Immune System basics
This substance found in the blood is created by WBCs to fight off pathogens that enter the body.
What is an antibody?
This antipathogenic agent targets and kills only bacteria cells.
What is an antibiotic?
This antimicrobial agent will help cure jock itch and yeast infections and often ends in -azole.
What is an antifungal medication?
This term describes an illness acquired within a health care or home health care facility.
What is a nosocomial infection?
This marker is found on all pathogens, drugs, pollen and most foods and may trigger an immune response.
What is an antigen?
This two part test identifies the bacteria that is causing an infection as well as identifies the antibiotic that will best work against it.
What is Culture and Sensitivity?
The name for developing a fungal infection after taking treatment for a bacterial infection.
What is a Super Infection?
After taking a drug, this adverse reaction occurs because our immune system perceives the medication as being harmful to the body.
What is a drug allergy?
This procedure involves administering an inactive portion of a pathogen into the body to stimulate antibody production.
What is a vaccine?
Taking your antibiotic prescription as directed as well as not taking an antibiotic for a viral infection will avoid this consequence.
What is antibiotic resistance?
A type of medication that will kill both good and bad bacteria in the body.
What is a broad spectrum antibiotic?
A procedure used to protect a patient with a weakened immune system from catching an illness from a healthcare worker or visitor.
What is reverse isolation?
This body organ is our number one defense against invading pathogens?
What is the skin?
Staying out of the sun, avoiding dairy and antacids are all instructions for this classification of drugs.
What are antibiotics?
Stop taking the antibiotic.
What does a healthcare worker tell a patient who develops a rash after taking a drug?
A term to describe the first sign the immune system has adversely responded to a drug.
What is a rash?
This medical term describes a condition that can be spread to others.
What is an infectious disease?
Penicillin, Cephalosporins, Tetracycline and Sulfonamide make up this group
What are antibiotic families
The conditions of herpes, shingles or chicken pox help to describe this drug term and corresponding treatment.
What are the indications for taking antiviral medication?
A life-threatening condition involving the immune system and requiring IV steroids, epinephrine or Benadryl.
What is anaphylaxis?