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12/12/2011

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Term
1. 4 characteristics regarding bacteria
Definition
1) PROKARYOTIC CELLS WITH UNORGANIZED DNA, 2) SINGLE-CELLED MICROSCOPIC ORGANISMS, 3) GENERALLY MUCH SMALLER THAN EUKARYOTIC CELLS, 4) VERY COMPLEX DESPITE THEIR SMALL SIZE
Term
2. _____ bacteria shape consists of spheres.
Definition
COCCI
Term
3. _____ bacteria shape consists of rods.
Definition
BACILLUS
Term
4. _____ bacteria shape consists of curved rods (common shaped).
Definition
VIBRIO
Term
5. _____ bacteria are spiral.
Definition
SPIROCHETES
Term
6. _____ are strains of bacteria that consists of cocci that occur in clusters.
Definition
STAPHYLOCOCCUS
Term
7. _____ are strains of bacteria that consists of coccus in tetrads due to irregular alteration of two planes of division.
Definition
MICROCOCCUS
Term
8. _____ is a bacteria that is a common soil inhabitant, as well as good. It can form endospores that can germinate during improper storage of food.
Definition
BACILLUS CERUS
Term
9. _____ are spores that are resistant to heat.
Definition
ENDOSPORES
Term
10. _____ bacteria grow in the gut and produce a toxin causing severe dirrahoeal diseases.
Definition
VIBRIO CHOLERAE
Term
11. _____ is an example of a spirochete that causes syphilis.
Definition
TREPONEMA PALLIDUM
Term
12. This person discovered a staining procedure that divided bacteria into two large groups.
Definition
HANS CHRISTIAN GRAM
Term
13. In gram positive bacteria, the _____ is very thick.
Definition
PEPTODIGLYCAN LAYER
Term
14. Gram negative bacteria contain _____ and _____ that gram positive layer does not.
Definition
OUTER LAYER, PERIPLASMIC SPACE
Term
15. In gram staining, the crystal violet stain is trapped in the peptidoglycan layer of _____.
Definition
PEPTIDOGLYCAN
Term
16. Gram positive bacteria stain _____.
Definition
DARK PURPLE TO BROWN
Term
17. This is the counterstain used to stain gram negative bacteria.
Definition
SAFRANINE
Term
18. Gram negative bacteria stain _____.
Definition
BRIGHT PINK TO RED
Term
19. 3 characteristics of gram positive bacteria.
Definition
1) THICK PEPTIDOGLYCAN LAYER, 2) CONTAIN TELCHOIC ACIDS, 3) NO LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES
Term
20. 3 characteristics of gram negative bacteria.
Definition
1) THIN PEPTIDOGLYCAN LAYER, 2) NO TELCHOIC ACIDS, 3) CONTAIN AN OUTER LAYER OF LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES
Term
21. _____ is the most common staining technique used to identify acid-fast bacteria.
Definition
ZIEHL-NELSEN STAIN
Term
22. _____ and _____ are the major genus of acid-fast bacteria.
Definition
MYCOBACTERIUM, NOCARDIA
Term
23. Mycobacterium have a high concentration of_____ in their cell walls.
Definition
MYCOLIC ACID
Term
24. _____ is a physical property of some bacteria referring to their resistance to decolorization by acids during staining procedures.
Definition
ACID-FASTNESS
Term
25. Acid fast bacteria will dye _____, while non-acid fast bacteria will dye.
Definition
REDDISH PINK, BLUE. REDDISH PINK, BLUE
Term
26. 4 steps in how to acid-fast stain.
Definition
1) A SAMPLE OF CELLS IS MIXED WITH A DROP OF WATER ON AND THE SLIDE IS HEAT FIXED, 2) SLIDE IS DYED WITH CARBOL FUSCHIN AND ALLOWED TO SIT FOR 15 MIN, 3) SLIDE IS DECOLORIZED WITH ACID ALCOHOL, 4) SLIDE IS COUNTERSTAINED WITH METHYLENE BLUE
Term
27. _____ is the cause of tuberculosis.
Definition
MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS
Term
28. _____ is the cause f leprosy.
Definition
MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE
Term
29. A few bacteria have a very _____ that makes them acid-fast.
Definition
WAXY ENVELOPE
Term
30. _____ are structures formed in adverse environmental conditions such as drying, toxic chemicals, pH, and temperature change. It has a thick specialized wall with low water content of enclosed resting cells.
Definition
ENDOSPORES
Term
31. Endospores are formed in response to adverse conditions by _____.
Definition
GRAM POSITIVE RODS
Term
32. These 2 strains of bacteria have the largest outer capsule.
Definition
STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE, KLEBISELLA
Term
33. These are 2 genus of spore formers that are medically and economically important.
Definition
CLOSTRIDIUM, BACILLUS
Term
34. _____ causes tetanus.
Definition
CLOSTRIDIUM TETANUS
Term
35. _____ causes gas gangrene.
Definition
CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS
Term
36. _____ causes botulism.
Definition
CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM
Term
37. _____ causes anthrax.
Definition
BACILLUS ANTHRACIS
Term
38. _____ causes food poisoning.
Definition
BACILLUS CERUS
Term
39. _____ is the growing cell/developmental stage of bacteria.
Definition
VEGETATIVE CELL
Term
40. _____ is the process of forming an endospore within a vegetative cell.
Definition
SPORULATION
Term
41. _____ is a resting period of bacteria, when there is slowed metabolism. It may last for years.
Definition
DORMANT
Term
42. _____ is a process which reverse the endospore stage back to the vegetative state.
Definition
GERMINATION
Term
43. _____ is the gelatinous layer covering the entire bacterium.
Definition
CAPSULE
Term
44. 4 importance’s of the capsule.
Definition
44. 1) IT IS A DETERMINANT OF VIRULENCE OF MANY BACTERIA, 2) SPECIFIC IDENTIFICATION OF AN ORGAISM, 3) CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDES ARE USED AS THE ANTIGENS IN CERTAIN VACCINES, 4) ADHERANCE OF BACTERIA TO HUMAN TISSUES
Term
45. _____ are long, whiplike appendages that move the bacteria toward nutrients and other attractants.
Definition
FLAGELLA
Term
46. _____ is the process of bacteria moving toward nutrients and other attractants.
Definition
CHEMOTAXIS
Term
47. 2 medical importance’s of flagella.
Definition
1) SOME SPECIES OF MOTILE BACTERIA SUCH AS E. COLI AND PROTEUS SPECIES ARE COMMON CAUSES OF UTI’S, 2) SOME SPECIES LIKE SALMONELLA ARE IDENTIFIED BY THE USE OF SPECIFIC ANTIBODIES AGAINST FLAGELLAR PROTEINS
Term
48. _____ is an example of a microorganism with a polar flaggelation.
Definition
PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA
Term
49. Flagella attached at one end are _____, and flagella attached to both ends are _____.
Definition
MONOPOLAR, BIPOLAR
Term
50. _____ is when flagella is attached at many sites around a cell periphery.
Definition
PERITRICHOUS FLAGELLATION
Term
51. This is an example of a organism with a peritrichous flagellation.
Definition
E. COLI
Term
52. _____ is having two flagella, one at either end of a cell.
Definition
AMPHITRICHOUS
Term
53. _____ is having two or more flagella at a polar attachment point.
Definition
LOPHOTRICHOUS
Term
54. _____ are hair like filaments that extend from the cell surface, they are shorter and straighter than flagella and are composed of subunits of protein.
Definition
PILI (FIMBRIAE)
Term
55. Pili (fimbriae) are found mainly on _____ organisms.
Definition
GRAM NEGATIVE
Term
56. Pili mediate the attachment of bacteria to _____ on the _____.
Definition
SPECIFIC RECEPTORS; HUMAN CELL SURFACE
Term
57. Bacteria reproduce by _____, in which one parent divides to form two progeny cells.
Definition
BINARY FISION
Term
58. 4 stages of the bacterial growth cycle.
Definition
1) LAG PHASE, 2) LOG PHASE, 3) STATIONARY PHASE, 4) DEATH PHASE
Term
59. _____ phase of the bacterial growth cycle is when vigorous metabolic activity occurs, but cells do not divide.
Definition
. LAG PHASE
Term
60. _____ phase of the bacterial growth cycle is when rapid cell division occurs.
Definition
LOG PHASE
Term
61. _____ phase of the bacterial growth cycle is when the growth slows and ceases entirely due to nutrient depletion and toxic produce accumulation.
Definition
STATIONARY PHASE
Term
62. _____ phase of the bacterial growth cycle is marked by a decline in the number of viable bacteria.
Definition
DEATH PHASE
Term
63. _____ is circular DNA present inside a bacterium.
Definition
PLASMID
Term
64. Plasmids carry genes that important for these 4 functions.
Definition
1) ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE, 2) EXOTOXINS INCLUDING SEVERAL ENTEROTOXIS, 3) RESISTANCE TO HEAVY METALS LIKE MERCURY, 4) RESISTANCE TO UV LIGHT
Term
65. 3 mechanisms of bacterial gene transfer.
Definition
. 1) CONJUGATION , 2) TRANSDUCTION, 3) TRANSFORMATION
Term
66. _____ is a mechanism of bacterial gene transfer when the bacteria transfer genes from one cell to another by means of cell to cell contact.
Definition
CONJUGATION
Term
67. _____ is a mechanism of bacterial gene transfer when there is a transfer of genes from one cell to another via a phage vector without cell to cell contact.
Definition
TRANSDUCTION
Term
_____ refers to the transfer of genes from one cell to another by means of naked DNA.
Definition
TRANSFORMATION
Term
69. _____ have an absolute requirement for oxygen.
Definition
OBLIGATE AEROBES
Term
70. _____ can survive in the absence as well as the presence of oxygen.
Definition
FACULTATIVE ANAEROBES
Term
71. _____ are killed by traces of oxygen.
Definition
OBLIGATE ANAEROBES
Term
72. _____ are spherical gram positive cocci arranged in irregular grapelike clusters.
Definition
STAPHLYOCOCCI
Term
73. All staphylococci produce _____, where streptococci do not.
Definition
CATALASE
Term
74. 3 species of staphylococci that are human pathogens.
Definition
. 1) STAPH AUREUS, 2) STAPH EPIDERMIDIS, 3) STAPH SAPROPHYTICUS
Term
75. The typical lesion of a staphylococcus aureus infection is an _____.
Definition
ABSCESS
Term
76. 3 important toxins and enzymes produces by S. aureus.
Definition
1) ENTEROTOXIN, 2) TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME TOXIN, 3)EXFOLIATIN
Term
77. _____ is a staph aureus toxin that causes vomiting and nonbloody diarrhea.
Definition
ENTEROTOXIN
Term
78. _____ is a staph aureus toxin that causes toxic shock, especially in tampon using menstruating women, or in individuals with wound infections.
Definition
TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME TOXIN
Term
79. _____ is a staph aureus toxin that causes scalded skin syndrome in young children.
Definition
EXFOLIATIN
Term
80. Is staph aureus gram positive or gram negative?
Definition
GRAM POSITIVE
Term
81. Staph aureus is sometimes termed a _____, because of its ability to become resistant to several antibiotics.
Definition
SUPERBUG
Term
82. _____ stands for methicillin resistant staph aureus.
Definition
MRSA
Term
83. _____ is a part of normal flora that can cause infections of intravenous catheters and prosthetic implants. Infections from this bacteria are almost always hospital acquired.
Definition
STAPHLYOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS
Term
84. Staphylococcus epidermidis is a major cause of _____ in neonates and of _____ in patients with renal failure.
Definition
NEONATES; PERITONITIS
Term
85. _____ is the second cause of UTI’s in young women. Most women who get UTI’s with this infection have had sexual intercourse within the previous 24 hours.
Definition
STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS
Term
86. What is the best prevention for staphylococcus saprophyticus.
Definition
URINATE AFTER INTERCOURSE
Term
87. _____ is the only coagulase positive form of staphylococcus.
Definition
STAPH AUREUS
Term
88. _____ are spherical gram positive catalase negative cocci arranged in chains or pairs.
Definition
STREPTOCOCCUS
Term
89. One of the most important characteristics for identification of streptococci is the type of _____.
Definition
HEMOLYSIS
Term
90. _____ streptococci form a green zone around their colonies as a result of _____.
Definition
ALPHA-HEMOLYTIC; INCOMPLETE LYSIS OF RBC’S IN AGAR
Term
91. _____ streptococci form a clear zone around their colonies because of _____.
Definition
BETA-HEMOLYTIC; COMPLETE LYSIS OF RBC’S
Term
92. _____ are streptococci that are non-hemolytic.
Definition
GAMMA HEMOLYTIC
Term
93. This is an example of a group A beta-hemolytic streptococci.
Definition
STREP PYOGENS
Term
94. Streptococcus pyogens can cause these 4 diseases.
Definition
1) PHARYNGITIS, 2) CELLULITIS, 3) RHEUMATIC FEVER, 4) ACUTE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS
Term
95. _____ is an example of a group B streptococci that normally occur in the gut and vagina.
Definition
STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE
Term
96. Streptococcus aglactiae cause _____ and _____.
Definition
NEONATAL MENINGITIS, SEPTICEMIA
Term
97. How is strep agalactiae transmitted?
Definition
BABIES REQUIRE ORGANISM FROM MOTHER AT BIRTH, OR BY CONTACT BETWEEN BABIES IN NURSEY AFTER BIRTH
Term
98. _____ and _____ are used to treat strep agalatiae.
Definition
PENICILLIN AND GENTAMYCIN
Term
99. _____ is the most common cause of pneumonia, and the leading cause of death in the elderly and those with impaired resistance.
Definition
99. STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE
Term
100. Streptococcus pneumoniae is carried in the _____ of many healthy individuals, and a prior viral infection may predispose the person to a secondary infection of S. pneumoniae.
Definition
100. NASOPHARYNX
Term
101. _____ are part of the normal flora in the human pharynx.
Definition
101. STREPTOCOCCUS VIRIDANS
Term
102. Streptococcus viridans are relative avirulent, but some can cause _____ or _____.
Definition
DENTAL CARIES; SUBACUTE BACTRIAL ENDOCARDITIS
Term
103. _____ are gram negative cocci that resemble paired kidney beans.
Definition
103. NEISSERIA
Term
104. 2 geni of Neisseria that are human pathogens.
Definition
1) N. MENINGITIDIS, 2) N. GONORRHOEA
Term
105. Neisseria gonorrhea causes _____, which is the 2nd most common notifiable STD in the USA.
Definition
GONORRHEAE
Term
106. 4 diseases caused by Neisseria Gonorrheae.
Definition
1) NEONATAL CONJUNCTIVITES, 2) PID, 3) INFERTILITY, 4) SEPTIC ARTHRITIS
Term
107. _____ is one of the most frequent causes of meningitis.
Definition
NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS
Term
108. Neisseria meningitidis is transmitted by _____.
Definition
RESPIRATORY DROPLETS
Term
109. 4 medically important genera of gram positive rods.
Definition
1) BACILLUS, 2) CLOSTRIDIUM, 3) LYSTERIA, 4) CORYNEBACTERIUM
Term
110. _____ and _____ are gram positive rods that form spores.
Definition
BACILLUS AND CLOSTRIDIUM
Term
111. Members of the genus Bacillus are _____, whereas those of the genus Clostridium are _____.
Definition
AEROBIC, ANAEROBIC
Term
112. _____ was the first bacterium shown to be the causative agent of an infectious disease by Koch in 1877.
Definition
BACILLUS ANTHRACIS
Term
113. _____ causes anthrax, which is common in animals but rare in humans.
Definition
BACILLUS ANTHRACIS
Term
114. What is the mode of transmission of bacillus anthracis?
Definition
SPORES LIVE IN SOIL FOR YEARS
Term
115. The portals of entry of bacillus anthracis into humans is through the _____, _____, and _____.
Definition
SKIN, MUCUS MEMBRANES, RESPIRATORY TRACT
Term
116. The typical lesion of bacillus anthracis is a painless ulcer with a black eschar called a _____.
Definition
MALIGNANT PUSTULE
Term
117. Untreated cases of bacillus anthracis progresses to _____ and _____.
Definition
BACTEREMIA AND DEATH
Term
118. _____ is a life threatening pneumonia caused by the inhalation of bacillus anthracis spores.
Definition
WOOLSORTER’S DISEASE
Term
119. _____ can occur if contaminated meat containing bacillus anthracis is ingested.
Definition
GASTROINTESTINAL ANTHRAX
Term
120. _____ is the most effective treatment of bacillus anthracis.
Definition
PENICILLIN G
Term
121. _____ are diseases that under natural conditions are communicable from animals to humans.
Definition
ZOONOTIC DISEASES
Term
122. 6 examples of zoonotic diseases.
Definition
ANTHRAX, BRUCELLOSIS, PSITTACOSIS, RABIES, TUBERCULOSIS, TAULAREMIA
Term
123. 4 early symptoms of gastrointestinal anthrax.
Definition
1) NAUSEA, 2) LOSS OF APPETITE, 3) VOMITING, 4) FEVER
Term
124. 3 later symptoms of gastrointestinal anthrax.
Definition
1) ABDOMINAL PAIN, 2) VOMITING OF BLOOD, 3) SEVERE DIARRHEA
Term
125. If one inhales anthrax, it causes _____.
Definition
MEDIASTINAL WIDENING
Term
126. _____ is an example of a gram positive rod that causes food poisoning.
Definition
BACILLUS CERUS
Term
127. What is the transmission of bacillus cereus.
Definition
SPORES ON GRAINS OF RICE THAT HAVE BEEN KEPT WARM FOR HOURS ENTER THE GI TRACT
Term
128. 2 syndromes associated with Bacillus cereus.
Definition
1) ONE HAS A SHORT INCUBATION PERIOD (4 HOURS) AND CONSISTS PRIMARILY OF NAUSEA AND VOMITING, 2) ANOTHER HAS A LONG INCUBATION PERIOD (18 HOURS) AND CAUSES WATERY DIARRHEA
Term
129. 4 medically important clostridium species.
Definition
1) ONE HAS A SHORT INCUBATION PERIOD (4 HOURS) AND CONSISTS PRIMARILY OF NAUSEA AND VOMITING, 2) ANOTHER HAS A LONG INCUBATION PERIOD (18 HOURS) AND CAUSES WATERY DIARRHEA
Term
130. All clostridium are _____, _____ gram positive rods.
Definition
ANAEROBIC, SPORE FORMING
Term
131. _____ causes tetanus
Definition
CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI
Term
132. What is the mode of transmission of clostridium tetani?
Definition
SPORES ENTER THROUGH INFECTED WOUNDS AND THEY GERMINATE IN THE NECROTIC TISSUE AND POOR BLOOD SUPPLY IN THE WOUND.
Term
133. If one is infected with tetanus, they will have these 5 symptoms.
Definition
1) VIOLENT MUSCLE SPASMS, 2) LOCK JAW, 3) RISUS SARDONICUS, 4) EXAGGERATED REFLEXES, 5) HIGH MORTALITY RATE
Term
134. _____ is a grimaced look caused by clostridium tetani.
Definition
RISUS SARDONICUS
Term
135. The prevention of clostridium tetani is through a _____.
Definition
TETANUS TOXOID
Term
136. _____ causes botulism.
Definition
CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM
Term
137. Clostridium botulinim eventually causes _____.
Definition
FLACCID DESCENDING PARALYSIS
Term
138. 4 clinical findings associated with clostridium botulinum.
Definition
1) DESCENDING PARALYSIS, 2) DIPLIPIA, 3) DYSPHAGIA, 4) RESPIRATORY MUSCLE FAILURE
Term
139. 4 steps in how clostridium botulinum causes descending paralysis.
Definition
1) TOXIN ENTERS THROUGH GI TRACT, 2) ABSORBED AND CARRIED BY THE BLOOD STREAM, 3) ATTACHES TO THE PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS OF CHOLINERGIC NERVES, 4) BLOCKS NEUROTRANSMITTERS RELEASE
Term
140. The mortality rate of type a botulism is _____, while other forms of botulism’s death rate is _____.
Definition
75%, 20%
Term
141. _____ is responsible for causing gas gangrene and food poisoning.
Definition
CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS
Term
142. _____ is the treatment of gas gangrene.
Definition
PENICILLIN G
Term
143. _____ indicates the presence of gas in the tissues in a clostridium perfringens infection.
Definition
CREPITATION
Term
144. _____ causes antibiotic associated pseudomembranous colitis.
Definition
CLOSTRIDIUM DIFICILE
Term
145. Clostridium dificile is carried in the GI tract of _____% of the general population and up to _____% of hospitalized patients.
Definition
. 3%, 30%
Term
146. _____ is the most common nosocomial cause of diarrhea.
Definition
CLOSTRIDIUM DIFICILE
Term
147. Clostridium difficile is transmitted by the _____ route.
Definition
FECAL-ORAL
Term
148. _____ causes diptheriae, which is a rare disease in the USA.
Definition
CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE
Term
149. _____ causes the psudomembrane in the posterior pharynx to enlarge and obstruct the airway.
Definition
DIPTHERIA
Term
150. _____ are the only natural host of C. diphtheria, and they transmit the bacterium to each other by airborne droplets.
Definition
. HUMANS
Term
151. What is h clinical finding of corynebacterium diptheriae.
Definition
THICK, GRAY, ADHERENT MEMBRANE OVER THE TONSILS AND THROAT
Term
152. _____ causes meningitis and sepsis in newborns and immunosuppressed adults. It also causes outbreaks of febrile gastroentertitis.
Definition
LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENS
Term
153. What is the mode of transmission of listeria monocytogens?
Definition
ORGANISMS COLONIZE THE GI TRACT AND FEMALE GENITAL TRACTS
Term
154. Infections of listeria monocytogens can pass through the _____.
Definition
. PLACENTA
Term
155. 4 clinical findings associated with listeria monocytogens.
Definition
. 1) CAN CAUSE ABORTION, 2) PREMATURE DELIVERY, 3) SEPSIS FOLLOWING DELIVERY, 4) NEWBORNS CAN HAVE ACUTE MENINGITS 1-2 WEEKS LATER
Term
156. 3 neonatal causes of meningitis.
Definition
1) GROUP B STREPTOCOCCUS, 2) E. COLI, 3) LISTERIA
Term
157. _____ is a gram negative bacteria that is found normally in the gut of man and animals. It way colonize the lower end of the urethra and vagina.
Definition
E. COLI
Term
158. E. coli spreads by _____, _____, or _____.
Definition
. FECAL-ORAL ROUTE; CONTAMINATED FOOD, MAY BE ENDOGENOUS
Term
159. E. coli is the most common cause of these 4 conditions.
Definition
1) UTI, 2) GRAM NEGATIVE ROD SEPSIS, 3) NEUNATAL MENINGITIS, 4) TRAVELERS DIARRHEA
Term
160. _____ is one of the most common causes of bacterial enterocolitis in the USA.
Definition
SALMONELLA
Term
161. Salmonella can cause these 3 diseases.
Definition
1) ENTEROCOLITIS, 2) TYPHOID FEVER, 3) SEPSIS
Term
162. The transmission of salmonella is through the _____ route.
Definition
FECAL-ORAL
Term
163. _____ are obligatory anaerobic gram negative rods.
Definition
BACTEROIDS
Term
164. Members of the genus bacteroids are the predominant anaerobes found in the _____.
Definition
HUMAN COLON
Term
165. _____ are the most common cause of serious infections by anaerobic organisms.
Definition
BACTEROIDS
Term
166. _____ is the antibiotic of choice used to treat bacteroids.
Definition
METRONIDAZOLE
Term
167. _____ is the bacteria that causes cholera.
Definition
VIBRIO CHOLERAE
Term
168. The transmission of vibrio cholera is through the _____ route.
Definition
FECAL-ORAL
Term
169. Prevention of cholera is achieved by public health measures that ensure _____ and _____.
Definition
CLEAN WATER, GOOD FOOD HYGEINE
Term
170. _____ is having bloody dysentery.
Definition
ENTEROCOLITIS
Term
171. _____ is the gram negative bacteria that causes enterocolitis.
Definition
SHIGELLA
Term
172. The transmission of shigella is through the _____ route.
Definition
FECAL-ORAL
Term
173. The main treatment of shigellosis is _____ and _____ replacement.
Definition
FLUID AND ELECTROLYTE
Term
174. _____ is a gram negative rod that is responsible for causing diarrhea.
Definition
. CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI
Term
175. The transmission of campylobacter jejuni is through contaminated _____.
Definition
FOOD AND MILK
Term
176. _____ is a gram negative rod that causes gastritis, duodenal ulcers, and is associated with gastric carcinoma.
Definition
HELICOBACTER PYLORI
Term
177. Infections of helicobacter pylori occur in _____.
Definition
MULTIPLE FAMILY MEMBERS
Term
178. What is the treatment of helicobacter pylori?
Definition
PROTON PUMP INHIBITORS AND ANTIBIOTICS
Term
179. _____ causes necrotizing lobar pneumonia in individuals comprised by alcoholism, diabetes, or chronic pulmonary disease.
Definition
KLEBSIELA
Term
180. _____ is a gram negative rod that most often affects immunocompromised patients. It usually causes a variety of diseases and over 80% of people who are affected die.
Definition
. PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA
Term
181. _____ produces infection in wounds and burns giving rise to a blue/green pus.
Definition
PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA
Term
182. _____ is a gram negative rod that causes pneumonia in adults, primarily those with chronic obstructive lung disease. It also causes upper respiratory tract infections and sepsis in children.
Definition
HEMOPHILUS INFLUENZA
Term
183. _____ is a gram negative rod that causes atypical pneumonia both in the community and hospitalized immunocompromised patients.
Definition
LEGIONELLA
Term
184. Legionella is transmitted through an _____, acquired by the inhalation of contaminated water from showers, air conditioning systems, and cooling towers.
Definition
ENVIORNMENTAL SAPROPHYTE
Term
185. _____ is the treatment for legionella.
Definition
ERYTHROMYCIN
Term
186. _____ is a gram negative rod that causes whooping cough through airborne spread.
Definition
BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS
Term
187. _____is a zoonotic infection that causes an acute onset of redness, pain, and swelling.
Definition
PASTURELLA MULTOCIDA
Term
188. The term bubonic refers to _____.
Definition
ENLARGED LYMPH NODES
Term
189. _____ is a zoonotic bacteria that causes the plague.
Definition
YERSINIA PESTIS
Term
190. _____ are the vector that spreads Yersinia pestis.
Definition
FLEAS
Term
191. _____ is the drug of choice in treating the plague.
Definition
STREPTOMYCIN
Term
192. _____ is a zoonotic infection that causes brucellosis (undulant fever)
Definition
BRUCELLA
Term
193. Prevention of Brucella depends on eliminating the disease from domestic animals by _____ and _____.
Definition
VACCINATION; PASTEURIZATION OF MILK
Term
194. _____ is a zoonotic disease that causes tularemia (glandular fever)
Definition
FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS
Term
195. Francisella tularensis is transmitted through the bite of infected _____ and through _____.
Definition
FLEAS; CONTAMINATED MEAT
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