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Microorganisms thast cause disease are known as:
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Pathogens
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Microorganisms that can be macroscopic and treated with antihelmintic drugs are:
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Parasitic worms
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Mycotic infections (athlete's foot and ringworm) are caused:
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Fungi
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Organisms that cause hepatitis are:
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Viruses
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The bacteria that are spherical in shape, appear in clusters, and are the most common cause of post-operative wound infection are:
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Staphylococcus aureus
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Bacteria that live only in the presence of oxygen are called:
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Aerobes
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Which of the following bacilli are spore forming anaerobes, found in soil, and capable of causing gas gangrene
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Clostridium perfringens
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Which of the follolwing infectious organisms is most likely to be transmitted through a contaminated needle stick
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Hepatitis B
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A tough resistant "shell form" of some gram-positive bacilli which is extremely resistant to destruction and toward which all sterilization methods are aimed is a/an:
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Endospore
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An enzyme produced by some virulent microoganisms, such as the hemolytic streptococcus, that breaks down fibrin and leads to wound infection is:
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Fibrinolysin
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A microbial relationship in which one organism lives completely at the expense of the host is:
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Parasitism
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The most widely used method for identifying bacteria by dividing them into two groups is:
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Gram stain
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Normal flora of the intestinal tract includes:
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Escherichia coli
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The most likely portal of entry for the treponema pallidum organism is:
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The genitourinary tract
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When a patient has generalized infection, the WBC count would:
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Increase
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