BLOCK 1 - microbio

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Decks in this class (26)

1 - significane, sub-fields and short history of medical biology
Significance of microbiology 5 1,
Subfields 5 2,
Short history of medical microbio...
4  cards
2 -comparison of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells
Examples of prokaryotic cells and...,
Size of organelle 2,
Dna 3
10  cards
3- system of classification (taxonomy of bacteria)
Taxonomy 1,
Broad to most specific groups 2,
Which are the most commonly used ...
6  cards
4- obligate structures of the bacteria cells
What are the obligate structures 1,
Nucleoid 2,
Ribosomes 3
6  cards
5- facultative structures of the bacterial cells
What are the facultative structur...,
Flagellum 2,
Fimbriae or pili 3
5  cards
6-structure of the bacterial cell wall and description of the peptidoglycan layer
What is peptidoglycan 1,
What are polysaccharide strands m...,
What enzyme cross links and which...
16  cards
7- bacterial metabolism
Bacterial metabolism 1,
Energy source 2,
Carbon source for building cellul...
5  cards
8- bacterial genetics: mutation, reversion and modes of gene transfer
Bacterial genetics 1,
Mutation types impact 2,
Reversion 3
10  cards
9- sterilisation: theoretical background and practical approaches
Sterilisation 1,
Name of 3 different sterilisation...,
Physical methods of sterilisation 3
12  cards
10 -disinfection: theoretical background and practical approaches
Disinfection 1,
Methods of disinfection 2
2  cards
11 - selective toxicity and the chemotherapeutic index and principles of antibacterial chemotherapy
Selective toxicity 1,
Is this possible whats the reality 2,
Chemotherapeutic index 3
13  cards
12 - antimicrobial drugs in combination
Is it preferred to combine antibi...,
Why do we combine antibiotics 2,
Example of combining treatment 3
7  cards
13 - chemoprophylaxis: definition, examples
Chemoprophylaxis 1,
For those who were in contact wit...,
Surgical antibiotic prophylaxis 3
7  cards
14 -risks and side effects of antimicrobial drugs
Allergy 1,
Direct toxicity 2,
Dysbacteriosis 3
7  cards
15 - antibiotics altering cell wall synthesis of bacteria: penicillin, cephalosporin
B lactams structure function gram...,
2 main b lactams 2,
Penicillin 2 types 3
11  cards
16 - antibiotics altering cell wall synthesis of bacteria: monobactam, carbapenem, bacitracin
0  cards
17 - antibiotics altering protein synthesis of bacteria: aminoglycosides, tetracycline
0  cards
18 - antibiotics altering the protein synthesis of bacteria: chloramphenicol, macrolide, lincosamides
0  cards
19- glycopeptides and antimicrobial drugs altering the membrane functions
0  cards
20 - antimicrobial drugs altering the DNA and RNA synthesis of bacteria
0  cards
36 - nosocomial and iatrogenic infections caused by bacteria
What is a nosocomial infection 1,
What is a iatrogenic infection 2,
Most frequent nosocomial infectio...
7  cards
35 - bacterial growth: growth curve and description of the phases
How do bacteria multiply and gene...,
Generation time and which bacteri...,
Colony formation 3
8  cards
34 - pathomechanism of sepsis and its diagnosis
Whats sepsis 1,
Earliest stage 2,
What stage is sirs sepsis 3
8  cards
33 - normal flora of the human body
Definitions microbiota microbiome...,
Benefits of normal flora 2,
Factors that change microbiota 3
12  cards
32 - pathomechanism of infection: molecular mimicry and masking; antigen-shift:
How microbes trick the immune sys...,
Molecular mimicry copying the host 2,
Masking hiding from immune system 2
5  cards
31 - passive immunisation, preparations for the prevention and treatment of bacterial infections
Passive immunisation 1,
Mechanism 2,
Types of antibodies 3
6  cards

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