SuperBugs
True or False: Broad-Spectrum Antibiotics Help Limit The Presence of Superbugs
What is False
Carried by rodents, it has long been a problem and is still present today in New Mexico, California, and Colorado. Antibiotics can take care of it, but it is still life-threatening if not treated early.
What is the Black Plague
An agent that causes disease?
What is a Pathogen
A category of disease caused by germs that spread between animals and people.
What is a zoonotic disease?
What are three shapes of bacteria?
What is rod, spherical, spiral (bacilli, cocci, spirilla)
True or False: The symptoms of a bacterial superbug and the non-evolved bacteria that cause the infection are the same.
What is True
This infectious disease has caused half the deaths it did in 1990, but still puts up a persistent fight. It mainly affects the lungs and spreads through droplets from coughing or sneezing. The fight is getting harder since antibiotics are building resistance to this disease.
What is Tuberculosis (TB)
The Body's first defense against bacteria?
What is the Skin
A process where milk is heated to a specific temperature for a certain period of time to kill harmful bacteria that can cause disease.
What is pasturization?
Where are most Antibiotics found?
What is the soil
What antibiotic is MRSA resistant to?
What is Methicillin
To lower your chances of catching this disease, you should wear a condom. It’s final stage of infection may occur years later, and can result in damage to the brain, nerves, eyes, or heart. It was almost gone from the U.S., but it’s back at its highest rate in 20 years.
What is Syphilis
A reaction to a harmless or common substance?
What is an Allergy
A virus that originated in chimpanzees which evolved into a human-only strain that can cause AIDs.
What is human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
What does AIDS stand for?
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
C. difficile, a bacterial infection, runs rampant in long-term care facilities and was recently classified as a superbug. Overuse of antibiotics kills the good bacteria in the body and can lead to subsequent C. diff infections. What is the current treatment for C. diff aside from antibiotics?
What is Fecal transplant
Caused by the same bacteria as strep throat, this one mostly affects kids ages 5-15. If left untreated, it can lead to issues like heart or kidney problems. It is also progressively infecting more individuals due to antibiotics no longer being effective.
What is Scarlet Fever
What are two popular diseases that kills off the immune system and weakens it?
What is HIV and AIDS
True or False: rabies is a zoonotic, vaccine-preventable, bacterial disease that affects the central nervous system.
What is false (it is a viral disease, not bacterial)
This scientist accidentally discovered penicillin through his disorderly work.
Who is Alexander Fleming
How often does someone in the US die of a drug-resistant superbug?
What is every 15 minutes
This disease is now known as Hansen’s disease, and is an illness caused by bacteria that attacks the nerves. It can lead to serious issues such as not being able to feel or move your hands and feet.
What is Leprosy
Cells that divide at an uncontrollable rate?
What is Cancer
A tick-bourne illness caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi. Causes a bullseye rash and flu-like symptoms. This disease can be treated with an antibiotic.
What is Lyme disease?
Name an example of a rapid changing environment.
What is a hospital