Key Microbiology Word Associations Flashcards
(129 cards)
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No cell wall, no nucleus, no ribosome, DNA or RNA
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Virus
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Peptidoglycan wall, single chromosome, 70S ribosome
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Bacteria
3
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Chitin wall, ergosterol membrane, 80S ribosome, nucleus
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Fungus
4
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Sterol membrane, no chitin wall, 80S ribosome, nucleus
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Parasite
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Ability to cause disease
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Pathogenicity
6
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Ability to cause serious disease
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Virulence
7
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Hospital acquired infection
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Nosocomial
8
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Part of the normal flora
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Commensal
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Ability of two dissimilar organisms living together
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Symbiosis
10
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Both organisms need each other to function
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Synergism
11
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Lag, log, stationary and death
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Bacterial growth phases
12
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Phase of exponential growth
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Log
13
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Heat, irradiation, antimicrobial chemicals, antibiotics
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Factors which affect bacterial growth
14
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Host, agent and environment
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Disease triangle
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All viruses are RNA except 7 HHAPPPPy ones which are
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DNA
16
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3 DNA viruses are enveloped
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HepaDNA, Herpes and Pox
17
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3 DNA viruses are naked
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Papilloma, Adeno and Polyoma
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1 DNA virus is single stranded
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Parvo B19
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All RNA viruses are single stranded except
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Rota virus of the REO virus family
20
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All single stranded RNA viruses are + except 6
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6 FABulous PROfessionals
21
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FAB PRO group
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Filo, Arena, Buynya, Paramyxo, Rhabdo and Orthomyxo
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All hepatitis viruses are RNA except
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Hep B (HepDNA group)
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All hepatitis viruses are spread oral fecal except
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Hep B and C (sex and blood)
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Single stranded retrovirus
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HIV
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All ARBO viruses are flavi viruses except
California encephalitis (Bunya virus)
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Parotitis, pancreatitis, and painful orchitis
Paramyxo virus (Mumps)
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Common cold with runny nose and sore throat
Corona virus
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Hand, foot and mouth lesions
Coxsackie virus
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Bacteria without cells walls
Rickettsiae, Chlamydia and Bartonella
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Flexible bacteria
Borrleia, Leptospira and Treponema
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Gram stain resistant
Mycobacteria
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Infection in bird keepers
Chlamydia psittaci
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Lung infection in wool sorters
Bacillus anthracis
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Rheumatic fever and glomerulonephritis
Strepptococcus pyogenes
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Infects previously damaged heart valves
Streptococcus viridans
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Infects previously healthy heart valves
Staphylococcus aureus
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Causes lockjaw (trismus)
Clostridium tetani
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Transmitted by contaminated honey and causes paralysis
Clostridium botulinum
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Causes muscle necrosis with gas formation
Clostridium perfringens
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Grey pseudomembrane in throat
Cornyebacterium diptheriae
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Paroxysmal bouts of coughing with a whoop in a child
Bordatella pertussis
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Fever from handling infected rabbit skin
Francisella tularensis
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Lung infection from infected air conditioners
Legionella pneumophilia
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Infected blue green burns
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
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Gram negative coccus which ferments glucose
Neisseria gonorrhea
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Gram negative coccus which ferments maltose
Neisseria meningitis
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Causes severe diarrhea with rice water stool
Vibrio cholera
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Obligate intracellular parasitic bacteria
Chlamydia
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Causes peptic ulcer and some forms of stomach cancer
Helicobacteria pylori
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Gram resistant bacteria with thick waxy wall
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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Most common cause of urinary tract infection
Escherichia coli
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Causes Hemolytic Uremic syndrome
E. coli subtype 0157 H7
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Causes rose colored spots and step ladder fever
Salmonella typhi
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Spread by bat dropping
Histoplasma capsulatum
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Causes meningitis spread by pigeon poop
Cryptococcus neoformans
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Causes pneumonia in an immune compromised patient
Pnemocystis jiroveci (carinii)
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Fatal encephalitis in warm water
Naegleria fowleri (Netti pot one)
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Diarrhea more common in hikers
Giardia lamblia
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Causes megaesophagus and spread by sand flies
Trypanosoma cruzi
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Sleeping sickness spread by tsetse fly bites
Trypanosoma gambiense
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Frothy vaginal discharge caused by flagellate protozoan
Trichomonas vaginitis
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Recurrent or chronic diarrhea in immune comprimised
Cryptosporidium parvum
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Most deadly form of malaria
Plasmodium falciparum
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Intestinal parasite associated with iron deficiency
Necator americanus
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Most common intestinal nematode in the USA
Enterobius vermicularis (pinworm)
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Associated with rectal prolapse
Trichuris Trichuria
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River blindness spread by the simulium blackfly
Onchocerca volulus
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Elephantitis spread by Culex filariasis
Wuchereria bancrofti
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Intestinal parasite associated with B12 deficiency
Diphyllobothrium latum
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Bladder parasite causing blood in urine
Schistosoma hematobium
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Spread by eating undercooked contaminated beef
Taenia saginatum (tapeworm)
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Smallest tapeworm
Hymenolepis nana
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Largest tapeworm
Diphyllobothrium latum
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Ames test
mutagenic potential
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Armadillo
Mycobacterium leprae
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Ascoli test
Anthrax
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Anti-Streptolysin O Titer (ASOT)
Recent streptococcal infection
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Bordet-Gegnou medium
Bordatella pertussis
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Catalase test
Staphylococcus (+) from streptococcus (-)
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Chocolate agar
Neisseria and Hemophilus
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Coagulase test
Staphylococcus aureus from other staph.
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Coombs test
Hemolytic anemia
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Darkfield microscopy
Syphilis
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Dick test
Scarlet fever
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Eaton agar
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
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ELISA
HIV and Lyme
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FTA-ABs
Syphilis
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Heaf skin test
Tuberculosis
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Hektoen agar
Salmonella
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Indian Ink stain
Cryptococcus neoformans
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Kviem skin test
Sarcoidosis
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Lowenstein-Jensen culture medium
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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MacConkey agar
Promotes growth of Gram negative rods
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Mantoux skin test
Tuberculosis
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Middlebrook culture medium
Tuberculosis
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Mitsuda test
Mycobacterium leprae
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Paul Bunnel test
Mononucleosis
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Regen-Lowe agar
Bordatella Pertussis
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Quellung reaction
Bacteria with capsule-Strep pneumoniae
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Sabouraud medium
Fungal organisms
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Schick test
Corynebacterium diphtheria
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Schultz Carlton reaction
Scarlet fever
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Telluritie agar
Corynebacterium diphtheria
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Thayer Martin medium
Neisseria organisms
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Thiosulfate-Citrate-Bile Salts-Sucrose
Vibrio cholera
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Tine skin test
Tuberculosis
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VDRL test
Syphilis
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Weil-Felix test
Rickettsiae
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Wood's light
Fungal organisms
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Wright-Giemsa stain
Parasites and syphilis
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Ziehl-Neelsen stain
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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Test to exclude a disease if test is Negative
Sensitivity SnOUT
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Sudden increase in the number with a disease locally
Epidemic
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Test to include a diagnosis if test is positive
Specificity
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Normal occurance of a disease in a particular locality
Endemic
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Sudden increase in the number with a disease worldwide
Pandemic
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Number of people with a disease at a given time
Prevalence
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Number of new cases in the population at a given time
Incidence
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Number of people who die from a particular disease
Mortality rate
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Number of people who have a particular disease
Morbidity rate
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Epidemiology of Disease Triangle
Host, Agent, and Enviroment
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Antigenic shift
Viral adaptation
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Spores
Bacterial and Fungal adaptation
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Cysts
Protozoal adaptation
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Disease that has newly appeared or has an increased incidence
Emerging disease
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Exposure of milk to progressively higher temperatures
Pasteurization
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Use of chemicals or heat to destroy all life
Sterilization
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Use of chemicals to destroy most pathogens
Disinfection
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Use of alum to precipitate material from water
Flocculation
