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infectious diseases and public health correct answers -being able to treat infectious diseases w/ use of antibiotics is relatively new still (only since the 1940s) -overuse of antibiotics has lead to new challenges of antibiotic resistance -infectious diseases are a threat to heath worldwide (AIDS, Tb, Malaria still cause a lot of morbidity and mortality) -communicable diseases have high death rates in developing countries due to lack of preventative care, treatment and sanitation -infectiou...

MMSC 428 Exam 1 With Complete Questions And Answers 2024

MMSC 428 FINAL EXAM ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS SOLVED 100% Emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) - Correct Answer new diseases and diseases increasing in incidence factors in emergence of infectious disease - Correct Answer 1. ecologic 2. global warming 3. human demographics 4. international shipping and travel 5. deficiencies in public health 6. adaptability of a microorganism hospital acquired infection - Correct Answer nosocomial infection, latrogenic high risk factor...

Staphylococcus aureus correct answers -gram positive cocci in clusters -facultative aerobe (prefers O2) -halotonic -ferment mannitol (yellow on MSA plate) -catalase + -*coagulase +* -clumping factor + -medium sized b-hemolytic white colonies -serological tests for TSST-1 and DNA probes are the best diagnosis methods -most clinically significant staphylococcus -important cause of nosocomial infection staphylococcus aureus virulence mechanisms correct answers -protein A: virulent cell...

MMSC 428 Exam 1 With Correct Questions And Answers 2024

CMI correct answers immune system response that is important for fighting off intracellular parasites (FIPs and OIPs), because once they are inside of the cells antibodies are not helpful mycobacterium characteristics correct answers -have a lot of hydrophobic myconic fatty acids in their cell wall, so they do not gram stain well -gram positive like bacilli -obligate aerobes -slow growers -colonies take 4-6 weeks to appear -produce dry, flat colonies with irregular filamentous edge that ...

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Don't gram stain well and are SLOW growers that are hard to kill correct answers mycobacterium mycobacterium's doubling time correct answers 20 hours (keep cultures 4-6 weeks b4 dx, so culture isn't the best option) Mycobacterium are OBLIGATE ______ correct answers aerobes why do mycobacterium not gram stain well-gram "nothing"? correct answers fatty acids in cell wall (repel water and stain-this is the same reason that the bacteria are very resistant to disinfectants-chemicals can...

Neisseria gonorhoeae (gonococcus/ GC) correct answers -gram negative diplococci -facultative intracellular parasite (FIP) -very fragile outside of human host, do not tolerate temperature changes -capnophillic, 5% CO2 is ideal -fastidious -cannot grow above 37 C -humidity is required to prevent drying out -medium to small colonies -oxidase + -super oxol + -glucose + -chromogenic substrate enzymes + -commonly resistant to penicillin and tetracycline neiserria gonorrhoeae clinical ma...

Staphylococcus aureus correct answers -gram positive cocci in cluster -the most clinically significant staph, important cause of hospital acquired infections -produces protein A, extracellular enzymes and exotoxins -facultative anaerobe -medium sized B-hemolytic colonies -halotonic -mannitol fermentation + -catalase + -*coagulase +* -serological test for TSST-1 and DNA probes are good for detection -usually resistant to penicillin and methicillin staphylococcus aureus clinical mani...