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Microbiology
Undergraduate 1
04/24/2013

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Term
Gram Positive Cocci
Definition
  • Staphylococcus aureus
  • Streptococcus pyogenes (group A strep)
  • Group B Streptococci
  • Streptococcus pneumoiae
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Gram Negative Cocci
Definition
  • Neisseria Gonorrhoeae
  • Neisseria meningitidis
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Gram Positive Rods
Definition
  • Bacillus (aerobic, spores)
  • B. cereus
  • B. Anthrax
  • Clostridium ( anaerobic, spores)
  • C. Botulinum
  • C. tetani
  • C. perfringens
  • C. Difficile
  • Corynebacterium diphtheriae
  • Listeria monocytogens 
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Gram Negative Rods
Definition
  • Enterobacteriaceae (Normal intestinal flora, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella sp (species), Enterobacter sp, Proteus sp, Citrobacter sp, Serratia sp, Shigells sp, Salmonella sp,Yersinia pestis, Yersinia enterocolitica)
  • Vibrio Cholerae
  • Vibrio parahaemolyticus
  • Vibrio vulnificans
  • Campylobacter
  • Psedomonas aeruginosa
  • legionella pneumonphila
  • Brucella
  • Haemophilus influenzae
  • Bordetella pertussis
  • Bacteroides (anaerobic)
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Acid-fast Bacteria
Definition
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • Mycobacterium leprae
  • Actinomycetes and Nocardia 
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Spiral Bacteria
Definition
  • Helicobacter pylori
  • Treponema
  • Leptosira
  • Borrelia
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Rickettsiae
Definition
  • Rickettsia
  • Coxiella
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Mycoplasmas
Definition
  • M. pneumoniae
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Fungal
Definition
  • Ringworm
  • athlete's foot
  • jock itch
  • thrush
  • vaginitis
  • cryptocococcosis (meningitis)
  • histoplasmosis
  • coccidiomycosis
  • Blastomycosis
  • ergot poisoning
  • Aflatoxin poisoning
  • candidiasis
  • Sick building syndrome 
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Viral
Definition
Cold and upper respiratory tract infection,viral pneumonia, influenza, hepatitis, HIV/AIDS, measles, Rubella, mumps, polio, rabies, Encephalitis, chickenpox, Shingles, Herpes, yellow fever, dengue fever, hemorrhagic fever, warts, smallpox, infectious mononucleosis, cytomegalovirus, infection, respiratory syncytical cirus infections, gastroenteritis, some cancers (retrovirus associated leukemias), hantavirus, ebola, SARS
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Bacterial
Definition
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Prorozoan
Definition
  • Malaria
  • African trypanosomiasis 
  • amebiasis
  • Chagas' Disease
  • leishmaniasis
  • pneumocystis pneumonia
  • toxoplasmosis
  • giardiasis
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Helminthic
Definition
  • Hookworm
  • tapeworm
  • pinworm
  • trichinosis
  • whipworm
  • ascariasis
  • schistosomiasis
  • hydatid disease
  • trematode disease
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Scientists and what did they do
Definition
  • Ehrlich- looked for "magic bullet"
  • Salversan- first cure for syphilis if taken for at least a year, salversan- synthetic drug that contains arcenic
  • Domagk- discovered Protosil (sulfa Drug)
  • Fleming- discovered Penicillia (antibiotic)
  • Florey & Chain- first clinical use of purified penicillin
Term
Five States of immunity, how do eact occur, example of each
Definition

Infection Starts

low #'s, undect-non comm. (incubation 13-17 day )

High #'s, dect. & comm (comm 10-12 days)

disease- prodronal, acute, convaloscent, death

High #'s

Low #'s

ends- Kills or is in latent stage  

 

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List current vaccines and which type they are (toxiod, killed,"whole cell" bacterial, attenuated viral, genetically engineered, ect), which ones will have side effects
Definition
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Smallpox still exist why or why not, what about the smallpox virus
Definition
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difference between treatment for diphtheria and the prevention, what about tetanus
Definition
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targets for antimicrobics which drug classes and examples of drugs in eah class that attacks that target
Definition
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Properties of drugs that make them useful
Definition
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Bacteriostatic Vs. Bacteriocidal
Definition
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Broad spectrum vs. Narrow spectrum
Definition
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drug synergism vs. antagonism
Definition
Term
what is PDR and what information does it contain?
Definition
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Generic Vs. Brand
Definition
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types of transmission, and what is the main way they are transmitted
Definition
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why and how are bacteria becoming resistatant to drugs
Definition
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MRSA so important
Definition
Term
main types of anti-viral drugs
Definition
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HAART
Definition
Term
difference in infection rate, morbidity rate, and mortality rate, how are they calculated
Definition
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Difference between prevalence and incidence
Definition
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Nosocomial infections and why are they so common, can they be prevented, and how?
Definition
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Universal Percautions, meant to protect who, who enforces them?
Definition
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normal flora in the human body and where ?
Definition
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Types of symbiosis exist with normal flora
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stages of infectio and what happens in each stage
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Acute v. Chronic disease
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Infectious disease v. communicable v. contagious
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Active v. latent
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Primary v. Secondary infection
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what is zoonose, examples
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Term
pathogens actions to infect people and cause disease
Definition
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3 classes based on where they multiply in the body, some examples of obligate intracellular parasies
Definition
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Virulence factors involved in bacteria being able to invade and multiply in human tissues
Definition
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difference between bacterial exotoxins and endotoxins
Definition
Term
exotoxins are the following and what effect do the they on the body, Botulism toxin, plague toxin, staph. Aureus Leukocidin, cholera toxin, tetanus toxin,streptolysin O, diphtheria toxin
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physical barriers to infection. Chemical defenses, Microbial factors, why are these considered manily "1st line" defense
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WBCs originate
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main types of leukocytes
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difference between B and T cells
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What type of T cell is called T4 cell, why is it important
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phagocytic cells kill pathogens
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five clinical signs of localized inflammatory response,which is due diedesis
Definition
Term
human organs are incolced in blood "clearance", what happens when bacteremia or viremia overwhelms this system
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5 types of Ig molecules and what do they do, which is the largest
Definition
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what does IgG molecule look like, what is the difference between heavy chain and light chain
Definition
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Constant region v. Variable region
Definition
Term
antibody do if it is acting as an opsonin, antitoxin, agglutinin
Definition
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how do antibodies activate complement, what does complement do when activated
Definition
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doctors use the IgM/IgG serum ratio
Definition
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somethings that can compromise host defenses
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autoimmune diseases, which sex are they most common in
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if an allergic reaction occurs with 15 mins of exposure, is the response antibody or T cell mediated
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Chlamydiae
Definition
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