Micro Bio Flashcards
(169 cards)
Presence of microoorganisms in a normally sterile site is called ________
Infection
Cultivatable bacteria in the bloodstream is called ______
Bacteremia
Temp >38, H.R. >90, R.R. >20 WBC> 12,000, PaCO2
SIRS
Systemic inflammatory response syndrome
The whole-body inflammatory response to an infection is called _______
sepsis
Sepsis associated with organ dysfunction distant from the site of infection is called _____
severe sepsis
Sepsis with hypotension that despite adequate fluid, requires vasopressor therapy is called _____
septic shock
The presence of microorganisms on an epithelial surface is called ______
colonization
The TLR4 recognizes _____ on gram _______ bacteria
LPS on gram - bacteria
A massive release of the endotoxin LPS can result in _____ _____ _____
gram negative shock
A primary BSI is (intravasular/extravascular) while a secondary BSI is (intravasular/extravascular)
Primary is intraascular
Secondary is Extravascular
TLR2 recognizes Gram _______ bacteria
positive
The most common sites of entry for secondary bacteremia are (3)
- Lungs
- Abdomen
- UTI
a condition in which blood clots form throughout the body’s small blood vessels is called ____
DIC
This blood substance inhibits thrombin production as well as by binding and inhibiting thrombin directly
Antithrombin
This blood protien blocks the coag cascade at multiple steps helping to prevent DIC
Activated protein C
You are confident your patient is septic, but when you draw cultures you don’t see anything. What might be the infection?
intermitant bacteremia or gram (-) sepsis
What is the most common source of bacterial endocarditis?
mouth flora, dental work
The 3 most common organisms for catheter-related infections are:
- coag (-) staphylococci
- Stapylocaccus Aureus
- Candida species
a marker of inflammatory response, stimulated by bacterial products (endotoxins/LPS) and cytokines (IL-1,IL-2, IL-6, TNFα)
Procalcitonin
the predominant organism that causes malaria is __ _______
Plasmodia falciparum
The 5 parasites that cause malaria in humans are:
- P. vivax
- P. ovale
- P. malariae
- P. falciparum
- P. knowlesi
malaria transmission is exclusively through the _______ mosquito
Anopheles (about 20 species)
a major reason why malaria is endemic to Africa is due to this anopheles characteristic ______ ______
longer lifespan
which plasmodia are most common (2)
P. falciparum
P. vivax