| A | B |
|---|
| parasites, protozoa fungi | types of eukaryotic cells |
| spore | tough shell able to tolerate extreme temp |
| wet mount | preserve motility of microbe |
| viable | capable of living |
| sequela | long lasting effect of a disease |
| culturette | tube with sterile swab |
| steartorrhea | fatty stools |
| superbugs | ABX resistence organism |
| binomial | system to name organism, genus and species |
| 98-99% | non-pathogenic |
| sputum | mucous from bronchi |
| virus | potent, needs electron microscope to see |
| pin, flat and round worms | types of helminths that infect people |
| delta hemolysis | green color zone around colony |
| temp, nutrient and moisture | neccessary to grow organism |
| hemolysis | step to identify microbe property |
| aerobes | O2 to survive |
| flora | live on and in body, usually nonpathogenic |
| prokaryotic | no nucleus or organelles, ex: bacteria |
| facultative anerobes | flexable lives with some O2 |
| colony | growth one type microbe |
| rejected | lab req or specimen insufficient |
| 24 hours | zone of no growth then ABX is sensitive to it |
| rickettsia | live in host and transmit by their bite |
| occult | hidden |
| MRSA | form of S. Aureus |
| gram positive | violent when stain |
| Family HX, past and current | found on medical hx |
| tachycardia | rate above 100 |
| volume, rate rhythm | pulse characteristic to record if variant |
| 120/80 | normal adult BP |
| pain, BP, Temp, Resp, Pulse | type of VS |
| cocci, bacilli, spirilla | SHAPES of bacteria |
| gram negative | stain pink |
| Sed Rate | tests for inflammation, 60 minute test |
| yellow | use for CX |
| EDTA | additive in lav tube, ESR, CBC, A1c |
| sodium citrate | additive light blue tube |
| exudate | wound draingage |
| streptococci | cocci in chains |
