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Microbiology Examples Flashcards

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Examples of endemic diseases (10)

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Bacterial diseases (TB, staphylococcal, streptococcal) STD’s (gonorrhea, syphilis) viral diseases (common cold, influenza, chicken pox, mumps)

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Example of epidemic diseases

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A dozen people develop food poisoning after a luncheon together

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Examples of a pandemic disease (4)

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1918 Spanish flu, HIV/AIDS, TB, Malaria

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1/3 of world population is infected

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TB

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Most important tropical parasitic disease (5th leading cause of death worldwide)

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Malaria

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Examples of human carriers (7)

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Staphylococcal, streptococcal, hepatitis, diphtheria, dysentery, meningitis, STD’s

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Well known example of an active carrier

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Typhoid Mary

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Most common arthropod borne disease

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Lyme disease

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Examples of fomites (10)

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Gowns, bedding, towels, eating and drinking utensils, hospital equipment, bed pans, stethoscopes, gloves, thermometers

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Number 1 infectious disease making it an epidemic

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Genital chlamydial

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Sources of water contamination (4)

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Soil microbe, runoff from agricultural land, untreated sewage, industrial waste

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Coliform count checks for presence of (3)

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E. Coli, klebsiella, enterobacter

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Most common iatrogenic infection

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Catheterization

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Primary way to reduce the number of HAI’s

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Hand hygiene

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Aseptic techniques (5)

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General cleanliness, frequent and thorough hand washing, isolation of infected patients, disinfection, sterilization

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Goal of medical asepsis

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Rob reduce number and transmission of pathogens

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Surgical asepsis

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To exclude all microbes

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Contact precautions diseases (7)

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MRSA, C diff, RSV, scabies, impetigo, chicken pox, shingles

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Examples of sporadic diseases (6)

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Botulism, cholera, gas gangrene, plague, tetanus, typhoid fever

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