FINAL ESSAY
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KevinEric Plus on June 27, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 phenolic compound | for table top disinfection, mixes with soap, nonsporicidal |
| quaternary ammonium comps | antiseptic, low toxicity, doesn't mix with soap, nosporicidal |
| glutaraldehyde | cold sterilant, toxic to skin, sporicidal |
| halogen compounds | chlorine - good for pools idione - surgical, mixes with soap, residual action, nonsporicidal |
| antibiotics | come from bacteria or molds nonspecific, simple chemicals, MW-1000 to 3000 |
| antibodies | come from humans or animals, specific, large proteins, Mw -160,000 |
| importance of nosocomial infections and then list the 3 most common infectious agents | nosocomial infections are hospital/clinic acquired infections which occur because of poor asepsis, poor hand washing, poor quality control. E.coli, Staph.aureus, enterococci, and pseudomonads |
| legionnaires disease | legionella pneumophila |
| tuberculosis | mycobacterium tuberculosis |
| whooping cough | bordetella pertussis |
| psittacosis | chlamydia psittaci |
| group A Streptococci | S.pyogenes; Beta hemolytic, M protein, leukocidins, scarlet fever, strep throat, erysipelas |
| group D | S. faecalis; Alpha hemolytic, chains of cocci; food poisoning, SBE |
| Pneumococci | S.pneumoniae; Alpha heolytic, capsules; lobar pneumonia, menigitis |
| staphylococcal | ups and outs 24-48 hours chicken, pastries, creme filled products |
| Botulinal | ups and outs weakness, muscle paralysis, blurred vision days to weeks, improperly canned foods such as meats, beans, beats |
| clostridial | abdominal cramps outs 1-5 days meat and poultry gravies, sauces |
| why E.coli can be such a serious pathogen and note the significance of enterotoxigenic stranis | common human bacterium, easily transmitted, moderate resistance #1 nosocomial agent, endotoxin enterotoxigenic strains can cause serious food poisonings |
| Salmonella food poisoning | S.enteriditis symptoms: ups and outs treat symptomps: not antibiotics preventition: keep foods hot or cold transmission: improperly handled food |
| Typhoid fever | S. typhi symptoms: up and out and fever and abdominal cramps and GI tract ulceration treatment: chloramphenicol prevention: vaccine transmission: contaminated food and / or water |
| urban | rat population, flea transmission |
| rural( sylvan) | small animals, flea transmission |
| bubonic | affects lymph nodes, forms bubos |
| septicemic | affects blood stream, hemorrhaging |
| pneumonic | affects lung, highly infectious |
| Leprosy | M.leprae, anesthetic patchs or nodular tissue damage dapsone, avoid continuous contact with active cases, direct contact with active cases or armadillos |
| Tuberculosis | M.tuberculosis, lung infiltration and tubercles, INH and rifampin, BCG vaccine, aerosol spread |
| primary | infectious, painless, crusty chancres |
| secondary | infectious maculo papular rash |
| tertiary | noninfectious tissue damage, gummas |
| congenital | affects fetus, chancres, rash, gummas etc |
| NGU | C. trachomatis, chlamydian affects reproductive organs causing inflammatin/sterility sexual contract, tetracyclins |
| RMSF | R.rickettsia, rickettsian causes severerash and fever and chills and hemorrhaging, tick transmission - tetracyclines |
| retrovirus family | HIV, AIDs, retrovirus which possesses a reverse transcriptase, high mortality AZT and/or DdI for treatment, prevent by "safe sex"/ abstinence, avoid contaminated blood and body fluids, affects IV drug users homosexuals, Haitians, hemophiliacs, heterosexuals, and those who require blood transfusion |
| singles | herpes zoster |
| chickenpox | herpes varicella |
| oral herpes | herpes simplex -type 1 |
| Genital herpes | herpes simplex - type 2 |
| mononucleosis | Epstein Barr |
| Burkitts Lymphoma | Epstein Barr |
| hot air oven | pipettes, beakers |
| steam autoclave | culture media, syringes |
| bacterial filtration | heat sensitive media, blood sera |
| ethylene oxide | plastic tubing, rubber goods |
| burning | disposables, inoculating loops |
| radiation | contact lens solutions, pharmaceuticals |
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