Infection Flashcards
GROWTH OF MICROORGANISMS ON A SPECIFIC NUTRITIOUS MEDIUM IN A LABORATORY
CULTURE
A CHEMICAL THAT MAY DESTROY OR INHIBIT THE GROWTH AND REPRODUCTION OF MICROORGANISMS
DISINFECTANT
A DISEASE THAT IS ALWAYS PRESENT IN A SPECIFIC REGION
ENDEMIC
A LATENT FORM THAT CERTAIN BACTERIA CAN ASSUME UNDER ADVERSE CONDITIONS, IN ORDER TO SURVIVE EXTREME TEMPERATURES, DRYING, OR CHEMICALS
ENDOSPORE (SPORE)
A DISEASE OCCURRING IN HIGHER NUMBERES THAN USUAL IN A CERTAIN POPULATION WITHIN A GIVEN PERIOD
EPIDEMIC
A HAIRLIKE PROJECTION ON SOME BACTERIA
FIMBRIA
FILAMENTOUS OR THREADLIKE OUTGROWTHS PRODUCED BY SOME FUNGI AND BACTERIA
HYPHAE
AN ABOVE-NORMAL NUMBER OF LEUKOCYTES (WBCs) IN THE BLOOD
LEUKOCYTOSIS
A DECREASE NUMBER OF LEUKOCYTES IN THE BLOOD
LEUKOPENIA
A DISEASE AFFECTING THE LYMPH NODES
LYMPHADENOPATHY
A CHANGE IN TEH GENETIC MAKEUP (DNA) OF A CELL, WHICH WILL BE INHERITED
MUTATION
A DEFICIT OF NEUTROPHILS IN THE BLOOD
NEUTROPENIA
AN INFECTION ACQUIRED WHILE HOSPITALIZED
NOSOCOMIAL
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
OPPORTUNIST
A WORLWIDE INCREASE IN THE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE AFFECTED BY A DISEASE
PANDEMIC
AN ORGANISM THAT LIVES ON OR IN ANOTHER LIVING ORGANISM
PARASITE
A DISEASE-CAUSING MICROORGANISM
PATHOGEN
HAIRLIKE APPENDAGES ON SOME BACTERIA FOR ADHESION TO TISSUE AND TRANSFER OF DNA
PILI
AN INFECTIOUS ABNORMAL PROTEIN PARTICLE; DOES NOT CONTAIN DNA
PRION
SYSTEMIC INFECTION ARISING FROM BACTERIA TOXINS IN TEH CIRCULATING BLOOD OR BACTERIA REPRODUCING AND SPREADING THROUGH THE CIRCULATING BLOOD
SEPTICEMIA OR SEPSIS
A SUBSTANCE THAT CAN HARM THE BODY OR INTERFERE WITH ITS FUNCTION
TOXIN
THE ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM THAT CAUSES GAS GANGRENE
CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGES
CELL DRINKING
PINOCYTOSIS
FUNGI ARE KNOWN AS
EUCARYOTIC
GRAM STAIN DIFFERENTIATES
BACTERIA
ANTIBIOTICS USED TO PREVENT AN INFECTION
PROPHYLACTIC
MOAT COMMON NOSOCOMIAL INFECTION
UTI - URINARY TRACT INFECTION
INFECTION IN AN OPERATIVE WOUND
SSI - SURGICAL SITE INFECTION
WHAT BACTERIA CAUSES FEVER AND WOUND INFECTION IN TEH FIRST 24 HRS AFTER SURGERY
STREPTOCOCCUS & CLOSTRIDIUM
WHAT TYPE OF SURGERY WOULD BE LECTIVE, NONTRAUMATIC WOUND WITHOUT ACUTE INFLAMMATION; USUALLY CLOSED PRIMARILY WIHTOUT THE USE OF DRAINS
CLEAN WOUND
OPERATION ON THE GI OR RESPIRATORY TRACT WITHOUT UNUSUAL CONTAMINATION OR ENTRY INTO THE BILIARY OR URINARY TRACT
CLEAN-CONTAMINATED
PUS PRESENT, PERFORATEED VISCUS, OR DIRTY TRAUMATIC WOUND
DIRTY WOUND
WHAT ORGANISM CAUSES TETANUS
CLOSTRIDIUM TENTANI
WHAT MICROORGANISMS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR CAUSING POSTOPERATIVE WOUND EDGE ERYTHEMA AND REBOUND TENDERNESS
GROUP B STREPTOCOCCI
OXYGEN-DEPENDENT BACTERAI
AEROBIC
WHAT IS THE BODY’S FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE AGAINST THE INVASION OF PATHOGENS
SKIN AND MUCOUS MEMBRANCE LININGS
ROD-LIKE-SHAPED BACTERIA ARE INDENTIFIED MICROSCOPICALLY AS
BACILLI
HERPES SIMPLEX IS COMMONLY CALLED
COLD SORE
ORGANIMS MOST FREQUENTLY FOUND IN BURNS
PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA
BACTERIA FOUND IN THE INTESTINAL TRACT
E. COLI
WHAT BACTERIA ARE THE COMMON CAUSE FOR POSTOP WOUDND INFECTIONS
S. AUREUS
DRUG TO TREAT MRSA
VANCOMYCIN
TYPE OF IMMUNITY THAT IS ACQUIRED BY A VACCINATION
ARTIFICAL ACTIVE ACQUIRED IMMUNITY
WHAT GRAM STAIN TURNS RED AT THE END OF THE STAINING PROCEDURE
GRAM NEGATIVE
THE MICROBES THAT RESIDE ON THE SKIN AND ARE EASILY REMOVED
TRANSIENT
WHAT CAUSES THE DISEASE “MAD COW”
PRION
