🧫 Viral Villains
The family name for herpesviruses is written as what?
Herpesviridae
What antibiotic is combined with neomycin and polymyxin in Neosporin?
Bacitracin
A clinical lab identifying bacterial agents of human disease would use which Bergey’s Manual?
Bergey’s Manual of Determinative Bacteriology
A subjective indication of disease felt by the patient is a what?
Symptom
Which statement about viruses used in vaccine production is true?
They can be used to produce vaccines that prevent certain viral infections
What term describes viruses that alternate between active and inactive infection phases?
Latent viruses
Which drug is associated with antibiotic-associated colitis due to disruption of normal flora?
Clindamycin
Endospores are resistant to what?
Heat, chemicals, and radiation
An objective, measurable indication of disease observed by a clinician is a what?
Sign
The Human Microbiome Project found that colonization by normal biota begins when?
Before birth, in utero
Viruses that infect bacteria are called what?
Bacteriophages
Mebendazole, thiabendazole, and ivermectin treat what kind of infections?
Helminthic infections
A chain of rod-shaped cells is called what?
Streptobacillus
The minimum number of microbes required for infection to proceed is the what?
Infectious dose (ID)
Which test result showing pink-red acid-fast bacilli indicates tuberculosis?
Acid-fast stain positive — Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Which antiviral drug is used to treat herpes simplex infections?
Acyclovir
Ketoconazole, fluconazole, clotrimazole, and miconazole are used to treat what?
Fungal infections
A cluster of spherical bacterial cells is referred to as what?
Staphylococcus
Which portal of entry is the most common route for pathogens?
Respiratory system
What laboratory feature is shared by all bacterial cells?
A chromosome (genetic material)
Tamiflu prevents influenza viruses from spreading by interfering with what process?
The release of budding viruses from infected cells
The drug metronidazole is used for what type of infections?
Protozoan infections
The bacterium Mycoplasma pneumoniae lacks what important cell structure?
Peptidoglycan (cell wall)
Local edema, swollen lymph nodes, and abscesses are all signs of what process?
Inflammation
Diagnosis of viral infections often involves detecting what immune system molecules?
Antibodies