Part 4 Flashcards

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1
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Most microbes come from?

A

Humans, the environment , hospital, and a few from animals

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Disease causing microbes?

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Pathogens

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3
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Normal flora

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Refers to microbes that live in and on certain areas of the human body. Are not harmful

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4
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Endotoxins

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Part of the cell wall of gram negative bacteria

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5
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Exotoxins

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Secreted by certain bacteria outside of cell

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6
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What is most effective against anaerobic bacteria?

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Hydrogen peroxide

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Animicrobial drugs

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Inhibit peptidoglycan synthesis and damage cell wall. Most effective against gram positive bacteriao

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Sulfa drugs block what?

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DNA and rna synthesis by mimicking enzyme substrates

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Leukocyte

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Neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils, lymphocyte and monocytes

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