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NUR 110 ( LATEST 2024 / 2025 ) TEST 2 | A+ RATED GUIDE | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (SOLVED)
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NUR 110 Test 21. what is an infection
Answer
sa disease state that results from the presence of pathogens
2. What is a pathogen?
Answer
A microorganism that causes disease
3. what are the categories of bacteria?
Answer
spherical(cocci) rod shaped(bacilli)
corkscrew(spirochetes)
4. What is a gram stain?
Answer
It is a test to determine if a bacteria is gram positive or gram negative.
5. What does gram positive mean?
Answer
The stained bacteria that look blue after staining.
6. what are gram-negative bacteria?
Answer
Bacteria have a thin cell wall that contains less peptidoglycan and takes on a pink-colored stain.
7. are antibiotics effective against viruses?
Answer
No, because viruses invade the cells of the organism, and to kill off these cells would hurt the
, organism
9. What is virulence?
Answer
ability to cause disease
10. what is endemic?
Answer
regularly found among particular people or in a certain area
11. What is colonization?
Answer
the presence and growth of microorganisms within a host but without tissue invasion or damage
12. what are examples of a reservoir?
Answer
people, animals, soil, food water, milk and inanimate objects
13. what are some examples of portal of exit for pathogens?
Answer
respiratory, gastrointestinal and genitourinary tracts and skin.
14. what is a vector?
Answer
Any living organism that can carry a disease-producing virus(usually an insect)
15. what is a fomite?
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