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Microbio
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Parts of the digestive system? | Mouth, salivary glands, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, liver, gallbladder, rectum/anus |
| Feces | undigested material that leaves the intestines |
| caries | cavities caused by strep mutans |
| plaque | thin film of bacteria stuck to teeth |
| periodontal disease | inflammation of the gums. Can progress to trench mouth which is an overgrowth of spirochetes causing ulcers and necrosis |
| infection | the colonization of microbes. Symptoms usually occur 1-3 days after eating |
| intoxication | caused by eating toxins. Symptoms usually occur within hours of eating |
| helicobacter gastritis | inflammation and ulcers in the stomach caused by helicobacter. The microbes swim through the mucous that lines the stomach. They attach to stomach cells causing the stomach to release less mucous the stomach's own acid destroys its lining. 2 antibiotics |
| staph food poisoning | intoxication usually occurs from temperature abuse which is leaving food out longer than 2 hours |
| salmonellosis | caused by microbes invading intestinal cells syptoms are nausea, vomitting, and diarrhea. transmitted by pets, meat, milk, chocolate, and pot |
| typhoid fever | when salmonella invades the bloodstream. symptoms are hemorrhage, fever, and shock. transmitted by food and water, but can be sexually transmitted in homosexual men. treated w/ chloramphenicol.Are carriers and they can be cured w/ ampicillin/amoxicillin |
| shigellosis | microbe spreads throughout intestinal cells causing watery diarrhea with blood and mucous for 7 to 10 days called dysentery. spread by food, water, and person to person. can b treaed w/ halidixic acid |
| cholera | caused by vibrio, releases an enterotoxin plus enzymes that digest mucous. Caused severe diarrhea, circulatory shock and death. transmitted through water&seafood. Can be treaed with tetracycline and a vaccine is available, but lasts <6months |
| travelers diarrhea | caused by a strain of ecoli that attaches and produces a toxin, causes fever, diarrhea and cramps for about a week. Transmitted by food, water, direct contact, or objects |
| campylobacteriosis | leading cause of diarrhea in the US. can cause vomitting and fever. transmitted by poltry and cats. can be treated with erythromyocin, can progress to guillian-barre syndrome (paralysis that starts in the extremties and travels up the body.) 80% recover |
| yersinia | produces a toxin and it invades tissue. causes fever diarrhea, vommitting, and cramps that mimic appendicitis. spread by food of person to person contact. no treatment |
| mumps | viral infection of a parotic gland. fever headaches, swelling, meningitis, sterility and miscarriages. transmitted by breathing it in and vaccine available |
| CMV (cytomegalovirus) | causes fever, fatigue, enlarged spleen and lymph nodes, birth defects. transmitted in bodily secretions. no effective treatment |
| hepatitis | inflammation of liver. symptoms are fever, fatigue, nausea. can progress to liver failure or cancer. spread by fecal/oral routes, blood, semen. no good treatment, but vaccine for type A&B |
| giardiasis | caused by protozoan giardia lamblia. clogs intestine and gallbladder causing malnutrition and pain. spread by water and can be treated with quinacrine or flagyl |
| amoebic dysentery | caused by entamoeba histolytica. it produces diarrhea for months or years.can cause liver abscesses. treated with metronidazole |
| tapeworms | cause anemia or no symptoms. obtained by eating cysts in undercooked meat. can be treated with niclosamide or praziquantel |
| hydatid disease | echinococcus migrates to an oragan and forms a fluid filled cyst. then cyst can rupture and cause shock and death. sometimes can be treaed with albendazole. |
| pinworms | caused by enterobius. symptoms are anal itching and nightmares. transmitted by water and contact |
| cystitis | inflammation of the bladder |
| dysuria | painful urination |
| pyuria | WBCs in ureine |
| pylonephritis | inflammation of entire kidney |
| glomerulonephritis | inflammation of the glomeruli |
| venereal disease | STD |
| leptospirosis | caused by leptospira, transmitted by water or dirt that has been contaminated with animal urine caused fever chills aches and kidney failure. treated with penicillin |
| gonorrhea | caused by neisseria, spread sexually. symptoms can be none, puss, rash, sores, fever and PID. can be treated with ceftriaxone, spectinomysin, and cyprofloxacin |
| NGU nongonococcal urethritis | usually chlamydia or mycoplasma |
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