Infectious Agents

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Decks in this class (38)

Exam 1: Bacterial Classification and Morphology
What are eukaryotic organisms,
What are prokaryotic organisms,
Describe the difference between p...
82  cards
Exam 1: Bacterial Nutrition and Growth
Why do we care about bacterial nu...,
What do all cells including bacte...,
How do bacteria adapt to their su...
53  cards
Exam 1: Bacterial Cell Structures
What are the 2 classes of cell en...,
What is the classification of the...,
What does the staining property o...
96  cards
Exam 1: Bacterial Genetics
What is a phenotype,
What is a genotype,
What does phenotype result from
45  cards
Exam 1: Antimicrobial Resistance
What is minimum inhibitory concen...,
When is a bacterial strain resist...,
How do antibiotics act
55  cards
Exam 1: Sterilization, Disinfection, Decontamination
What is sterilization,
What does killing mean,
What does sterile mean
53  cards
Exam 1: Bacterial Vaccines
What are reasons why a vaccine ma...,
What are the types of bacterial v...,
What is bacterin
22  cards
Exam 1: Dr. Austin Handout 1
What are swabs commonly used to do,
What is a problem with swabs,
Where should swabs be collected
5  cards
Exam 1: Dr. Austin Handout 2
What is empirical treatment,
What is rational treatment,
What is the minimum inhibitory co...
12  cards
Lab Quiz: Lab 1
What are the steps to gram stain,
What is the most critical step in...,
What organisms is acid fast used for
8  cards
Lab Quiz: Lab 2
What is complex media,
What are examples of complex media,
What is chemically defined media
23  cards
Lab Quiz: Lab 3
What is the reaction that the enz...,
What does the catalase test aid in,
What signifies a positive catalas...
32  cards
Exam 2: Sources and Transmission of Bacterial Infection
Describe saprophytes,
Describe parasites,
What are facultative parasites ca...
31  cards
Exam 2: Host-Parasite Relationships: Pathogenesis of Infections
In any host pathogen encounter wh...,
What are opportunistic pathogens,
What is an obligate pathogen
91  cards
Exam 2: Staphylococcus
What tests can be used to identif...,
Describe coagulase test,
What is commonly used in the coag...
33  cards
Exam 2: Streptococcus
What is the result of streptococc...,
What does most streptococcus requ...,
When does streptococcus not grow
36  cards
Exam 2: Bacillus
What are bacillus spp,
What are clostridium spp,
What can only spores of clostridi...
56  cards
Exam 2: Gram Positive Rods
What is erysiopelothrix an import...,
Describe erysiopelothrix,
What does erysiopelothrix survive in
53  cards
Exam 2: Dermatophilus, Nocardia, and Actinomyces
What is dermatophilus congolensis...,
What is dermatophilus congolensis...,
What are 2 morphologic forms of d...
67  cards
Exam 2: Mycoplasma
Do the bacteria in the family mol...,
What is the mycoplasma cell morph...,
What is the first mycoplasma foun...
34  cards
Exam 3: Mycobacteria
What is mycobacteria loosely clas...,
What makes up the mycobacterium t...,
What is non tuberculos mycobacter...
46  cards
Exam 3: Anaerobic Infections
What are the major anaerobic path...,
What is the bodys normal flora an...,
Describe the bacteria in the feca...
45  cards
Exam 3: Gram-negative Rods Part 1: Enterobacteriaceae
What are the different types of p...,
What is enterobacteriaceae,
How do enterobacteriaceae grow
48  cards
Exam 3: E. coli Enteric Diseases
What is the host association for f4,
What is the host association for f5,
What is the host association for f6
32  cards
Exam 3: Other E. coli Diseases
What is edema disease in weaned p...,
What does edema disease caused by...,
What can extraintestinal pathogen...
14  cards
Exam 3: Salmonella
What are the 2 species that the s...,
What are members of salmonella en...,
Members of other salmonella enter...
43  cards
Exam 3: Yersinia
What does yersinia pestis cause,
What is yersinia pestis endemic in,
What animals are not susceptible ...
37  cards
Exam 3: Gammaproteobacteria
Is pasteurella multocida zoonotic,
What are the antigenic types a b ...,
What disease is associated with t...
27  cards
Exam 4: Pasteurella, Mannheimia, Actinobacillus
What is pasteurella pneumotropica...,
What are primary carriers of past...,
How is pasteurella pneumotropica ...
60  cards
Exam 4: Haemophilus, Histophilus, Francisellaceae
What are the serotypes of h paras...,
What diseases can h parasuis cause,
What are the virulence factors of...
22  cards
Exam 4: Moraxellaceae, Pseudomonadaceae, Bordetella
What is the pathogenic species of...,
What does m bovis cause,
What is m bovis a commensal organ...
29  cards
Exam 4: Taylorella and Burkholderia
What does b avium cause,
What does taylorella equigenitali...,
Do stallions carry t equigenitalis
19  cards
Exam 4: Brucella and Bartonella
What species does brucella abortu...,
What species does b suis prefer,
What species does b melitensis pr...
25  cards
Exam 4: Gram Negative Fish Pathogens
Describe motile aeromonads,
What is the serology of motile ae...,
What species of aeromonas have th...
11  cards
Exam 4: Leptospira
What is the natural reservoir hab...,
What are the invasive aspects of ...,
Describe the vaccine associate wi...
10  cards
Exam 4: Campylobacter
Which species of campylocabacter ...,
What is the disease impact of c j...,
What does c jejuni and c coli com...
19  cards
Exam 4: Rickettsiae and Ehrlichia
Describe characteristics of ricke...,
How are rickettsiae species trans...,
What are rickettsiae species resp...
48  cards
Exam 4: Coxiella and Chlamydia
What is q fever caused by,
Describe coxiella burnetti,
What kind of pathogen is coxiella...
63  cards

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