Key Terms
Rod shaped bacteria that causes tuberculosis and other disease
Bacilli
Spread from person to person by putting something in the mouth that was contaminated by someone with ___ , fecal oral
Hepatitis A
Bacteria that is caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, spreads through air when infected people cough, sneeze or spit.
Tuberculosis
Bacteria that requires oxygen to grow
Aerobes
Louis Pasteut
Father of microbiology
Spiral shaped bacteria Spirochetes
Spirochetes
Blood borne disease, transferable by other body fluids, including saliva.
Hepatitis B
Lung inflammation usually caused by infection through aerosolization, aspiration of contaminated water, no person to person transmission is involved
Legionnaires Disease
Bacteria that grows in the absence of oxygen and are destroyed by oxygen.
Anaerobes
Joseph Lister
Recognized the role of airborne microorganisms in postsurgical infection
Single celled microscopic animals without a rigid cell wall
Protoza
Protoza
Transmitted by blood infusion or by percutaneous exposure to blood.
Hepatitis C
lockjaw, caused by spore forming bacillus found in soil, dust, animal or human feces.
Tetanus
Pertaining to microorganisms that do not produce disease
Nonpathogenic
Spherical(cocci), Rod(Bacilli), Spiral(spirochetes)
Bacteria shapes
Type of staph infection that is resistant to several common antibiotics.
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus
Defective virus that cannot replicate itself without presence of HBV. Infection with HDV may occur simultaneously as a coinfection with HBV/ may occur in an HBV carrier.
Hepatitis D
A STD caused by treponema pallidum spirochetes. Direct cross infection can happen through contact with oral lesions.
Syphilis
Spherical bacterial cells that reproduce by dividing into two
Cocci
Appear dark purple under the microscope
Gram Positive
Form of swine influenza virus
H1N1
Transmitted via the fecal oral route through contaminated food or water.
Hepatitis E
-Maintain good hand hygiene practices
-never squeeze or drain any sore
- keep wound covered until it has healed
- Do not share personal items such as towels, razors, sheets and clothes
Name 4 prevention tips for: Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus
Spherical bacterial cells that reproduce by dividing into two
Prions
Five major groups of microorganisms
-Bacteria
-Algae
-Protoza
-Fungi
-Viruses