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Microbiology Flashcards

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What are the microbial causes of infection

A

Bacteria
Virus
Fungi
Parasites
Prions

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What are prions?

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Proteins with no functions that live on the surface of our brain which causes problems if they accumulate

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3
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What are sterile body sites?

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Body parts where microbes are not found typically deep within the body and well protected

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4
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What are sterile organs?

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Brain
Blood
Liver
Heart

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5
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What is non sterile

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Oesophagus lungs intestine

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What are common specimens for bacterial cultures

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Mid stream specimen of urine
Sputum
CSF
Blood
Faeces

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7
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What bacterial culture is normally detected in MSSU?

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UTI

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8
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What common bacterial culture is detected in sputum?

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Lower respiratory tract infection

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9
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What bacterial culture is commonly found in throat swabs?

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Tonsillitis

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10
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What common bacterial culture is found in CSF?

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Meningitis

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What common bacterial culture specimen is found in blood tests?

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Sepsis

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What common specimen for bacterial culture is found in faeces?

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Infectious diarrhoea for example salmonella

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13
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How are microscopes useful in diagnosing?

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Viruses don’t appear up on microscopes.
Different stains can be used to identify different microbes and different types of bacteria.
You can identify the different white blood cells present in the sample

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14
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How can you tell if an infection is viral or bacterial using a microscope?

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Viral infection would have more Lymphocyte and a bacterial infection will have more polymorphs
Viruses don’t show up on microscopes

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15
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What are three ways we can detect viruses from clinical samples?

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Molecular methods
antigen detection
virtually obsolete methods

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16
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What does PCR do?

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Detects viral RNA and DNA
But doesn’t tell us about the actual virus
However it’s highly specific

17
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What are obsolete methods to detect viruses?

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Using electron microscopes. Using tissue cultures with viruses

18
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What are the diagnostic principles in parasitology?

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19
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What is serology?

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Scientific study examining blood serum

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