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What is how an antimicrobial agent is administered, oral,parental,intravenous,etc?
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route of administration
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What is the concentration of an antimicrobial agent achieved in the body?
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in-vivo concentration
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What is the concentration of an antimicrobial agent in a test tube?
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in-vitro concentration
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What are adverse reactions to an administered agent?
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toxicity
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What is the primary mechanism the body breaks down and excretes an antimicrobial agent?
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route of excretion
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What is a small test tube inverted in liquid growth media that traps gas during fermentation?
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Durham tube
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What is a ph indicator that will allows for media to change yellow or pink to indicate a change in ph?
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phenol red
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What is a medium used for isolation and for all to grow upon?
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basic medium
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What is a medium that allows one to distinguish between different species of microorganisms?
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differential media
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What is a media that contains ingredients that inhibit certain microorganisms and encourages the growth of others?
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selective medium
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What enhances the growth of bacterial species while inhibiting development of unwanted microogranisms?
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enrichment broth
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What is anything that illicits an immune response?
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antigen ag
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What are specific immunoglobulins produced in response to an antigenic challenge?
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antibodies ab
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Where are antibodies found?
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blood, plasma, body fluids
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What can antibodies bind to? 2
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bind and neutralize bacterial toxins or bind to surfaces of bacteria, viruses or parasites
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What is the use of a known antibody or antigen to diagnose or define an infection agent?
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immunologic identification
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What is the forming of an insoluble immune complex by the cross linking of cells or particles with homologous antigen and antibody present?
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agglutination
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What is PCR?
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polymerase chain reaction
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What is the multiply of thousands fold a minute an amount of virus antigen to where even the smallest amount can be detected?
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polymerase chain reaction
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Invasion or colonization of body by pathogenic microorganisms.
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infection
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Infection results in change from a state of health.
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disease
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Capable of causing disease
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pathogenic
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Normal bacterial colonies that establish themselves in non sterile areas of body
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normal flora
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May be present and not cause disease
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transient
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Living together of two organisms or populations
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symbiosis
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When one organism benefits, but doesn't harm its other.
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commensalism
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What are organisms that ordinarily do not cause disease but do in deabilitated or immunocompromised patient?
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opportunist microorganisms
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Antibiotic delivered into muscle such as gluteus maximus
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Intramuscular
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Antimicrobial is delivered into a vein
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intravenous
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Any route of administration that is not through alimentary canal?
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parenteral
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Chemicals dissolved in water or alcohol that change color based on ph of environment
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ph indicator
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This ph indicator has 6-7.6. Yellow acid blue in alkaline.
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bromthymol blue
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This ph indicator has range of 6.8-8. Red acid and amber alkaline
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neutral red
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This ph indicator has range of 6.8-8.4. Yellow in acid and red in alkaline.
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phenol red
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