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What are two antimicrobials used against local infections?
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Mycitracin and Neopsorin
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What do Mycitracin and Neosporin do?
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act on ribosomes-interfere with protein synthesis...
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What antimicrobial is used against HSV 2?
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Famvir
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HSV 2...DNA or RNA virus?
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DNA virus
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what are the two types of vectors?
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mechanical (fly,roaches...not infected) and biological (tick, mosquito, flea)...INFECTED
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what does capneic mean?
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needs extra CO2
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What is hte vaccine for Hemophilus I?
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Flaurix
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What is the treatment for Hemophilus I?
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Erythromycin
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Where is FLaurix grown?
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in chicken eggs
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how long before Misseur Knipp will have antibodies after his shot?
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21 days
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what kind of microscope do you use to look at Borrelia Burg?
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dark-field
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what does the rash from a tick (borrelia burg) look like?
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a bulls-eye
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what can you use to treat Borr Burg?
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amoxicillin or doxcycycline
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what isthe name/purpose of the green slant?
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Simmons citrate slant...purpose is to utilize citrate...turns it blue if the organism can use citrate as a pure carbon source
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name a couple organisms that are Citrate +
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SM, PA, KP, PM, EA
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Urease + org...turn the agar hot pink
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PA, PV, PM, KP, MM
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What kind of virus is influenza?
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a Retrovirus...(it has a reverse transcriptase-it is an RNA virus that makes its DNA inside the host)
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what are HIV's targets
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T-4 helper cells= CD4 +...
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name a few oppurtunistic diseases
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Toxo, CMV (eyes), Minigitis, Encephalitis, HSV I, Thrush
LUngs-PCP (pneumocystis carinii), toxo, TB, MAC GI- Candida, (Cryptosporidium parvum) |
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who discovered HIV?
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Montagnier and Gallo
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what kind of a virus is HIV?
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RNA virus
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name some symbiotic N-fixers
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clover, alfalfa, soy beans, peanuts, Gram - rod, symbiotic,
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Non-sym N-fixers...
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Clostridium, Azotobacter, Klebsiella...
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what is the enzyme needed to do the N-fixing?
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nitrogenase
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what is teh name of the big plate used for determining if organisms are effective against disinfectants and antiseptics?
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Mueller-Hinton agar Plate
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what is our lab disinfectant?
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Vesphen
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what is the test for antimicrobial sensitivity?
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Kirby-Bauer test.
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what is the best drug for G- infections?
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Ciproflaxin
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what is the best drug for G+ infections?
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Clarithromyacin
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what color and location..in the Winogradsky's column is the Chlorobium?
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Chlorobium is red/purple...and it is anaerobic, so it grows at the bottom.
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what color and location..in the Winogradsky's column is the Chromatium?
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it is in the middle, and it is green/black
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what color and location..in the Winogradsky's column is the Rhodospirrium?
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It is red/purple,a dn it can grow with some oxygen around..it's not too picky...
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