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Micro Final Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Reverse transcriptase | Complex enzyme that allows retroviruses to make dsDNA from RNA templates; used in recombinant DNA technology to make cDNA |
| Parasitemia | presence of parasites in blood |
| Chancroid | Soft, painful, venereal ulcer @ site of infection by Haemophilus ducreyi |
| Encephalitis | Inflammation of the brain |
| Pyrogenic toxins | secreted by group A streptococcus; stimulate macrophages and helper T lymphocytes to release cytokines that stimulate fever, widespread rash, and shock/ virulence factor for Empetigo |
| Viridans streptococci | Group of alpha-hemolytic streptococci, which produce a green pigment when grown on blood media and normally inhabit the mouth and throat, and the GI, genital, and urinary tracts. |
| Hepatitis | Inflammation of the liver |
| Antigenic shift | Major antigenic change that occurs on average every 10 years and results from the reassortment of genomes from different influenzavirus strains within host cells. |
| Prions | Proteinaceous infectious particle that lacks nucleic acids and replicates by converting similar normal proteins into new prions. |
| Plaque | In phage typing, the clear region within the bacterial lawn where growth is inhibited by bacteriophages. |
| Dysentery | Disease characterized by severe diarrhea often with stools containing blood and mucus. |
| Mycoplasmas | Antimicrobial agent that inhibits protein synthesis by inhibiting the ribosomal 50S subunits. |
| Trichomoniasis | Inflammation of the genitalia caused by Trichomonas vaginalis. |
| Negri bodies | Aggregates of virions in the brains of rabies patients. |
| Giardiasis | A mild to severe gastrointestinal illness caused by ingestion of cysts of Giardia intestinalis. |
| Endospore | Environmentally resistant structure produced by the transformation of a vegetative cell of the Gram-positive genera Bacillus or Clostridium. |
| Otitis media | Inflammation of the middle ear, often caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae. |
| Fungi | Eukaryotic organisms that have cell walls and obtain food from other organisms. |
| M Protein | virulece factors for Impetigo & Erysipelas interferes with phagocytosis |
| Spherules | Coccidoidomycosis is diagnosed by these; are miniature spherical shaped; germinated by arthroconidia if inhales |
| Dane Particles | complete and infective virions; bodily fluids of HBV infected ppl contain copious amounts of this viral protein |
| fifths disease | (erythema infectiosum) harmless red rash occurring in children and caused by infection with B19 virus |
| Disseminated Tuberculosis | results when some macrophages carry the pathogens via the blood and lymph to a variery of sites" including bone marrow, spleen, kidneys, spinal cord and brain |
| Pyocyanin | a blue-green pigment secreted by P. aeruginosa; triggers formation of superoxide radial (O2-) and peroxide anion (O2 2-) contribute to tissue damage in Pseudomonas infections |
| Typhimurium | causes salmonellosis |
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