Part 4 Flashcards
1
Q
Most microbes come from?
A
Humans, the environment , hospital, and a few from animals
2
Q
Disease causing microbes?
A
Pathogens
3
Q
Normal flora
A
Refers to microbes that live in and on certain areas of the human body. Are not harmful
4
Q
Endotoxins
A
Part of the cell wall of gram negative bacteria
5
Q
Exotoxins
A
Secreted by certain bacteria outside of cell
6
Q
What is most effective against anaerobic bacteria?
A
Hydrogen peroxide
7
Q
Animicrobial drugs
A
Inhibit peptidoglycan synthesis and damage cell wall. Most effective against gram positive bacteriao
8
Q
Sulfa drugs block what?
A
DNA and rna synthesis by mimicking enzyme substrates
9
Q
Leukocyte
A
Neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils, lymphocyte and monocytes
