Nursing 3100 - Unit 4 Exam Questions With 100% Verified Answers

Nursing 3100 - Unit 4 Exam Questions With 100% Verified Answers Pathogenicity - answerability to cause disease virulence - answerdegree of pathogenicity invasiveness - answerability of a bacterial pathogen to rapidly spread through tissue and cause destruction to surrounding tissue exotoxins - answerProteins *ex*creted by bacteria with power to inactivate or kill host cells endotoxins - answerchemical components of the cell walls of certain bacteria At bacterial death, *endotoxins are released* causing inflammation, fever, chills bacteria differentiation - answerstaining (gram +/-) shape oxygen use (an/aerobic) Broad-spectrum drugs - answerattack many different pathogens Narrow-spectrum drugs - answerattack only a few different pathogens based on bacteria differentiation Gram positive bacteria - answer*thick* cell wall *positive* keeps *p*urple color Gram negative bacteria - answer*thin* cell wall *negative* loses color Bacterial shapes - bacilli - answerrod shaped Bacterial shapes - cocci - answerspherical Bacterial shapes - spirilla - answerspiral Aerobic bacteria - answerBacteria that require oxygen for survival Anaerobic bacteria - answerBacteria that grow or survive in absence of oxygen