoma.
14. What is a normal ocular flora?
Or
Explain about Hordeolum and its types.
15. Elaborate about specimen collection from a corneal
ulcer and vitreoustaping.
Or
Brief on Giemsa staining.
CP-7932
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Wk 11
Part C x 10 30)
Answer all questions.
16. Define culture and different types of culture used in
the field of microbiology.
Or
Explain about conjunctivitis and its types.
17. Write a detailed note on
Squamous all
Carcinoma
Malignant melanoma.
Or
Enumerate the disease manifestation, diagnosis and
treatment of fusarium, mucor and candida species.
18. What is a hypersensitivity reactions, brief about its
types?
Or
Brief about the clinical importance, diagnosis and
treatment of streptococci and pneumococci species.
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