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Microbiology Final
Final exam on Microbiology
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Biology
Undergraduate 2
12/16/2008

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Term
Living - Prokaryote
Definition
Bacteria
Term
Living - eukaryote
Definition
Fungi
Protozoa
Term
Non-living
Definition
Viruses
Prion
Term
IgG
Definition
Mainstay of immunity, long-term

Small, lasts a long time, "mainstay of immunity"
Term
IgM
Definition
M = mother

big, lasts for a short time, it's presence tells you of a very recent / ongoing infection
Term
IgA
Definition
Secretory antibody (mucus membranes)

secreted in mucus membranes, only Ig part of innate immune system
Term
Innate Immunity
Definition
Macrophages -- clean up all foreign things

IgA -- antibody secreted

Skin -- blocks

Lysozyme -- (mucous membrane breaks down peptidoglycan) gram + (most prevalent in air)
Term
Adaptive / specific immunity
Definition
IgG -- ex: chicken pox -- against specific thing

T-cells -- makes against certain thing ex: chicken pox
Term
Commensalism
Definition
P. mirabilis living in your gut, taking up space

"living together, neither harm or benefit"
Term
Mutualism
Definition
Term
Mutualism
Definition
E. coli living in your guy producing vitamin K and fighting off pathogens

"both are benefiting"
Term
Parasitism
Definition
Streptococcus pneumoniae causing pneumonia

1 thing, causes disease
Term
Primary pathogen
Definition
"causes disease"

Strep pneumoniae, pneumonia

E. Coli O157:H7 - food poisoning and HUS
Term
Secondary / opportunistic pathogen
Definition
we all have it now, but if it gets the change it will attack

Staph aureus, pneumonia

E. Coli (normal - UTI

Candida albicans - Yeast infections
Term
Pandemic
Definition
HIV/AIDS

pan=everywhere
Term
Epidemic
Definition
Influenza outbreak

- spike abouve normal in 1 spot
Term
Endemic
Definition
Normal levels of Tularemia

normal levels of a disease
Term
Antagonistic





Synergistic





Additive
Definition
2+2=1





2+2=5




2+2=4
Term
Pneumonia



Pharyngitis




Otitis




Bronchitis
Definition
Lungs




Throat



Ear



Bronchi
Term
Rheumatic heart disease
Definition
Streptococcus pyogenes infection (strep throat)
Term
Respiratory insufficiency
Definition
Pertussis (whooping cough)
Term
Super bacterial infection
Definition
Common cold
Term
Obstructive airway disease
Definition
Diphtheria

pseudo membrane across throat

happens because body was busy fighting off previous infection
Term
Tuberculosis
Definition
PPD/Mantoux test

ppd = purified protein derivative

CANNOT cause disease
Term
Influenza virus
Definition
H1N3
Term
Legionnaire's disease
Definition
Pontiac fever
Term
Old man's friend
Definition
Streptococcus pneumoniae Pneumonia
Term
Erysipelas
Definition
Butterfly Rash, on face
Term
Gas gangrene
Definition
Anaerobic infection (no oxygen)

(way down in muscles)
Term
Scalded skin syndrome
Definition
S. aureus

Exfoliation toxin
(get rid of skin)
Term
Rocky mountain spotted fever
Definition
Systemic infection (through whole system, doesn't go through skin)

fever = systemic
Term
most common causative agent of urinary tract infections
Definition
Escherichia coli
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