What is the most effective way to prevent transmission of infections?
Good hand hygiene
A common cause of diarrhea following or during antibiotic use
What is c. difficile?
This type of antibiotic can have an adverse effect of dizziness, vertigo, and loss of hearing.
What is an aminoglycoside (gent)?
__________ is the body's ability to destroy pathogens before they can cause disease.
What is immunity?
The overuse of these makes infections caused by certain bacteria very difficult to treat
What is antibiotics?
Some strains of this common bacteria are resistant to antibiotics
Staph aureus (MRSA, VRSA)
This is the only way viruses can multiply.
What is when they are inside a living cell/host?
The injection of weakened or dead viruses which allows our immune system to develop a protective response to these bugs if we are exposed to them in the future
What are vaccines/immunizations?
The most common parasite in the world
What is malaria?
When an anti-infective agent is said to be no longer effective for a patient, the patient has developed
What is resistance?
This is a disease that is caused by the bite of an infected tick.
What is lyme disease?