Chapter 16-infection prevention & control

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  • A heat stable toxin associated with outer membranes of gram negative bacteria?
    endotoxin
  • An unstable, highly toxic of some gram negative or positive bacteria?
    exotoxin
  • Another word for "hospital-acquired" is?
    nosocomial
  • Single-celled microorganisms that lack a nucleus?
    bacteria
  • do bacteria have a nucleus?
    no
  • "Good cell" with no nucleus?
    RBC
  • bacteria can be classified by?
    shape, gram stain, and oxygen requirements
  • bacteria that are round shaped are called?
    cocci
  • bacteria that are rod shaped are called?
    bacilli
  • spiral/cork screw shaped bacteria are called?
    spirochettes
  • what is used to determine what antibiotics are waranted?
    gram-staining
  • what bacteria take up the counterstain?
    gram negative
  • what bacteria retain the stain?
    gram positive
  • Which type off bacteria is usually more dangerous due to endotoxins that can cause hemorrhagic shock & diarrhea?
    gram negative
  • bacteria that are in chains?
    streptococci
  • bacteria that are in pairs?
    diplococci
  • bacteria in clusters?
    stapylococci
  • How is bacteria identified?
    culture & chemical testing
  • how long until sensitivity results are available?
    48-72 hr
  • What is responsible for diseases such as botulism, tetanus, diptheria & E. Coli?
    endotoxin
  • Examples of multi-drug resistant organisms?
    MRSA, VRE, ESBC, C diff
  • what are examples of extended-spectrum beta lactamase producing pneumonia?
    klebsiella
  • protein particles that lack nucleic acids & do not trigger an immune response?
    prion
  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (mad cow disease) is caused by which microorganism?
    prion
  • viruses can only be seen with an?
    electron microscope
  • what are microorganisms that can only multiply within a living cell, have a protein coat & may take up a membrane evelope?
    virus
  • what can protect a virus for years/decades?
    protein coats
  • examples of "old viruses"?
    smallpox, polio, diptheria
  • what are one celled microscopic organisms that belong to the ANIMAL kingdom?
    protozoa
  • protozoa are usually ___ in nature?
    parasitic
  • what kind of microorganism causes malaria?
    protozoa
  • what kind of microorganism causes amebic dysentary?
    protozoa
  • what shape are rickettsia?
    round or rod
  • what kind of microorganism is transferred by a bite of a flea, tick or lice?
    rickettsia
  • can rickettsia multiply outside of a host cell?
    no
  • what kind of microorganism causes rocky mountain spotted fever?
    rickettsia
  • what kind of microorganism causes typhus?
    rickettsia
  • what kind of microorganism has features of both bacteria/virus, reproduce independently, uses host cell for energy & are resistant to heat/drying?

    rickettsia
  • what kind of microorganism belongs to the plant kingdom?
    fungi
  • yeast/mold is an example of what microorganism?
    fungi