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Gonorrhea |
Neisseria Gonorrhoea |
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Lobar Pneumonia |
Streptococcus Pneumoniae |
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Toxic Shock Syndrome |
Staphyloccus Aureus |
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Scarlet Fever |
Streptococcus Pygenes |
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Tissue Gas |
Clostridium Perfringes |
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Skin Abscesses or Boil |
Staphylococcus Aureus |
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Meningitis |
Streptococcus Pneumoniae |
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Ophthalmia Neonatorum |
Neisseria Gonorrhea |
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Nosocomial Infection |
Staphylococcus Aureus |
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Gas Gangrene |
Clostridum Perfringes |
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Puerperal Sepsis |
Streptococcus Pygenes |
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Food Poisoning |
Staphyloccus Aureus |
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Septic Sore Throat |
Streptococcus Pygenes |
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Rheumatic Fever |
Streptococcus Pygenes |
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Otitis Media |
Streptococcus Pneumoniae |
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Food Intoxication |
Clostridum Perfringes |
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Tularemia is known as |
Rabbit Fever |
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This disease is related to TB and effects persons with HIV |
Mycobacterium Avium Complex |
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This genus of bacteria produces a gram-positive bacterial rod that causes diphtheria |
Corynebacterium |
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Lyme Disease is caused by the bacteria |
Borrelia Burgdorferi |
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Syphilis is caused by the pathogen |
Treponema Padllidum |
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Tetanus is caused by the pathogen |
Clostridium Tetani |
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The bacteria that is known to generate pus |
Streptococcus Pygenes |
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Tuberculosis is caused by the pathogen |
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis |
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One factor that causes the diphtheria bacteria to be virulent is |
Pseudomembrane Formation |
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This disease signs and symptoms include pimples, boils, carbuncles |
Skin Infection |
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Salmonella Typhi cause which of the following disease |
Typhoid Fever |
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Tuberculosis Bacteria is virulent because of |
Cell Wall Containing High Lipid Content |
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All of the following are gram negative except |
Clostridium Perfringens |
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All of the following are lesions from the disease syphilis except |
Rose Spot |
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Escherichia Coli is the causative agent for |
Diarrhea |
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Bacillus Anthracis is the causative agent for |
Anthrax |
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Yersinia Pestis is the causative agent for |
Plague |
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Shigella Species is the causative agent for |
Dysentery |
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This bacteria causes both epidemic meningitis and meningococcemia |
Neisseria Meningitidis |
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Puerperal Sepsis is also known as |
Childbed fever |
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Another name for tentanus |
Lock Jaw |
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This disease has a bull's eye rash as one of it signs |
Lyme Disease |
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One of the signs of this bacteria is fluid in the lungs which is typical of bacterial pneumonia |
Streptococcus Pneumoniae |
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This is a postmortem disorder |
Tissue Gas |
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St Vitus' dance may be a sign of |
Rheumatic Fever |
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Neisseria Gonorrhea is virulent because this it has |
Pili |
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This spirochete is the cause of leptospirosis and may be found in a kitty litter box |
Leptospira Interrogans |
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Another name for a middle ear infection |
Otitis Media |
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The act of introducing disease germs or infectious material into an area or substance |
Contamination |
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Which bacteria multiplies in the blood commonly known as blood poisoning |
Septicemia |
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The state or conditions in which the body or a part of it is invaded by pathogenic agent that under favorable conditions |
Infection |
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The ability to produce pathological changes and disease |
Pathogenicity |
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Formaldehyde solution 37% by mass and 40% by volume |
Formalin |
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All of the following are disinfectant suitable for mortuary procedures except |
Noble Gases |
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This method of control is effective if there is direct exposure |
Ultraviolet light |
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These disinfectant would be useful in the terminal disinfection of embalming instruments and equipment |
Sporicides |
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All of the following would be factors influencing the effectiveness of chemical agent used in the control of microbial growth except |
Cause of the microorganism |
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A group of disinfectant that are deactivated in the presence of soap |
Quats |
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All of the following are factors that influence the virulence ( make it more virulent) of clostridium perfringens except |
Pseudomembrane Formation |
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Infection in which the organisms are originally confined to one area but enter the blood or lymphatic vessels |
Focal |
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Infection caused by microorganism by multiplying or lodging |
Local |
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An infection that is caused by two or more organism |
Mixed Infection |
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All of the following would be direct mode of transmission for infection except |
Food |
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A communicable disease that occurs continuously in a particular region but has a low mortality |
Endemic |
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Real or genuine disease producing organisms |
True pathogen |
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Microorganism that exit as part of the normal flora |
Opportunists |
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The sum total body of mechanism |
Resistance |
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Relative power and degree of pathogenicity |
Virulence |
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The reduction of a microbe virulent |
Attenuation |
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A microbe that is virulent to resist pharmarical to reduce disease |
Drug fast |
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A communicable disease that attacks many people at the same time in the same geographical area |
Epidemic |
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An infection that becomes systemic |
General infection |
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A marker on every cell including invad I pathogens by which the body recognizes unknown cells or disease |
Antigen |
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Aa carrier usually an insect or other arthropod that transmits the causative organisms of disease from infected |
Vector |
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All of the following are defense of the body against infection except |
Antigens |
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Vehicles of exit of pathogens include all of the following except |
Blood |
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The immunity that is the result of placental transfer of antibodies or mother's breast milk |
Naturally Acquired Passive |
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All of the following are sources of infection except |
Answer C |
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A glycoprotein substances developed in response to an interacting |
Answer D |
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The immunity that is the result of having a diseases |
Naturally Acquired Active |
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The immunity that is the result of receiving a vaccination |
Artificially Acquired Active |
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The immunity that is the result of the injection of antibodies in the form of immune |
Artificially Acquired Passive |
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An effective disinfectant and a cold chemical sterilant |
Glutaraldehyde |
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Types of disinfectant that includes benzalkonium chloride |
Quats |
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The physical method of sterilization that incorporates both free flowing steam and pressure |
Autoclaves |
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A compound of iodine and a surfactant such as a detergent that can slowly release the free iodine |
Iodophore |
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Coccus |
Shaped like a sphere or ball |
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Staphyl |
Clustered together similar to grapes |
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Aureus |
Golden yellow color |
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Eukaryote |
True Nucleus |
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Prokaryote |
Before Nucleus |
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The five kingdom used to classify all biological forms |
Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia |
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Virology |
Study of viruses |
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Mycology |
Study of fungi |
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Prions |
Do not contain either DNA or RNA |
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The belief that life-forms can spontaneous appear from nonliving matter is |
Spontaneous Generation |
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When first seen by scientists through a microscope, microorganism and cells were referred as |
Cell |
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Which of the following refers to the theory that the growth of microorganism can be controlled because living cells can arise from preexisting living cells |
Cell Theory |
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The following refers to the theory that microorganism cause disease |
Germ Theory |
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Refers to the theory that all living beings are composed of individual cells |
Cell Theory |
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Morphology |
Refers to their size, shape, and arrangements |
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Mycoplasma |
The smallest and simplest self-replicating bacterium, being intermediate in size between viruses and bacteria |
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Rickettsia |
A genus of rod-shaped, gram negative, intracellular parasitic bacteria |
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Chlamydia (birds) |
A group of nonmotile, gram negative, intracellular parasites that can cause disease in human |
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Protozoa |
The kingdom protista and are one celled eukaryotes,although some may be colonial with various mechanisms of motility |
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Fungi |
A group of often filamentous unicellular and multicellular organisms lacking chlorophyll and usually bearing spores |
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Flagella |
Long, whiplike, filament containing appendages that propel the bacteria |
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Amphitrichous Bacterium |
Has one flagellum at either end of its cell |
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Lophotrichous Bacterium |
Has two or more flagella on either end of its cell |
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If the glycocalyx is loosely attached to the cell wall, is known as |
Slime layer |
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Vegetative Bacterium |
When the endospore germinate, changing back into the fully developed bacterium from which it came |
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Sporulation |
The process of forming an endospore |
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Endospores |
Are resistant to antibiotics, most disinfectant, and physical agent such as radiation, boiling, and drying |
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Strict Obligate Saprophytes |
Are organisms that only survive on dead or decaying organic matter |
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Strict Obligate Aerobes |
Microorganism that can live in the presence of oxygen |
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Psychrophiles |
Are bacteria that per cold, thriving at the temperature between 0°C and 25°C (32°-77°F) |
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Mesophiles |
Bacteria that prefer moderate temperature and grow best between 25°C and 40°C (77°-104°F) |
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Thermophiles |
Bacteria that grows best at high temperature, between 40°C and 70°C (104°-158°F) |
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Symbiosis |
Two or more different species of organisms live together in close association |
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Mutualism |
Two different species live in close association to the mutual benefit of each other |
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Commensalism |
Exists when one organism gains some benefits, such as protection or nourishment, and the host is not harmed |
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Parasitism |
The host is harmed, while the parasite receives some benefits |
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Synergism |
Occurs when the harmonious action of two microorganism produced an effect that neither could produce alone |
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Antagonism |
Is a mutual opposition or contrary action, and in the case of microbial relationship |
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The three methods of moist heat decontamination are |
Boiling, free-flowing steam, and steam under pressure |
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Cold temperatures |
Inhibit the growth of microorganism |
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Factors influencing chemical agent |
Nature of the disinfectant. Concentration of the disinfectant. Nature of the material to be disinfected. Number of microorganism present |
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Sterilization |
Process of completely removing or destroying all life forms, or their products, on or in a substance |
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Disinfection |
The destruction of infectious agents by chemical or physical means directly applied to an inanimate object |
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Antisepsis |
The preventing of sepsis by preventing or inhibiting the growth of causative microorganism |
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Germicide |
A substance that destroys microorganism |
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Bactericide |
An agent that destroys bacteria, but not necessarily their spores |
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Fungicide |
An agent that kills fungi and their spores |
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Viricide |
An agent destructive to viruses |
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Disinfectant suitable for mortuary procedures |
Halogen |
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Septicemia |
Conditions characterized by the multiplication of bacteria in blood |
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Bacteremia |
Bacteria in the blood is present but not growing or reproducing |
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Toxin production |
A poisoning substance of plant, animal, bacterial, or fungal origin |
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Exotoxins |
A toxin produced by a microorganism and excreted into its surrounding medium, generally protein in nature |
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Exdotoxins |
Bacterial toxin confined within the body of a bacterium freed only when the bacterium is broken down, found only in gram negative bacteria |
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Vectors |
A living organism that transmits the agents of disease. |
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Biological |
An arthropod vector in which the disease causing organism multiplies or develops within the arthropod prior to becoming infective for a susceptible individual |
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Mechanical |
A living organism or an object that is capable of transmitting infection by carrying the disease agent on its external body parts or surface |
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Endogenous Infection |
Infection cause by bacteria that are normally nonpathogenic and that normally inhabit the digestive tract |
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Exogenous Infection |
Infection caused by organisms not present in the body |
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Coagulation |
An enzyme that aids in the blood's ability to clot |
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Mycoplasma Pneumoniae |
A slowly growing, aerobic organism illustrates the characteristic fried-egg appearance. |
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Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever |
Is the most severe rickettsial infection, it is caused by Rickettsia Rickettsii |
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Epidemic Typhus |
Known as louse-borne typus, is caused by Rickettsia Prowazekii |
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Diseases is characterized by the presence of a measles-like- rash on the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet |
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever |
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Diseases might the tongue be covered with a white fur or discolored black and rolled up in the back of the mouth |
Epidemic Typhus |
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The following microorganism undergoes both an infectious stage of growth and a noninfectious stage of growth |
Rickettsia |
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Microorganisms is the smallest free-living organism in nature |
Mycoplasma |
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Cold Sores |
Herpes simplex 1 virus |
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Measles |
Rubeola Virus |
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Mononucleosis |
Epstein-Barr Virus |
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Smallpox |
Variola Virus |
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German Measles |
Rubella Virus |
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Types of hepatitis is spread through contact with blood and body fluids |
Hepatitis B |
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The first vaccine was developed by Edward Jenner, band it was a vaccine for |
Smallpox |
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Skin lesions caused by the herpes zoster virus |
Shingles |
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Orchitis and sterility can result from |
Mumps |
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The following disease is spread through handling contaminated cat feces |
Toxoplasmosis |
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East Africa sleeping disease |
Trypanosoma Brucei Rhodesiense |
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Thrush |
Candida Albicans |
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PCP |
Pneumocystis Carinii |
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Fungal Meningitis |
Cryptococcus Neoformans |
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Amebic Dysentery |
Entamoeba Histolytica |
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The following refers to fungal infections of the skin, hair, and nails |
Tineas |
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Marlaria is spread through |
Mosquitoes |
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West African Sleeping Disease ( West African Trypanosomiasis) |
Also called gambian sleeping, sickness, is caused by trypanosoma brucei gambiense |
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Strict Obligate Parasites |
An parasite that is completely dependent on its living host for survival |
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Microaerophilic |
A microorganism that requires little free oxygen |
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Facultative Bacteria |
Having the capacity to do something that is not compulsory, in particular having the ability to live or adapt to certain conditions |
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Strict Obligate Anaerobes |
A microbe that can only survive in an area without oxygen present |
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Minimum Temperature |
Temperature below which bacterial growth will not take place. |
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Maximum Temperature |
Temperature above which bacterial growth will not take place |
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Normal pH of blood |
7.35-7.45 |
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Osmotic Pressure |
Pressure that develop when two solutions of different concentrations are separated by a semipermeable membrane |
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Levels of control of microorganisms |
Sterilization. Disinfection. Antisepsis. |
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Autotrophic Bacteria |
Self nourishing bacteria that are capable of growing in the absence of organic compounds |
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Heterotrophic Bacteria |
An organism that requires complex organic food from a carbon source in order to grow and develop |
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Bacterial Colony |
A visible group of bacteria growing on a solid medium, presumably arising from a single microorganism |
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Binary Fission |
A method of sexual reproduction in bacteria, in which the cell splits into two parts, each of which develops into a complete individual |
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Epstein-Barr Virus |
Kissin disease |
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Diplo |
Double |
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Vibrio |
Comma shaped |
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Spirillum |
Corkscrew shaped |
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Cell Membrane |
Contained within the cell wall |
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Cytoplasm |
Held in place by cell membrane |
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Capsule |
Outer shell formed as a protective mechanism |
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Diplococci |
A genus of bacteria that are gram positive organisms occurring in pairs |
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Staphylococci |
A genus of gram positive, nonmotile, opportunistic bacteria that tend to aggregate in irregular grape like cluster |
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Streptococci |
A genus of bacteria containing gram negative rods, which form a chain like colony |
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Pili |
Short whisker like projection used as a means of attachment |
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Bacteria |
A procaryotic one celled microorganism of the kingdom monera, existing as a free living organisms or as parasite, multiplying by binary fission and having a large range of biochemical properties |
