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Microorganisms normally living in or on body

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Microflora

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Microorganisms are multiplying in or on a host

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Infection or colonization

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What cause disease?

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Pathogens

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Pathogen capable of producing infection when host is weakened

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Oppurtunistic pathogen

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Small modified infectious host proteins

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Prions

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Manner of replication of prions

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Not clearly known or understood

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Where do bacteria like to grow?

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Warm moist places

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What stage is active replication without recognizable symptoms in host?

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Incubation

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Stage with initial appearance of symptoms most commonly malaise

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Prodromal

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When are you most highly infectious?

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Prodromal stage

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What stage is the maximum impact of infectious process with rapid proliferation and dissemination of pathogen

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Acute

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Stage where there is containment if the infection, elimination of pathogen, repair of danger tissue, and resolution of symptoms

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Convalescent

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What stage is total elimination of pathogen and no S/S of disease?

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Resolution

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When are you not infectious anymore?

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Resolution stage

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-itis

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Inflammation

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-emia

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In the blood

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Bacterial toxins in the blood

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Sepsis or septicemia

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Make an infection more likely to cause disease

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Virulence factor

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Exotoxins

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Outside

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Endotoxins

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Inside

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Help infective organism stick to body

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Adhesion factor

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Help keep immune system from killing infective agent

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Evasive factor

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After exposure to an infectious agent the body produces antibodies

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Serology

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Antibody that rises during the acute phase then falls

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IgM

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Antibody that remains elevated after the acute phase

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IgG

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What is the genetic material of viruses?

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DNA or RNA but not both

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What do viruses need to replicate and why?

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Host cell because they have no metabolic capability

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What happens when a host cell is “transformed”?

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It carries the virus

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What is a virus responsive to that makes it become active?

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Stress or hormonal changes

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What are the effects of viruses?

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Protein synthesis stops, enzymes kills cells, host cells fuse, secondary bacterial infections

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Where is HSV type 1 located?

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Above the belt

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Where is HSV type 2 located?

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Below the belt

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Inflammation of the dorsal root ganglia

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What are the 3 ways antivirals work?

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Interfere with nucleic acid synthesis, do not allow binding of cells to virus, and stimulate the body’s immune system

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Used to treat HSV, HSV 2, and varicella zoster

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How is acyclovir most commonly administered?

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Does acyclovir cure the illnesses?

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No it decreases the length of them

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What is a risk of giving acyclovir with AZT?

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Neurotoxicity

38
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Used for treatment of HIV

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Zidovudine

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How does zidovudine work?

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Inhibits reverse transcriptase for replication

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What is an important SE of zidovudine?

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Bone marrow suppression

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Drugs that reduce the duration of influenza A and B

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Tamiflu and Relenza

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When should you start Tamiflu and Relenza?

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Within 2 days of first symptoms

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When should you not give antivirals?

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If patient has herpes zoster or is immunosuppressed

44
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One celled organisms with no true nucleus

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Released when the bacterial cell wall decomposes

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Endotoxins

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Released during cell growth

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Why are endotoxins pyrogenic?

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Due to lysis of bacteria

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Bacteria requires oxygen

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Bacteria doesn’t require oxygen

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Bacteria in blood

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Septicemia

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How is TB transmitted?

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What is the usual protocol for TB treatments?

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Drug susceptibility tests, start 4-drug regimen, adjust after susceptibility test results

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What is a must in TB treatments?

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Patient compliance

54
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How long is TB treatment?

55
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What TB drug inhibits protein synthesis?

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What TB drug inhibits cell wall synthesis?

57
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When giving isoniazid what is it important to monitor?

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What is a SE of rifampin?

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Bodily secretions turn red-orange/brown

59
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When do you take TB meds?

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With meals

60
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Infection caused by fungus

61
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Mycotic infection that affects lungs

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Blastomycosis

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What are examples of mycotic cutaneous infections?

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Candidias, dermatophytes, and tinea

63
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Med for systemic mycoses

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Amphotericin B

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What can amphotericin B do to potassium levels?

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Decrease them

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What drug do you use caution with when giving amphotericin B?

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What is a bad side effect of amphotericin B?

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Nephrotoxic

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What other drug can you give besides amphotericin B and why would you?

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Fluconazole because it has less SE

68
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What can fluconazole increase?

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Anticoagulant effects and phenytoin levels

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How do fungi reproduce?

70
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What are the two classifications of fungi?

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Yeasts and molds

71
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Single celled or multi celled organisms

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