Ecology Flashcards
Define ecology
Organism-environment relationship
How is demodex prevented ?
Face cleanse & exfoliation
+ avoiding oily makeup
How is demodex treated
Permethrin cream
Sulfur ointment
What disease do dermatobia hominis eggs cause?
Furuncular myiasis
Give an example on a mutualism relation ship of microflora & humans?
E.coli provides vitamin k for nutrients
What is the bacteria found in the gut of medicinal leeches?
Aeromonas (G-)
Give an example of a pathogenic parasite & the disease it causes
Trypanosoma gambiense
; African sleeping sickness
What microflora causes acne vulgaris?
Propionibacterium
Most common microflora in skin?
Staphylococcus epidermis (CONS)
4 microflora of skin
Staphylococcus epidermis (CONS)
Diphtheroids
Propionibacterium
C. albicans (fungi)
3 microflora of conjunctiva
Staphylococcus epidermis
Diphtheroids
Moraxella catarrhalis
What are diphtheroids ?
Corynebacterium
(Except not diphtheriae)
3 Harmless microflora in upper RT ?
Diphtheroids
Lactobacilli
Micrococci
4 opportunistic microflora found in upper RT?
Streptococcus
Staphylococcus
Neisseria
Corynebacterium
Most common mouth bacteria?
(a-hemolytic)
streptococcus viridans