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Anti-Infective
test 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Examples of body areas with normal flora | skin, upper respiratory tract, colon, vagina |
| examples of sterile body areas | fluids, lower respiratory tract, GU tract, musculoskeletal system, some of GI |
| does not normally cause disease in host with intact immune system | opportunistic pathogens |
| infection presented w/in 48 hrs of hospitilization, not as severe and not as hard to treat | community aquired |
| oftentimes drug resistant pathogens, challenging, aquired during hospital stay | nosocomial |
| causes of antibiotic resistant microorganisms | overuse of antibiotics, incomplete prescriptive regimen, bacteria/infection type, overall health of host, site of acquisition of infection |
| bactericidal v.s. bacteriostatic | -cidal: kills: -static:inhibits growth |