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1
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“Micro”
“Bios”
“Logia”

Means?

A

Small
Life
Study

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2
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It is the scientific study of microorganisms, those being of unicellular, multicellular, or acellular.

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Microbiology

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3
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Types of Prokaryotes

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Bacteria
Archaea

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4
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It lives in extremely alkaline/acidic environment

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Archaea

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5
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Types of eukaryotes

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Plant cells
Animal cells

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6
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A cell wall is present in most but not in all cells?

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Prokaryotic cell

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7
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It has A cell wall that is present only in plants and fungal cells only

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Eukaryotic cell

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8
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It has plasma membrane

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Eukaryotic and prokaryotic cell

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9
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This cell doesn’t have a nucleus

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Prokaryotic cell

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10
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This cell has a circular or linear, double stranded DNA; genes are not interrupted by introns

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Prokaryotic cell

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11
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This cell has a linear, double stranded DNA; genes frequently interrupted by intron sequences, especially in higher eukaryotes.

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Eukaryotic cells

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12
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In prokaryotic cells, cellular organelles are absent except?

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Ribosomes

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13
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Many of these kinds of cells are strict anaerobes

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Prokaryotic cell

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14
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A cell with the size of 0.1-10 micron

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Prokaryotic cell

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15
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A cell with the size of 10-100 micron

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Eukaryotic cell

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16
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It has both RNA & DNA.
Its nucleus is prokaryotic
It replicates through binary fission
Some of it have motility

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bacteria

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17
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Nucleus: none
Nucleic acid: either RNA & DNA
Replication: no binary fission
Motility: none

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viruses

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18
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Nucleus: eukaryotic
Nucleic acid: both RNA & DNA
Replication: binary fission
Motility: none

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Fungi

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19
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Nucleus: eukaryotic
Nucleic acid: both RNA & DNA
Replication: binary fission & budding
Motility: most

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Parasites

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20
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It means staff or cane

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bakteria

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21
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It is the first discovered bacterial shape

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Rod shape or bacilli

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22
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Singular form of bacteria?

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bacterium

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23
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What is the single-celled organism that contains both RNA & DNA and reproduce through binary fission?

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bacteria

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24
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Size of the most pathogenic bacteria is?

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1.0-10 micron

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25
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They cause most of human infections

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bacteria

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26
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Steps in binary fission

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  1. Parent cell
  2. Replication of DNA
  3. Segregation of DNA
  4. Cell splitting into two
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27
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It is the binomial system in naming bacteria where:
Genera + Specific name = specie

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Bacterial nomenclature

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28
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He invented the compounding of lenses or compound microscope

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Zacharias Janssen

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29
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He modified the basic design of the microscope

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Robert Hooke

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30
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He is the first to discover the cell

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Robert Hooke

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31
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He described the forms of fungi such as bluish mold on a piece of leather

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Robert Hooke

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32
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He is the father of microbiology

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Antony van Leeuwenhoek

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33
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He is first to observe and experiment with microbes

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Antony van Leeuwenhoek

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34
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This kind of bacteria naturally lives inside the human body w/o causing disease

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Normal flora

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35
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It is a gram + cocci bacteria that is found in skin or nasal passages. Too much of it may cause boils, impetigo, cellulitis, pimples, and abscess

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Staphylococcus aureus

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36
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These normal flora maintain skin pH balance and support the immune system of the body

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Staphylococcus epidermidis
Propionibacterium acnes
Malassezia fungi

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37
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He invented the process that bears his name, pasteurization

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Louis Pasteur

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38
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He discovered the principle of immunization

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Louis Pasteur

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39
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These are gram + cocci bacteria that are found in the mouth, throat, skin, gastrointestinal tract.

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Streptococcus species

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40
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These are the largest gram - bacteria found in the intestines. It helps in digestion and produces vitamins. It can cause a UTI when it enters the urinary tract.

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Escherichia coli

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41
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He is known for the isolation of microorganisms causing anthrax and tuberculosis

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Robert Koch

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42
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He developed solid media for culturing bacteria and various techniques to isolate bacteria

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Robert Koch

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43
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It controls thermoregulation and is triggered by chemicals to kill bacteria or microorganisms

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hypothalamus

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44
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It is the response of the immune system to any microorganisms, toxins, chemicals

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Systematic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS)

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45
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SIRS + microorganisms = ___________ which triggers hypothalamus and causes septic shock

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sepsis

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46
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Its symptoms are tachycardia, fever, tachypnea

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Systematic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS)

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47
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He is the father of antisepsis and developed antiseptic surgical procedures

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Joseph Lister

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48
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He is the 1st person to isolate the bacteria “Bacillus lactis” in pure form in a liquid culture form

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Joseph Lister

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49
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He developed the most important staining method in 1884 to visualize bacteria known as “Gram Staining”

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Hans Christian Gram

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50
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In 1928, he discovered the antibiotic “Penicillin” through studying staphylococcus bacteria where his petri dish was accidentally contaminated by “Penicillium notatum”

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Alexander Fleming

51
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He introduced the concept of vaccination

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Edward Jenner

52
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These microorganisms are nonpathogenic, their natural habitat is dead organic matter

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Saprophytes

53
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Unicellular or metazoan organism living in or on an organism of another species on the expense of the host

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parasites

54
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Normal inhabitants of the skin and mucosa, normal flora

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Commensals

55
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Classic disease causing microorganisms

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Pathogenic microorganisms

56
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Can cause disease in immunocompromised individuals when given a chance

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Opportunists or facultatively pathogenic microorganisms

57
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It is the capacity of a pathogen species to cause disease

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pathogenicity

58
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It is the sum of the disease-causing properties of a strain of a pathogenic species

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Virulence

59
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It is the sum of the disease-causing properties of a strain of a pathogenic species

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Virulence

60
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It is the time between infection and manifestation of disease symptoms. It can be measured in hours, weeks, days, months or even years

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Incubation period

61
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It is the time between infection and first appearance of products of sexual production of the pathogens

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prepatency

62
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It is the totality of host species “susceptible” to infection by a given pathogen

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Infection spectrum

63
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It is the smallest number of pathogens sufficient to cause an infection

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Minimum infective dose

64
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Method or pathway used by pathogens to invade the host

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Mode of infection

65
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Microbiological presence of microorganisms on objects

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contamination

66
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Presence of microorganisms on skin without penetration into the tissues

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colonization

67
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Invasion of a host by microorganisms

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infection

68
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Infection without outbreak of clinical symptoms

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Inapparent infection

69
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Infection with outbreak of clinical symptoms

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Infectious disease

70
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frequency of clinical manifestation of an infection in disposed individuals

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Probability of manifestation

71
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Infection arising from the colonizing flora

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Endogenous infection

72
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Infection from the invasion of host by microorganisms from sources external to it

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Exogenous infection

73
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Infection acquired during hospitalization

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Nosocomial infection

74
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Infection that remains restricted to the portal of entry and surrounding area

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Local infection

75
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Lymphogenous or hematogenous spread of invading pathogen starting from the portal of entry

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Generalized infection

76
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Systematic disease caused by microorganisms and their toxic products. Pathogens enter the bloodstream, continuously

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Sepsis

77
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Brief presence of microorganisms in the bloodstream

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Transitory bacteremia

78
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Occurrence of a second infection in the course of a first infection

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Superinfection

79
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Series of infection by the same pathogen

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Relapses

80
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Series of infection by different pathogens

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Reinfection

81
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Factors affecting the growth of bacteria

A

Air
Temperature
pH
Light
Osmotic pressure
Nutrients

82
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Bacteria that needs oxygen

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Aerobic

83
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Bacteria which can grow only in the presence of oxygen

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Obligate bacteria

84
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Example of obligate aerobes

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

85
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Bacteria which are ordinary aerobes but can also grow w/o oxygen

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Facultative aerobes

86
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Example of facultative aerobes

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Escherichia coli

87
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Bacteria that can grow in the presence of low oxygen and in the presence of low (4%) concentration of carbon dioxide

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Microaerophilic bacteria

88
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Example of microaerophilic bacteria

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Campylobacter jejuni

89
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Campylobacter jejuni which is from raw/half-cooked chicken causes _________

A

Guillain -Barre syndrome

90
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Bacteria that can grow without oxygen. It lacks superoxide dis mutase and catalase hence oxygen is lethal to these microorganisms

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Anaerobic

91
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Bacteria that can grow only in absence of oxygen

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Obligate anaerobes

92
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Example of obligate anaerobes

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Clostridium species

93
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It causes tetanus, muscle stiffness, and lock jaw

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Clostridium tetani

94
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These bacteria require higher amounts of carbon dioxide for their growth

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Capnophilic bacteria

95
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Bacteria that can grow well in the presence of 5-10% CO2 and 15% O2

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Capnophilic bacteria

96
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Examples of Capnophilic bacteria

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Haemophilus influenzae
Brucella abortus

97
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The optimum temp. For most pathogenic bacteria

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37 degrees C

98
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These bacteria are cold loving microbes that can grow within a temp. Range of 0-20 degrees. Most soil and water saprophytes belong to this group

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Psychrophiles

99
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Example of psychrophiles

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Arthrobacter species
Psychrobacter species

100
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These are moderate temp. Loving microbes that grow between 25 and 40 degrees. Most pathogenic bacteria belong to this group

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mesophiles

101
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These are heat loving microbes. They can grow at a high temp. range of 55-80 degrees

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thermophiles

102
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Example of thermophiles

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Bacillus stearothermophilus

103
Q

Most bacteria grow between pH _______ and __________

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7.2 and 7.6

104
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Very few bacteria like ______________, can grow at acidic pH below 4.0

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Lactobacilli

105
Q

Example of bacteria that can grow in an alkaline environment (8.2-8.9 pH)

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V. cholerae

106
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Bacteria deriving energy from sunlight

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phototrophs

107
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Bacteria deriving energy from chemical sources

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chemotrophs

108
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Organisms requiring high osmotic pressures

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Osmophilic bacteria

109
Q

Sudden exposure of bacteria to hypertonic solution may cause osmotic withdrawal of water, leading to osmotic shrinkage of the protoplasm

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Plasmolysis

110
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Sudden transfer of bacteria from concentrated solution to distilled water may cause excessive inhibition of water leading to swelling and bursting of cell

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Plasmoptysis

111
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Gram positive cocci

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Aerobic:
Staphylococcus
Streptococcus
Enterococci

Anaerobic:
Peptostreptococci

112
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Gram positive bacilli

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Aerobic:
Bacilli
Cornybacteria

Facultative anaerobes:
Listeria

Anaerobic:
Clostridia
Actinomycetes
Bifidobacteria

113
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Gram negative cocci

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Aerobic:
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Neisseria

Anaerobic:
Veillonella

114
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Gram negative bacilli

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Aerobic:
Pseudomonas

Facultative anaerobes:
Salmonella
Escherichia
Proteus
Vibrio

Anaerobic:
Bacteriods
Fusobacterium
Leptotrichia

115
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Gram negative spirochetes

A

Aerobic:
Leptospira

Anaerobic:
Treponema
Boyrelia

Microaerophiles:
Helicobacter
Spirillum

116
Q

Innate immunity specific

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Intact skin
ciliary clearance
Low stomach pH
lysozyme

117
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Innate immunity non-specific

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Eosinophil
Neutrophil
Natural killer
Dendritic cell
Macrophage
Mast cell

118
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Adaptive/acquired immunity active

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Natural
vaccination

119
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Adaptive/acquired immunity passive

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Maternal
Immunoglobulin treatment
Herd immunity

120
Q

“chancroid”
Painful genital ulcer
Soft chancre

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Haemophilus ducreyi

121
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“Hard chancre”
Sexually transmitted
Genitals, anus, mouth

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Treponema pallidum

122
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Flesh eating bacteria

A

Staphylococcus aureus
Clostridium species
Vibrio vulnificus

123
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Flesh eating bacteria

A

Staphylococcus aureus
Clostridium species
Vibrio vulnificus

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