Exam 1
Helicobacter pylori falls under what category of oxygen requirement?
Microaerophile
"use of drug to treat an infection or disease" refers to what term/
Chemotherapy
"a fungus that requires keratin for growth and causes skin infection" is referred to as what?
Dermatophyte
The lower respiratory tract contains microbiota. (T/F)?
False
At what stage of periodontal disease reversible?
Gingivitis
What are the full spellings for NAG & NAM?
N-acetylmuramic acid & N-acetylglucosamine
More than half of our antibiotics are produced by _______ species
Streptomyces
What is the etiological agent of Lyme disease (write out the full name!)?
Borrelia burdorferi
What fungus results in a yeast infection?
Candida albicans
ssRNA+ and no envelope is associated with which type of Hepatitis?
Hepatitis A
Expression of the lac operon requires the presence of glucose and the absence of lactose. (T/F)?
False
What pathogen utilizes a Type III secretion system?
Salmonella
From May tp Aug 2010, 1470 cases of human salmonerlla serotype Enteritidis infectiosn associated with the shell of eggs were reported. What method or mode of transmission was likely involved in these infections?
Vehicle transmission
What is the name of the bacteria that causes syphilis?
What are the 7 F's of the fecal-oral route?
Feces, food, fluids, fingers, flies, fomites, fornication
Introduction of DNA by a bacteriophage refers to what method of genetic diversity
Transduction
Protein A, coagulase, leukocidin, and hemolysins, and more are examples of a pathogen's what?
virulence factors
What are the 5 typical diseases resulting from a Staphylococcus aureus infection?
abscess, bacteremia, healthcare-associated, toxin diseases, necrotizing fasciitis
"inflammatory disease of joints and heart valves" refers to what equrlae of strep throat?
Rheumatic fever
"occurs in the small intestine, results in large volume, non invasive, and often caused by cholera or cholera toxin-like enterotoxins" describes what kind of bascterial diarrheal disease?
Watery
Attachment of DNA primers to parent DNA strands at 50 degrees C that have been denatured/split refers t owhat step in PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction)?
Annealing
DTap vaccines provdie immunity against which 3 pathogens (spell them out)?
Corynebacterium diptheriae, Clostridium tetani, & Bordetella pertussis
List the 4 principal sites of Healthcare-associated infections
surgical site, lower respiratory tract, urinary tract, bloodstream
A patient with HPV got a pap smear and results came back with a presence of "cells from the cervix with enlarged, darkly stained nuclei." What are these cells referred to as?
koilocytes
List 2 defenses of Helicobacter pylori against your stomach's acid.
Flagella & urease producer