BIOS 242 Week 8 Final Exam
BIOS 242 Week 8 Final Exam
- Definitions to know:
- Types of healthcare associated infections (HAIs)
- Know the characteristics of prokaryotic cells – i.e. no nucleus
- What does prokaryotic mean?
- Know how we measure bacterial cells.
- Know the constituents of the cell wall of both gram positive and gram-negative bacteria.
- Know the principle of the gram stain and how it works.
- Know the different oxygen requirements for bacterial growth:
- Know which growth phase makes microorganisms more susceptible to antimicrobials and WHY.
- Know what a protozoan cyst stage is and why it’s important.
- Know the properties of enzymes
- Know the byproducts of
- Know what happens during the intracellular and extracellular stages of a virus.
- Know what filtration is and why it would be a necessary/suitable method of providing a sterile solution.
- Know the characteristics of the first line of defense for the immune system.
- Know the side effects of using tetracycline.
- Be able to explain why we don’t use antibiotics to treat colds or the flu. ESSAYS
- Know characteristics that are shared by the skin and mucous membrane.
- Know the characteristics of the different immunoglobulin classes.
- Understand how cervical cancer is diagnosed and the most common causative agent.
- Know the different stages of an infectious disease.
- Know the causative agents of:
- Pathogenic processes of: causes, causative agent, highlighted in red
- Other diseases to know and fully understand:
- Be able to explain how sterilizations procedures can still be considered sterilization even when they don’t kill all microbes present. essay
- Know about the DTaP vaccine and the BCG vaccine.
- Know the differences in the different types of immunity (passive, active, acquired, innate, etc)
- Know the features of primary, secondary, and tertiary syphilis: Treponema pallidum
- Know the components of the specific immune response and the nonspecific immune response
- Know the virulence factors of Staphylococcus aureus. essay
- Know the various conditions caused by Staphylococcus aureus along with their laboratory diagnosis. essay
- Know which are the bacterial STDs?
- Know the pathogenesis, laboratory diagnosis and treatment of gonorrhea. 765-766
- Know the pathogenesis, laboratory diagnosis, and treatment of HIV infection. HIV is not
- Be able to describe the cellular structures or processes that can be targets of antimicrobial agents.
- Be able to describe the pathogenesis, signs, symptoms of yeast infections. (essay question)
- Be able to describe the different reservoirs of human infections and examples of diseases for each type. (essay question)
- Be able to explain how the respiratory tract is protected from invasion by pathogens. (essay question)
- Be able to explain how the skin serves as a natural defense to infections. (Essay question)
- What do we mean by axenic systems of the body.