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What does MRSA stand for?
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Methicillin Resistant Staph. aureus
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What does VRE stand for?
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Vancomycin Resisitant Enterococcus Faecalis
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What used to be used to kill MRSA?
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Vancomycin
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Define Natural Selection
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Changes in the environment that favor mutations
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Define Healthy Carrier
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Someone who harbors the pathogen but doesn't have symptoms
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What is the standardized test used to test sensitivity?
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The kirby-Bauer agar diffusion test
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What is the benefit of using an automated test in order to test sensitivity?
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You can have the results in under 24 hours
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Why do we use antibiotics for some viral infections?
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So that the patient doesn't acquire the secondary bacterial infection after the virus
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What are 2 broad categories of Defense mechanisms?
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1-Non-specific Mechanisms
2-Specific Mechanisms |
