Normal Flora Flashcards
Types of flora
Resident flora and transient flora
What are resident flora
These are flora that we immediately acquire immediately after birth
They stay there for the rest of our lives and
They are very important
What are transient flora
Flora that are found due to a condition and stay for a day week or month
They are not fixed there always
They are not important
Ways in which we do stool transplant
Colonoscopy
Enema
Orgastric tube
Ingestion
Stool transplant is use for
Treating clostridium difficuile colloitis which is prescence of abnormal bacteria in the colon due to taking antibiotics
It is also used in inflammatory bowel diesease obesity and myasthenia gravis
Sterile sites we can’t find flora are
Blood
Brain
Csf
Muscle
Womb
Lower Respiratory tract
Middle and inner ear
Kidney ureter and bladder
Peritoneal cavity
Normal flora of the skin are
A)streptococcus epipidermis
B)bacillus epididermis
C)Staphylococcus epidermidis 90%
C
Bifidobacteria is found in
The git of breastfed children
Normal flora of the GIT is what amount
10^14
If the baby is first breast fed after birth what bacteria first occupies the GIT
Bifidobacteria
If the baby is first bottle fed after birth what bacteria first occupies the GIT
Lactobacilli spp
The normal flora in the stomach is
Helicobacter pylori 90% &
Lactobacilli