A highly complex field with many subspecialties; studies microscopic plant and animal organisms that require a microscope for viewing
What is Microbiology
Culture and staining
What are Tools for Identifying microbes
•Incubation
•Prodromal phase
•Acute phase
•Convalescence
What are the Phases of Infection
Organisms that require oxygen
What is Aerobic
Cannot metabolize outside the host cell
Not contagious while in another individual
What is a virus
All cells are derived from other cells.
What is cell theory
•Beneficial
•Neutral
Harmful
What are the Traditional model of Microbe-host relationships
SSI
What is Surgical Site Infection
Carbon
Oxygen
Nitrogen
Hydrogen
Phosphorus
Sulfur
What are the Environmental and Nutrient Requirements
Mold
Yeast
What are types of Fungus
Eukaryotes•Prokaryotes
What are the two types of cells
Two organisms coexisting
What is Symbiosis
Nosocomial Infection
What is a hospital acquired infection
Release of chemical contained within the cells into the bloodstream
What is endotoxins
A group of single-celled eukaryotic organisms
What is a Protozoa
Movement of liquid through a semipermeable membrane
What is Osmosis
Harmful to one and beneficial to the other
What is Parasitism
Handwashing
What is the number one way to prevent spread of bacteria
MRSA
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Innate
adaptive
What are the two types of Immunity
Osmosis Diffusion
What is Passive Transport
Urogenital infection
•Skin penetration
•Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)
•Mother to infant
•Ingestion of particular microbes
What are Portals of entry
Flagella
Pili
What are the modes of transportation for bacteria
Staphylococcus epidermidis
What are gram positive cocci
What is a eukaryotic