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37 Cards in this Set
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Functional Diversity |
where bacteria grow, survive and function |
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Habitat Diversity |
where bacteria live - in a variety of diverse conditions |
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Methicillin Resistance - first line treatments |
will fail |
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Methicillin Resistance - second line drugs |
less effective, and have more side effects |
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Methicillin Resistance - infections |
infections that might be treated with pills now need IV medication |
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MRSA - common cause |
of skin/soft tissue/bone infections/pneumonia/sepsis |
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Robert Hooke |
possibly the first person to see microorganisms |
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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek |
first person to accurately describe living microbes, created a simple microscope |
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Louis Pasteur |
'you need life to get life' |
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Pasteurization |
heat liquid to 55C, which destroys many bacteria preserves food |
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Robert Koch |
verified the germ theory |
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Joseph Lister |
developed aseptic technique |
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Prokaryotic cells |
much smaller than eukaryotic cells, lack many cell structures |
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Viruses |
not living organisms |
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Viruses - rely on |
infected cells machinery to multiply and disperse |
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Gram-Positive |
a thick sheath of peptidoglcan |
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Gram Negative |
shin, thin sheet of peptidoglycan |
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Bacteriology |
study of prokaryotes/bacteria |
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Mycology |
study of fungi |
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Phycology |
study of algae |
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Protistology |
study of protozoa/eukaryotes |
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Virology |
study of viruses
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immunology |
study of the immune system |
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Endemic |
a native disease that prevails continuously in a geographic region |
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Epidemic |
a sudden and simultaneous outbreak or increase in the number of cases of disease in a community |
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Pandemic |
a disease afflicting people over a wide geographic area (sometimes worldwide) |
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Vibro Cholerae - lives in |
tropical marine and fresh water/salt water mix |
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Cholera epidemics helped created |
the invention and creation of sewer systems |
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Cholera Infection - how do you get it? |
acquired by consuming contemned water, sometimes contaminated food |
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Cholera - flourishes in |
where people is dense and lacks sanitiation |
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Diarrhoea |
a natural defence mechanism used to purge the intestine of infection |
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Diarrhoea - fluid loss |
up to 1litre/hr, can cause death and dehydration |
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Antigenic Diversity |
mechanism by which an infectious agent such as a protozoan, bacterium or virus alters its surface proteins in order to evade a host immune response. |
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Immunity to Cholera |
low level, most people have antibodies by age 10-15 |
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Cholera Vaccination |
50% efficiency, resistance is short lived |
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Epidemiology |
the branch of medicine that deals with the incidence, distribution, and possible control of diseases and other factors relating to health. |
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