Virulence Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

This document contains notes on all lectures. I added some information where necessary to make it more elaborate. This document also contains a table regarding the virulence of Toxoplasma gondii, which was an assignment to read and present.

Pharmacology for Nurses 6th Edition 8334 8438 6, 8346 1 Introduction to Pharmacology 1.1 History of Pharmacology 1.2 Pharmacology: The Study of Medicines 1.3 Pharmacology and Therapeutics 1.4 Classification of Therapeutic Agents as Drugs, Biologics, Biosimilars, and Complementary and Alternative Medicine Therapies 1.5 Therapeutic and Pharmacologic Classification of Drugs 1.6 Chemical, Generic, and Trade Names for Drugs 1.7 Prescription and Over-the-Counter Drugs ...

OPENSTAX MICROBIOLOGY TEST BANK OpenStax Microbiology THIS TEST BANK COVERS ALL CHAPTERS 1-26 OF THE BOOK 1 An Invisible World 1.1 What Our Ancestors Knew 1.2 A Systematic Approach 1.3 Types of Microorganisms 2 How We See the Invisible World 2.1 The Properties of Light 2.2 Peering Into the Invisible World 2.3 Instruments of Microscopy 2.4 Staining Microscopic Specimens 3 The Cell 3.1 Spontaneous Generation 3.2 Foundations of Modern Cell Theory 3.3 Unique Ch...

Virulence: mycolic acid in cell wall causes slow growth, protection from lysis once bacteria are phagocytized, capacity for intracellular growth, resistance to Gram-staining, detergents, many antimicrobial drugs, and dessication - Answer-Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Unique properties: grows very slowly, can live within macrophages, tuberculin skin test--positive when red swelling appears, BCG vaccine is used in countries w/ lots of TB cases, effective on 80% of children and 20-50% of adults, ...

MICROBIOLOGY FOR COMLEX LEVEL 1 EXAM REVIEW UPDATE FALL 2023 Main virulence factor for Staph aureus - Protein A IVDU causes rapid onset bacterial endocarditis (what bacteria) - Staph aureus -Tricuspid valve most commonly affected -"Tricuspid valve endocarditis" Most common cause of Toxic Shock Syndrome - Staph aureus -Hx of nasal packing or tampon in for too long Treatment for Staph aureus (MSSA) - Nafcillin -"Naf for Staph" Pnemonic for Cornybacterium diptheria - "ABCD...

Virulence: mycolic acid in cell wall causes slow growth, protection from lysis once bacteria are phagocytized, capacity for intracellular growth, resistance to Gram-staining, detergents, many antimicrobial drugs, and dessication - Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Unique properties: grows very slowly, can live within macrophages, tuberculin skin test--positive when red swelling appears, BCG vaccine is used in countries w/ lots of TB cases, effective on 80% of children and 20-50% of adults, cord fact...

HESI A2 Entrance Exam (2023/ 2024) Questions and Verified Answers Q: virulence Answer: the ability to produce disease Q: efface Answer: to wipe out, to rub out, do away with; (medical) the thinning of the cervix during labor Q: ubiquitous Answer: omnipresent, existing or being everywhere Q: osmosis Answer: process of fluid passing through semi-permeable membrane from higher to lower concentration Q: labile Answer: apt or likely to chan...

Chain of Infection - ANSWER-1)Infectious agent= organism with ability to cause disease; greater virulence, invasiveness, and pathogenicity => increased odds of infection 2) Reservoir: place where microbes can persist and reproduce 3) Portal of Exit: way for microbe to leave the reservoir 4) Mode of transmission: method of microbe transfer from one place to another 5) Portal of entry: opening that allows microbe to enter host 6) Susceptible host: Lacks immunity or physical resistance to p...

OPENSTAX MICROBIOLOGY TEST BANK OpenStax Microbiology THIS TEST BANK COVERS ALL CHAPTERS 1-26 OF THE BOOK 1 An Invisible World 1.1 What Our Ancestors Knew 1.2 A Systematic Approach 1.3 Types of Microorganisms 2 How We See the Invisible World 2.1 The Properties of Light 2.2 Peering Into the Invisible World 2.3 Instruments of Microscopy 2.4 Staining Microscopic Specimens 3 The Cell 3.1 Spontaneous Generation 3.2 Foundations of Modern Cell Theory 3.3 Unique Characteristics of Prokaryotic Cells 3.4 ...

OPENSTAX MICROBIOLOGY TEST BANK OpenStax Microbiology THIS TEST BANK COVERS ALL CHAPTERS 1-26 OF THE BOOK 1 An Invisible World 1.1 What Our Ancestors Knew 1.2 A Systematic Approach 1.3 Types of Microorganisms 2 How We See the Invisible World 2.1 The Properties of Light 2.2 Peering Into the Invisible World 2.3 Instruments of Microscopy 2.4 Staining Microscopic Specimens 3 The Cell 3.1 Spontaneous Generation 3.2 Foundations of Modern Cell Theory 3.3 Unique Characteristics of Prokaryotic Cells 3.4 ...

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