Normal Flora Flashcards

1
Q

Types of flora

A

Resident flora and transient flora

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2
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What are resident flora

A

These are flora that we immediately acquire immediately after birth
They stay there for the rest of our lives and

They are very important

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3
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What are transient flora

A

Flora that are found due to a condition and stay for a day week or month

They are not fixed there always
They are not important

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4
Q

Ways in which we do stool transplant

A

Colonoscopy
Enema
Orgastric tube
Ingestion

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5
Q

Stool transplant is use for

A

Treating clostridium difficuile colloitis which is prescence of abnormal bacteria in the colon due to taking antibiotics

It is also used in inflammatory bowel diesease obesity and myasthenia gravis

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6
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Sterile sites we can’t find flora are

A

Blood
Brain
Csf
Muscle
Womb
Lower Respiratory tract
Middle and inner ear
Kidney ureter and bladder
Peritoneal cavity

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7
Q

Normal flora of the skin are

A)streptococcus epipidermis
B)bacillus epididermis
C)Staphylococcus epidermidis 90%

A

C

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8
Q

Bifidobacteria is found in

A

The git of breastfed children

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9
Q

Normal flora of the GIT is what amount

A

10^14

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10
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If the baby is first breast fed after birth what bacteria first occupies the GIT

A

Bifidobacteria

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11
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If the baby is first bottle fed after birth what bacteria first occupies the GIT

A

Lactobacilli spp

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12
Q

The normal flora in the stomach is

A

Helicobacter pylori 90% &

Lactobacilli

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