Infection

Question 1

GROWTH OF MICROORGANISMS ON A SPECIFIC NUTRITIOUS MEDIUM IN A LABORATORY

Answer 1

CULTURE

Question 2

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

Answer 2

DISINFECTANT

Question 3

A DISEASE THAT IS ALWAYS PRESENT IN A SPECIFIC REGION

Answer 3

ENDEMIC

Question 4

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

Answer 4

ENDOSPORE (SPORE)

Question 5

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

Answer 5

EPIDEMIC

Question 6

A HAIRLIKE PROJECTION ON SOME BACTERIA

Answer 6

FIMBRIA

Question 7

FILAMENTOUS OR THREADLIKE OUTGROWTHS PRODUCED BY SOME FUNGI AND BACTERIA

Answer 7

HYPHAE

Question 8

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

Answer 8

LEUKOCYTOSIS

Question 9

A DECREASE NUMBER OF LEUKOCYTES IN THE BLOOD

Answer 9

LEUKOPENIA

Question 10

A DISEASE AFFECTING THE LYMPH NODES

Answer 10

LYMPHADENOPATHY

Question 11

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

Answer 11

MUTATION

Question 12

A DEFICIT OF NEUTROPHILS IN THE BLOOD

Answer 12

NEUTROPENIA

Question 13

AN INFECTION ACQUIRED WHILE HOSPITALIZED

Answer 13

NOSOCOMIAL

Question 14

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

Answer 14

OPPORTUNIST

Question 15

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

Answer 15

PANDEMIC

Question 16

AN ORGANISM THAT LIVES ON OR IN ANOTHER LIVING ORGANISM

Answer 16

PARASITE

Question 17

A DISEASE-CAUSING MICROORGANISM

Answer 17

PATHOGEN

Question 18

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

Answer 18

PILI

Question 19

AN INFECTIOUS ABNORMAL PROTEIN PARTICLE; DOES NOT CONTAIN DNA

Answer 19

PRION

Question 20

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

Answer 20

SEPTICEMIA OR SEPSIS

Question 21

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

Answer 21

TOXIN

Question 22

THE ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM THAT CAUSES GAS GANGRENE

Answer 22

CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGES

Question 23

CELL DRINKING

Answer 23

PINOCYTOSIS

Question 24

FUNGI ARE KNOWN AS

Answer 24

EUCARYOTIC

Question 25

GRAM STAIN DIFFERENTIATES

Answer 25

BACTERIA

Question 26

ANTIBIOTICS USED TO PREVENT AN INFECTION

Answer 26

PROPHYLACTIC

Question 27

MOAT COMMON NOSOCOMIAL INFECTION

Answer 27

UTI - URINARY TRACT INFECTION

Question 28

INFECTION IN AN OPERATIVE WOUND

Answer 28

SSI - SURGICAL SITE INFECTION

Question 29

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

Answer 29

STREPTOCOCCUS & CLOSTRIDIUM

Question 30

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

Answer 30

CLEAN WOUND

Question 31

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

Answer 31

CLEAN-CONTAMINATED

Question 32

PUS PRESENT, PERFORATEED VISCUS, OR DIRTY TRAUMATIC WOUND

Answer 32

DIRTY WOUND

Question 33

WHAT ORGANISM CAUSES TETANUS

Answer 33

CLOSTRIDIUM TENTANI

Question 34

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

Answer 34

GROUP B STREPTOCOCCI

Question 35

OXYGEN-DEPENDENT BACTERAI

Answer 35

AEROBIC

Question 36

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

Answer 36

SKIN AND MUCOUS MEMBRANCE LININGS

Question 37

ROD-LIKE-SHAPED BACTERIA ARE INDENTIFIED MICROSCOPICALLY AS

Answer 37

BACILLI

Question 38

HERPES SIMPLEX IS COMMONLY CALLED

Answer 38

COLD SORE

Question 39

ORGANIMS MOST FREQUENTLY FOUND IN BURNS

Answer 39

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA

Question 40

BACTERIA FOUND IN THE INTESTINAL TRACT

Answer 40

E. COLI

Question 41

WHAT BACTERIA ARE THE COMMON CAUSE FOR POSTOP WOUDND INFECTIONS

Answer 41

S. AUREUS

Question 42

DRUG TO TREAT MRSA

Answer 42

VANCOMYCIN

Question 43

TYPE OF IMMUNITY THAT IS ACQUIRED BY A VACCINATION

Answer 43

ARTIFICAL ACTIVE ACQUIRED IMMUNITY

Question 44

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

Answer 44

GRAM NEGATIVE

Question 45

THE MICROBES THAT RESIDE ON THE SKIN AND ARE EASILY REMOVED

Answer 45

TRANSIENT

Question 46

WHAT CAUSES THE DISEASE "MAD COW"

Answer 46

PRION