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1
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What does the term ‘Strains’ mean?

A

Species of bacteria

2
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If a bacteria is Gram Positive, what color will it turn when stained?

A

Purple

3
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If a bacteria is Gram Negative, what color will it turn when stained?

A

Pink

4
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What are the shapes of bacteria?

  • Cocci?
  • Bacilli?
  • Spirillum?
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  • Spheres
  • Rods
  • Spirals
5
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A coating resistant to environmental conditions, that provides a bacteria with a long survival time, is known as what bacterial structure?

A

Spores

6
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Describe Exotoxins.

A
  • Secreted by Gram+

- Diffuses throughout body

7
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Describe Endotoxins.

A
  • Present in Gram- cell wall

- Activated when bacteria dies

8
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Describe the bacterial defense of Biofilm.

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A secreted substance that helps it to attach to other cells

9
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Describe the bacterial defense of a Capsule.

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A protective capsule from being ingested from macrophages

10
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Describe the bacterial defense of the Cell Wall.

A

Only Gram-, protecting it from antibiotics

11
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What are ‘Furuncles’?

A

Boils

12
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Describe Group A Strep.

A
  • Found in throat and on skin

- Person to person contact

13
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What is ‘Impetigo’?

A

A skin infection

14
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Describe Group B Strep.

A
  • Transmitted to newborns from mothers

- Causes blood infections and meningitis in newborns

15
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What is Rheumatic Fever?

A

Inflammatory response after a strep infection

16
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What is Bacterial Meningitis?

A

Infection to the membranes of brain and spinal cord (meninges)

17
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Define ‘Brudzinski’s Sign’.

A

Hip flexion pain

18
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Define ‘Kernig’s Sign’.

A

Neck flexion pain

19
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What is ‘Ghon Foci’?

A
  • The wax capsule bacteria stays dormant in granulomas in the lungs
  • Active when ruptured
20
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What is ‘Salmonella Infection’, known as?

A

Gastronenteritis

21
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What is ‘Shigella/Shillosis Infection’ caused from?

A
  • Poor hygiene

- Spread via fecal oral route

22
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Describe Lyme’s Disease.

A

Tick-borne infection causing a target shaped rash

23
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What is the “target-shaped rash” known as?

A

Erythema Migrans/Bulls-eye Rash