culture and sensitivity - Answers laboratory test that grows a colony of bacteria removed from
infected area in order to identify the specific type of bacteria and then determine its sensitivity
to a variety of antibiotics
susceptibility - Answers the state or fact of being likely or liable to be influenced or harmed by a
particular thing
Antimicrobial-Resistant Microorganisms - Answers Antimicrobial resistance happens when
germs like bacteria and fungi develop the ability to defeat the drugs designed to kill them.
Yeasts - Answers a unicellular fungus that lives in liquid or moist habitats.
Molds - Answers a type of fungus that consists of chains of cells and appears as a fuzzy mass
of thin filaments in culture
Protozoa - Answers microscopic, one-celled animals often found in decayed materials and
contaminated water
Bacteria - Answers single-celled organisms that lack a nucleus; prokaryotes
Viruses - Answers tiny particles, smaller than bacteria and other pathogens, which must invade
living cells in order to reproduce; when they invade, the cells are damaged or destroyed in the
process releasing new particles to infect other cells
Antibiotic-resistant organisms: - Answers the ability of certain bacteria to survive and multiply
despite antibiotic therapy
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus - Answers Abbreviated MRSA; a type of infectious bacteria
that is highly resistant to conventional treatments such as antibiotics.
Vancomycin-Resistant - Answers VRSA
Enterococcus - Answers a type of intestinal bacteria
Superinfections - Answers infections caused by the destruction of normal flora bacteria by
certain drugs, which allow other bacteria to enter the body and cause infection; may occur
during the course of antibiotic therapy
Medication usage - Answers The nurse is conducting a history and assessment related to a
client's incontinence. Which element should the nurse include in the assessment before
beginning a bladder training program?
Immune system - Answers The cells and tissues that recognize and attack foreign substances
in the body