Semester 2 Infection

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Decks in this class (20)

L1: An Introduction to Infection
What is an infection,
How do infections cause disease,
How do people get infected
18  cards
L2: Introduction to Microbes
What are the four main microbes,
What is the relative sizes of eac...,
What is the significance of mitoc...
19  cards
L3: An infection model
What is needed to cause an infection,
How are infections removed,
What are the different types of p...
10  cards
L4: Innate Immunity
What factors determine the outcom...,
Which groups are most at risk of ...,
Define immune system
48  cards
L5: Sepsis
Define sepsis medical terminology,
What is septic shock,
Why is it important to have defin...
22  cards
L6: Adaptive immune response: Recognition phase
What cell is essential for an imm...,
What are naive t cells,
How are naive t cells activated
28  cards
L7: Introduction to Antibiotics and Resistance
What are the different classifica...,
What are the different classifica...,
How do you choose an antibiotic
30  cards
Menigitis and Sepsis
What are the meninges what do the...,
Where is the cerebrospinal fluid ...,
What produces the csf
6  cards
L8: Healthcare Infection
What do we mean by healthcare inf...,
Why is it important to consider h...,
What are some of the different ty...
17  cards
L9: Infection prevention
How are infections transmitted,
Where do infections come from wha...,
What are some examples of direct ...
27  cards
L10: Blood borne viruses-HIV
What is hiv,
Globally are there more men or wo...,
In the uk are there more men or w...
24  cards
L11: Blood borne viruses: Viral hepatitis
What is the global prevalence of ...,
What is the prevalence of hep b a...,
Define hepatitis
25  cards
L12: Infections on a surface
What is a surface,
What surfaces are there on a pati...,
What microorganisms can be found ...
26  cards
L13: Adaptive immune response: Effector phase
Which area of the lymphoid tissue...,
Where a b and t lymphocytes produ...,
What is it important that the b a...
31  cards
L14: Travel infection
Why do we need to considered trav...,
When looking at the infection mod...,
As well as normal infections what...
50  cards
L15: Antimicrobial Resistance and Stewardship
When were antibiotics first devel...,
How can they determine when antib...,
What was the first evidence of re...
27  cards
L16: The immunocompromised Host
Why is immunodeficiency an unmet ...,
Define immunocompromised,
Why is a host immunocompromised
36  cards
L17: E Coli
What is e coli,
What is meant by one health ecolo...,
What is the structure of an e col...
30  cards
L18: Influenza
What is a virus,
What does the genetic material in...,
What is influenza
31  cards
L19: Streptococci
How do microorganisms cause disease,
What is streptococci,
How can streptococci be classified
30  cards

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