An antibiotic that is effective against several types of bacteria would be referred to as this
What is broad spectrum?
100
Diseases of the respiratory tract are generally transmitted through these
What are respiratory droplets?
100
Bacterial diseases of the GI tract are normally spread in this manner
What is the fecal-oral route?
100
Many soil-borne illnesses are caused by bacteria that can form this highly resistant structure
What is an endospore?
200
If transplanted tissue is recognized as non-self by the recipient's immune system, this happens
What is tissue rejection?
200
An antibiotic that is only effective against one type of bacteria would be referred to as this
What is narrow spectrum?
200
Infection of the membranes that line the brain and spinal cord (CNS)
What is meningitis?
200
The type of toxin that targets the digestive tract, resulting in gastroenteritis
What is enterotoxin?
200
Bacillus anthracis causes the most severe infection when it enters the body in this manner
What is inhalation (inhalation anthrax)?
300
The proteins used to type tissue for a transplant
What is MHC?
300
Penicillin interferes with the synthesis of this structure
What is peptidoglycan (cell wall)?
300
The organism that causes rheumatic fever
What is Streptococcus pyogenes?
300
This pathogen produces a heat resistant toxin that causes gastroenteritis
What is Staphylococcus aureus?
300
This fatal disease results from the production of a neurotoxin that leads to increased muscle contractions
What is tetanus?
400
This genetic, congenital disease results in loss of adaptive immunity, resulting from failure of lymphocytes to mature
What is SCID (severe combined immunodeficiency disease)?
400
Some bacteria are resistant to penicillins, as they carry a gene that allows them to produce this enzyme
What is beta-lactamase?
400
This infectious agent could not be stained with the Gram stain; instead, an acid-fast stain is used to observe these little fellas
What is Mycobacterium tuberculosis?
400
Gastroenteritis is normally accompanied by diarrhea, but the diarrhea cause by this disease is described as "rice-water stools" and can lead to death very quickly if untreated
What is cholera?
400
You have a patient that had a deep cut that became black and necrotic very quickly. When you culture bacteria from the wound, you expect to find this organism
What is Clostridium perfringens?
500
A transplant between organisms of different species
What is a xenograft?
500
An antibiotic that works by blocking protein production likely inhibits the function of this cellular structure
What is the ribosome?
500
This disease may be a secondary infection caused by a primary upper respiratory tract infection
What is meningitis, otitis media (middle ear infection), sinusitis, streptococcal pneumonia?
500
Guillian-Barre syndrome, an autoimmune disorder that can lead to paralysis, may occur after infection of the GI tract with this organism