| A | B |
|---|
| Virulence | The degree of pathogenicity of a microorganism |
| Capsule | Virulence factor used by organism to resist phagocytosis |
| Exotoxin | Produced by Gram positives. Systemic effect with high toxicity and pathogenicity |
| Endotoxin | Produced by Gram negatives. Localized effect with low toxicity and antigenicity. |
| Opportunistic | An organism that doesn't cause harm to a healthy host but can cause disease in immunocompromised hosts. |
| Commensal | Lives on or in host without causing harm. I.E. Normal flora |
| Healthcare Associated Infection (HAI) | An infection acquired while in a medical facility (Formerly nosocomial) |
| Zoonosis | Infectious disease contracted from direct or indirect animal contact |
| Facultative anaerobe | Organism that can grow with or without oxygen. |
| Obligate anaerobe | An organism that cannot grow in the presence of oxygen. |
| Capnophilic | An organism that requires increased CO2 |
| 5-10% | % concentration of CO2 incubator |
| Microaerophilic | An organism that requires a reduced level of oxygen |
| 35-37 degrees C | Usual temperature of incubation for bacterial cultures |
| Campylobacter and Pseudomonas aeruginosa | Organisms that can grow at 42 degrees C |
| Organisms that can grow below 35 degrees C | Listeria monocytogenes and Yersinia enterocolitica |
| MacConkey | Media that selects for non-fastidious GNR and inhibits Gram positive orgs |
| CNA or PEA | Media that selects for Gram positive orgs. and inhibits Gram negative orgs |
| Fastidious | An organism that has complex or particular growth requirements |
| Class II | Biological safety cabinet used for most clinical work |
| Biosafety-Level 3 pathogens | Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Francisella, Brucella, Rickettsia rickettsii, Coxiella burnetti, WNV, mold stages of systemic fungi |
| 15 psi, 15 min, 121 degrees celsius | Pressure, time, and temperature for autoclaving |
| Boric acid | Preservative used for urine cultures |
| Cary-Blair | Preservative used for stool cultures |
| Cotton | Type of swab that may inhibit some strains of fastidious bacteria |
