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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
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