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Infection Flashcards

1
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GROWTH OF MICROORGANISMS ON A SPECIFIC NUTRITIOUS MEDIUM IN A LABORATORY

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CULTURE

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A CHEMICAL THAT MAY DESTROY OR INHIBIT THE GROWTH AND REPRODUCTION OF MICROORGANISMS

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DISINFECTANT

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A DISEASE THAT IS ALWAYS PRESENT IN A SPECIFIC REGION

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ENDEMIC

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A LATENT FORM THAT CERTAIN BACTERIA CAN ASSUME UNDER ADVERSE CONDITIONS, IN ORDER TO SURVIVE EXTREME TEMPERATURES, DRYING, OR CHEMICALS

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ENDOSPORE (SPORE)

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A DISEASE OCCURRING IN HIGHER NUMBERES THAN USUAL IN A CERTAIN POPULATION WITHIN A GIVEN PERIOD

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EPIDEMIC

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A HAIRLIKE PROJECTION ON SOME BACTERIA

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FIMBRIA

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FILAMENTOUS OR THREADLIKE OUTGROWTHS PRODUCED BY SOME FUNGI AND BACTERIA

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HYPHAE

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AN ABOVE-NORMAL NUMBER OF LEUKOCYTES (WBCs) IN THE BLOOD

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LEUKOCYTOSIS

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A DECREASE NUMBER OF LEUKOCYTES IN THE BLOOD

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LEUKOPENIA

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A DISEASE AFFECTING THE LYMPH NODES

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LYMPHADENOPATHY

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A CHANGE IN TEH GENETIC MAKEUP (DNA) OF A CELL, WHICH WILL BE INHERITED

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MUTATION

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A DEFICIT OF NEUTROPHILS IN THE BLOOD

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NEUTROPENIA

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AN INFECTION ACQUIRED WHILE HOSPITALIZED

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NOSOCOMIAL

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A MICROORGANIMS, NORMALLY NONPATHOGENIC, THAT CAUSES INFECTIOULS DISEASE WHEN THE PERSON’S RESISTANCE IS REDUCED, MICROBIAL BALANCE IS UPSET, OR THE MICROBE IS TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER PART OF THE BODY

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OPPORTUNIST

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15
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A WORLWIDE INCREASE IN THE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE AFFECTED BY A DISEASE

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PANDEMIC

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AN ORGANISM THAT LIVES ON OR IN ANOTHER LIVING ORGANISM

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PARASITE

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A DISEASE-CAUSING MICROORGANISM

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PATHOGEN

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18
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HAIRLIKE APPENDAGES ON SOME BACTERIA FOR ADHESION TO TISSUE AND TRANSFER OF DNA

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PILI

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19
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AN INFECTIOUS ABNORMAL PROTEIN PARTICLE; DOES NOT CONTAIN DNA

A

PRION

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SYSTEMIC INFECTION ARISING FROM BACTERIA TOXINS IN TEH CIRCULATING BLOOD OR BACTERIA REPRODUCING AND SPREADING THROUGH THE CIRCULATING BLOOD

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SEPTICEMIA OR SEPSIS

21
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A SUBSTANCE THAT CAN HARM THE BODY OR INTERFERE WITH ITS FUNCTION

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TOXIN

22
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THE ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM THAT CAUSES GAS GANGRENE

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CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGES

23
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CELL DRINKING

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PINOCYTOSIS

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FUNGI ARE KNOWN AS

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EUCARYOTIC

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GRAM STAIN DIFFERENTIATES

A

BACTERIA

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ANTIBIOTICS USED TO PREVENT AN INFECTION

A

PROPHYLACTIC

27
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MOAT COMMON NOSOCOMIAL INFECTION

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UTI - URINARY TRACT INFECTION

28
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INFECTION IN AN OPERATIVE WOUND

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SSI - SURGICAL SITE INFECTION

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WHAT BACTERIA CAUSES FEVER AND WOUND INFECTION IN TEH FIRST 24 HRS AFTER SURGERY

A

STREPTOCOCCUS & CLOSTRIDIUM

30
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WHAT TYPE OF SURGERY WOULD BE LECTIVE, NONTRAUMATIC WOUND WITHOUT ACUTE INFLAMMATION; USUALLY CLOSED PRIMARILY WIHTOUT THE USE OF DRAINS

A

CLEAN WOUND

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OPERATION ON THE GI OR RESPIRATORY TRACT WITHOUT UNUSUAL CONTAMINATION OR ENTRY INTO THE BILIARY OR URINARY TRACT

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CLEAN-CONTAMINATED

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PUS PRESENT, PERFORATEED VISCUS, OR DIRTY TRAUMATIC WOUND

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DIRTY WOUND

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WHAT ORGANISM CAUSES TETANUS

A

CLOSTRIDIUM TENTANI

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WHAT MICROORGANISMS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR CAUSING POSTOPERATIVE WOUND EDGE ERYTHEMA AND REBOUND TENDERNESS

A

GROUP B STREPTOCOCCI

35
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OXYGEN-DEPENDENT BACTERAI

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AEROBIC

36
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WHAT IS THE BODY’S FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE AGAINST THE INVASION OF PATHOGENS

A

SKIN AND MUCOUS MEMBRANCE LININGS

37
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ROD-LIKE-SHAPED BACTERIA ARE INDENTIFIED MICROSCOPICALLY AS

A

BACILLI

38
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HERPES SIMPLEX IS COMMONLY CALLED

A

COLD SORE

39
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ORGANIMS MOST FREQUENTLY FOUND IN BURNS

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PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA

40
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BACTERIA FOUND IN THE INTESTINAL TRACT

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E. COLI

41
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WHAT BACTERIA ARE THE COMMON CAUSE FOR POSTOP WOUDND INFECTIONS

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S. AUREUS

42
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DRUG TO TREAT MRSA

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VANCOMYCIN

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TYPE OF IMMUNITY THAT IS ACQUIRED BY A VACCINATION

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ARTIFICAL ACTIVE ACQUIRED IMMUNITY

44
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WHAT GRAM STAIN TURNS RED AT THE END OF THE STAINING PROCEDURE

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GRAM NEGATIVE

45
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THE MICROBES THAT RESIDE ON THE SKIN AND ARE EASILY REMOVED

A

TRANSIENT

46
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WHAT CAUSES THE DISEASE “MAD COW”

A

PRION

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