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NB 1 MICROBIOLOGY > Public Health > Flashcards

Public Health Flashcards

1
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MRSA

A

Methycilline Resistant Staph Aureus

Hospitals use Vancomycin

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2
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Iodine

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Pre-Op disinfectant

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3
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Silver Nitrate / Erythromycin

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Prevents Opthalmia Neonatorum in infants from gonorrhea

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4
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Penicillin

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Gram +

Inhibits cell wall synthesis (peptidoglycan synthesis)

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5
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Tetracycline

A

Gram -
Inhibits protein synthesis
Turns teeth gray or yellow

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6
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Ehrlich

A

Magic bullet - sulfa drugs

1st Syphilis treatment

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7
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Burnet / Metchinkoff

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Phagocytic theory

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8
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D’Herelle / Felix

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Bacteriophage

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9
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Flemming

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Penicillin

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10
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Iwanowski

A

Virus (Tobacco mosaic virus was 1st)

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11
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Jenner !

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Smallpox Vaccine

“Jenner wanted a small cox”

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12
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Koch !

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Proved bacteria “causes” disease
Koch’s 4 postulates
ANTHRAX VACCINE

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13
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Lancefield / Rebecca

A

Streptococcus

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14
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Leeuwenhoek !

A

1st microscope – saw microorganisms

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15
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Lister

A

Antisepsis

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16
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Pasture !

A

Father of Pathology
Father of Germ Theory

…rabies vaccine, pasteurization

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17
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Pyusner, Stanley !

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Prions

Mad Cow, Creutzfield Jacop, Scrapie, Kuru

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18
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Reed, Walter

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Yellow Fever

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19
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Sabin

A

Live polio (oral)

‘I’ for LIVE

20
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Salk

A

Dead polio (injection)

21
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Semmelweiss

A

Washing of hands before delivering baby, reducing Childbed Fever (puerperal Fever)

22
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Griffith

23
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Colony Variation

A

Agar plate description of morphology

D = Dwarf
H = Spreading 
M = Mucoid capsule 
O = compact (O vs H)
R = ROUGH
S = SMOOTH
24
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Koch’s Postulates

A

ANTHRAX

Find, Isolate, Introduce, Relocate

25
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Conjugation !!

A

Plasmid DNA transfer via sex pilus

Bestows antimicrobial resistance

26
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Transduction

A

Bacteriophage transfers genetic material between bacteria

Bacteriophage = altered virus

27
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Transformation

A

Direct uptake of free DNA – virus takes over bacterial cells

28
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CDC

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Statistics = Morbidity & Epidemiology

NOT RESEARCH

29
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EPA

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Monitors soil, air, and water quality

30
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FDA

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Regulates health products released to public

31
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HHS

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Education on health

32
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OSHA

A

Hazardous materials

33
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USDA

A

Milk products

34
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WHO

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Writes literature on diseases and publishes it

35
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Blood Agar !!

A 
Categorizes STREPTOCOCCUS
Types of Hemolysis 
   - Alpha = Partial --> GREEN RING
           S. pneumoniae
           S. viridans -- SBE 
   - Beta = Complete --> CLEAR 
           S. pyogenes 
   - Gamma = None ---> RED RING
           S. Mutans ... dental cavities !!!!
36
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Chocolate Agar

A

AKAs: Heated Blood Agar // Thayer Martin Agar

Gonorrhea

37
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Gram Stain Procedure

A

Primary stain: crystal violet (-) / methylene blue (+)
Fixer: Iodine = “Mordant”
De-colorizer = Acetone
Counterstain = Saffarin (red/pink color goes into (-) organisms

38
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Emerging

A

New disease or rapid increase of a disease in incidence or geographic range

Ex: AIDS, EBOLA, Swine Flu

39
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Endemic

A

Presence all the time
“END”-less

Small number of cases in specific location

40
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Epidemic

A

Rapidly affects many persons in a certain area within a few days or weeks = SUDDEN

41
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Etiology

A

Study of the cause of the disease

42
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INCIDENCE

A

of NEW cases in given time period

How many new cases last year?

43
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PREVALENCE

A

TOTAL # of cases at particular point in TIME?

Total cases right now?

44
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Pandemic

A

More than expected number of cases of a disease worldwide

45
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Leading causes of death

A 
Infant = congenital malmformations
Adults = heart disease 
Worldwide = TB
46
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Water purification process

A

First 4 steps = Primary Sewage Treatment

  1. Filtration = big stuff w/ screens
  2. Flocculation
  3. Sedimentation
  4. Sludge Digestion
    - –
  5. Sand Filtration
  6. Aeration
  7. Chlorination
  8. Possible Fluoridation

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