Exam 3 Mic 205 Infection, Diseases, And Epidemiology Questions And Answers!!

EXAM 3 MIC 205 INFECTION, DISEASES, AND EPIDEMIOLOGY
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS!!
Mutualism
Answers A relationship between two species in which both species benefit
commensialism


Answers When one member benefits from another and the other is neither
benefitted or harmed.
Parasitism


Answers A relationship between two organisms of different species where one
benefits and the other is harmed
normal flora


Answers Microorganisms that reside in or on the body without causing disease
transient microbiota


Answers the microorganisms that are present in an animal for a short time without
causing a disease
resident microbiota


Answers inhabit sites for extended periods
resident microbiota in the upper respiratory tract


Answers staphylococcus, streptococcus,
resident microbiota in the upper digestive tract

, Answers lactobacillus,
why can transient microbiota not persist in the body


Answers competition from other microorganisms, elimination by the body's
defense, chemical or physical changes in the body
immune suppression


Answers a decrease in the production of antibodies
causes of changes in the normal flora


Answers taking antibiotics, other causes of immune suppression, organisms from
natural flora being moved to unusual sites in the body
chain of infection


Answers contamination, infection, disease
contact transmission


Answers direct, indirect, droplet
direct contact transmission


Answers person to person transmission
indirect contact transmission


Answers refers to situations in which a susceptible person is infected by contact
with a contaminated surface