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What is Bacteriology?
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the study of bacteria
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what is Mycology
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the study of fungi
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what are common infections caused by fungi?
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yeast infection
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what is the term for the study of bacteria?
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Bacteriology
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what is the term for the study of fungi?
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Mycology
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What is Parasitology?
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the study of parasites
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What is the term for the study of viruses?
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Virology
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what is virology?
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the study of viruses
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What is the term for the bacteria that lives inside of you?
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Normal Flora
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what is a pathogen?
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An organism that causes disease in the Host
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What are the 3 types of pathogens?
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Opportunistic pathogens
Nosocomial infections Community-acquired infections |
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what is the name for a pathogen that doesn't cause disease in people with intact immune systems, but could in someone with a weak immune system?
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Opportunistic Pathogen
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What is another term for a hospital aquired infection?
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Nosocomial Infection
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What is a term for an infection aquried outside of the hospital?
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Community-Acquired infection
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a differential stain which renders bacteria depending on their ability to retain stain complex after decoloration?
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What is a Gram-Stain
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Which stain is used to detect organisms of the mycobacteria genus?
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Acid-Fast stain
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which organisms cause TB?
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mycobacteria
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What are the three basic shape of bacteria?
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Bacilli (RODS)
Cocci (Round) Spirilla |
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which type of bacteria require oxygen for growth?
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Aerobes
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which bacteria do not tolerate atmospheric oxygen?
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obligate-anaerobe
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Which bacteria could grow under either aerobic or anaerobic?
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Facultated
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What level do agents that don't usually cause disease in people with normal immune function fall into?
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Level 1
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What level do HIV and Hepatitis-B fall into?
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Level 2
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What level do agents that are most commonly identified in patient specimens fall into?
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Level 2
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What level requires Air movement to be controlled and protective clothing to be used?
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Level 3
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What level requires Maximum protection from viruses with very high mortality rates?
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Level 4
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What is the term for the killing or destruction of all microorganisms?
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Sterilization
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What is the term for the process of destroying pathogens, but not necessarily all microbes?
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Disinfection
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What is the difference between Disinfection and Sterilization?
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Sterilization is the killing or destruction of all microorganisms and Disinfection is the destruction of pathogens, but not all microbes
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What are some disinfection and sterilization techniques used in Lab?
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Open flame burners
AutoClave Filtration Bleach/Phenol Incineration |
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What are some types of specimen collected in the micro lab?
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Blood Puss
Body Fluids Tissue Chunks Stool Body Swabs Tissue |
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Should specimen collection be before, or after antibiotic treatment?
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Before antibiotic treatment
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What are some of the most common agar plates?
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Blood Agar plate (RED)
& Chocolate Agar plate (BROWN) |
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What are the purposes of Antibiotic susceptibility tests?
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For Sensitivity and Resistence
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what is sensitivity?
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the ability of antibiotic to kill organism
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what is resistance?
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to make sure the antibiotic will not kill the organism
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What is Bacteremia?
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The presence of Bacteria in Blood
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what is Transient Bacteremia?
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Bacteria in Blood in abscence of Disease
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What is Septicemia/Sepsis?
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Bacteria/Toxin in blood causing damage to the host
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what is fungemia?
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the presence of fungus in blood?
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What is the term for the inflamation or infection of the membrane that covers the brain and Spinal Cord?
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Meningitis
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What is meningitis?
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the inflamation or infection of the membrane that covers the brain and spinal cord
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What are 2 frequent causes of meningitis?
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Neisseria menigitis (adults)
& Strep. pneumonia (small kids) |
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What two groups are fungi seperated into?
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Yeasts and molds
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what are yeasts?
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one celled organisms that reproduce by budding
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What are the 4 main groups for Human parasites?
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Protozoa, Platyhemnithes, Nematoda, Arthropoda
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