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microbiology final

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what is smaller than a virus   A prion  
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what is the function of bacterial endospores   help keep bacteria alive in harsh conditions  
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organisms that cause malaria and crypto   Protozoa  
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Microorganism that live off dead or decaying material   Saphrocytes  
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binary fission refers to   process of bacterial cell replication  
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concept that disease is caused by microorganism   germ theory  
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What is resent in viruses   DNA/RNA, unable to replicate w/o a host cell. Do not divide by binary fission, can't make their own energy and depend on host for protein and nucleic acid production  
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Spontaneous generation   living things arise from nonliving things  
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Found in Eukaryotic and not in Prokaryotic   Eukaryotic have a true nucleus and membrane-bound organelles, also larger than prokaryotes  
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Bacteria that is round and in chains   Strepto (chain) cocci (round)  
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What is cutaneous mycosis   Ringworm (tinea)  
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Scientific name   Bacillius sabtilis (italicized)  
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cause of spongiform encephalopathies   prion  
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Escherichia coli infect what?   T-even phages  
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Causes latent viral infection   herpesvirus  
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infectious mononucleiosis   Epstein Barr  
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Targets CD-4 cells   HIV  
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Who advocated using disinfectants on hands and in air prior to surgery?   Joseph Lister  
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Acid fast stain is used to determine   TB  
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What stucture is mismatched for bacteria   Plasmid-provide cell locomotion (flagella cause locomotion)  
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Function of fimbrae   adhering to other sttuctures  
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Obligate parasite   ringworm  
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pasteur used swam neck to prove   dust was a source of living organisms  
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key feature of animal viral infections   separation of viral nucleic acid from capsid  
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observed handwashing would reduce spread of childbed fever   Semmelweis  
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After gram staining appears blue, elongated rods that is clustered   gram positive bacilli  
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reproductive structure of yeast   Budding  
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lives on or in person   indigenous microflora  
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Fleming is known for   Penicillin  
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microorganism is defined as   too small to be seen with the naked eye  
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outcome of gram staingin   positive or negative depending on cell wall thickness  
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what is not considered in classifying virus   number of genes  
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what is not true of virus   replicate from binary fission  
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having a nucleus   Eukaryotes  
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Dutch merchant that made magnifying glass   Leewhenhook  
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ability to exist as trop or cyst   Protozoa  
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not characteristic of fungi   photosynthesis  
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what is mycosis   fungal infection  
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flagella all over cells   Peritrich  
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Koch's postulates are used to establish   specific microbes cause specific diseases  
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what causes intoxication   algae  
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all bacterial cells have   one or more chromosomes  
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viral multiplication   absorption, penetration, replication, assembly, release  
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bacterial cells do not have   Cilia  
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Oncovirus   cause CA, HPV  
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infectious protein particles   Prions  
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Molds reproduce   Spores  
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Core of every virus always contains   either DNA or RNA  
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peptidoglycan is found   cell walls  
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false about viruses   contain DNA and RNA (only one)  
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virulence factor   weapon or tactic that causes infection  
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C. perfringins   food poisoning  
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streptococccus pyrogenes   skin infection/strep throat  
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incidence   Number of new cases of a disease in a population during a specific time  
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endemic disease   always in the population(gonorrhea)  
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Sporadic disease   a disease that occurs only occasionally in a population (tetnus)  
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reserviors   where pathogens are harbored (animals, humans, contaminated food/water)  
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vector   Arthropods that act as reservoirs (lyme)  
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Formites   non-living objects that transmit pathogens (towels, bedding, telephone)  
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highest mode of transmission   respiratory  
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lest likely mode of transmission   intact skin  
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antibiotics   substance produced from a living organism that can kill another organism  
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antimicrobial agents   should kill/inhibit growth, not cause damage to host, stay in infected tissue long enough, kill pathogen  
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actions of antimicrobial agents   inhibit cell wall synthesis, inhibit protein synthesis, damage cell membrane. DO NOT destroy capsule  
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bacteriostatic durgs   stop the bacteria from reproducing but do not kill it. don't give to immunocompromised pt  
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sulfa drugs   inhibit production of folic acid  
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drugs that inhibit cell wall synthesis   penicillin and cephalosporin  
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super bugs   microbes that are resistant to antimicrobial agents  
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B-lactamase   produced by bacteria to inhibit the b-lactam ring, causing the drug to be ineffective  
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conjunction   when a microorganism "shares" drug resistant information with another microorganism through a plasmid  
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empiric therapry   drug therapy that is started before lab results are back  
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artificial active immunity   immunity received through vaccination (flu shot)  
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herd immunity   if everyone who is able to be immunized from a pathogen it protects those who cannot be immunized due to age or immunocompromised  
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HAI   mainly UTI, also called nosocomial  
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Surgical Asepsis   "sterile technique", all organisms including endospores are killed. for OR, L&D  
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medical Asepsis   "clean technique" kills pathogens.  
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Normal flora   on skin, mouth, nasal passages and distal urethra. Blood, lungs, CSF sterile  
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Carriers   people who harbor a pathogen without showing symptoms of the disease  
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Synergistic infection, polyorganism   when two organisms team up to cause a disease (trench mouth)  
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Lab specimens   proper label, transport, selection and collection. not collected by lab and viability of sample is responsibility of collector  
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N gonorrheae   needs special transport media  
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infection   microorganism that is living and multiplying in the body. caused by microbes or the products of microbes  
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Prodromal period   after incubation, beginning to feel non-specific symptoms of a illness  
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phases of infection   infection can happen during any stage of infection  
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acidophiles   like a pH <7 (stomach acid)  
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sterilization   complete destruction of all microbes including spores and viruses, steam autoclave is best way  
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Antisepsis   chemical agent applied to exposed body surface to disinfect skin and other living tissue  
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Natural habitat for microorganism   reservoir  
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indigenous to humans   viruses, bacteria, protozoa, fungi  
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broad-spectrum antibiotics   cover a wide range of bacteria (gram negative and positive)  
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to clean juice, wine, milk   pasteurizes  
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non-standard practice in hospital   putting pt in private negative-pressure room. only for TB  
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sing and not a symptom   temperature  
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less antiviral, antifungal medication   they are so similar to human cells  
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