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infection control wk3 test

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obligate aerobe   must have oxygen to live  
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major classifications of microorganisms   viruses, rickettsiae, fungi, protozoa, bacteria  
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symbiosis   close relationship between organisms  
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what microbial relationships are symbiosis   mutalism, commensalism, parasitism  
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antibiosis   one organism produces substances or causes conditions which are lethal for other organisms  
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mutalism   both benefit  
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parasitism   one organism derives benefit from another organism, at the other's expense  
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independence   2 different kinds of organisms living independently without affecting the other  
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commensalism   one organism recieves benefit from another organism, but causes it no harm  
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diplococci   sphere or round forms that appear in pairs  
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staphylococci   sphere or round forms that arrange themselves in grapelike clusters  
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diplobacilli   rod or cylinder shapes that appear in pairs  
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streptobacilli   rod or cylinder shapes that appear in chains  
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stretococci   cling together in long chains  
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spirillum (spirilla)   longer, rigid, curved organism, usually with several spirals and several flagella  
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staphylococcus aureus   most post-operative wound infections  
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streptococcus pyogenes   strep throat, scarlet fever, pnemonia, glomerulonephritis, rheumatic heart disease  
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escherichia coli   gastroenteritis, urinary tract infection, pyelonephritis, epidemic diarrhea in newborn nurserys  
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clostridium perfringens   gas gangrene  
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immunotrophic   aids, hiv  
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hiv   human immuno virus  
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aids   aquired immuno deficency syndrome  
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aerobe   microorganism; requires oxygen to live  
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anaerobe   microorganism that lives without oxygen  
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bacteriophage   virus that attacks bacteria  
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binary fission   method of asevual reproduction in which the cell divides into two parts  
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microbiology   study of microorganisms  
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morphology   study of structure and form  
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normal flora   microscopic plant life such as bacteria, which are adapted to residing in a given area of the body during health  
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nosocomial infection   hospital-inquired infection  
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obligate   compulsory  
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opportunistic miroorganism   microorganism which causes infection when given the opportunity by the altered physiological state of the host  
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parasitology   study of parasites  
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mycology   study of fungi  
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pathogen   disease-causing microorganism  
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virology   study of viruses  
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virulence   relative power of pathogen to cause disease  
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5 major classes of a microorganism   viruses, ricketsiae, fungi, protozoa, bacteria  
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symbiosis   close relationship between two organisms  
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what 3 relationships represent symbiosis   mutalism, commensalism, parasitism  
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antibiosis   one organism produces substances or causes conditions which are lethal for other organism  
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mutualism   both organisms benefit  
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parasitism   one organism derives benefit from another organism, at the other's expense  
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independence   two different kinds of organisms living independently without affection the other  
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commensalism   one organism receives benefit from another, but causes it no harm  
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what do capsules help aide in   identification  
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what destroys spores/ capsules   autoclave  
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what are the two types of toxins   endotoxins and exotoxins  
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what toxin is only liberated when the bacterial cell dies and disintegrates   endotoxin  
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what toxin is the by product after death   endotoxin  
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what toxin is an example of typhoid fever and bacillary dysentery   endotoxin  
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what toxin is an example of tetanus, gas gangrene, ditheria, and scarlet fever   exotoxin  
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sterility   absent of all microorganisms  
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what requires living or dead organic matter for food and are pathogenic   bacteria  
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what needs the ph scale to by slightly on the alkaline scale to grow   bacteria  
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clostridium tetani   tetanus  
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what causes lock jaw   clostridium tetani  
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what are helminths   worms  
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what are examples of helminths   round worms, pin worms, hook worms, and flat worms  
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viruses are what kind of parasite   obligate intracellular parasites  
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what shapes can a virus be   rod or sphere  
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two types of hepatitis   viral hepatitis, and chemically-induced hepatitis  
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what can viral hepatitis also be   viscerotrophic  
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t or f, patients infected with the HIV virus may be asymptomatic   true  
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what is usually found as evidence as having aids   kaposi's sarcoma  
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4 examples of dermotrophic viruses   small pox, chicken pox, fever blisters, measels  
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4 examples of pneumotrophic viruses   common cold, influenza, virual pnemonia, infectious mononucleosis  
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2 examples of neurotrophic viruses   rabies, encephalitis  
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2 examples of viscerotrophic viruses   mumps, hepatitis  
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2 examples of immunotrophic viruses   hiv, aids  
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