Exam 78: Infection Control

A 76-year-old man attends a meeting at his condominium association where many of his neighbors are sick with respiratory symptoms.He later develops a Haemophilus influenza infection, which is classified as a _________ infection.

A phenotypic technique that examines the ability of bacteriophages, which are viruses capable of infecting and lysing bacterial cells, to attack certain strains is:

A patient should be placed in a private room that has monitored negative air pressure if he or she is infected with which organism?

A phenotypic technique of typing microbial strains that consists of analyzing unique biologic or biochemical characteristics of the organism of interest is:

A phenotypic technique of typing microbial strains that consists of analyzing antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of the organism of interest is:

A phenotypic technique of typing microbial strains that consists of serologic typing of bacterial or viral antigens, such as bacterial cell wall antigens of the organism of interest, is:

Surveillance cultures are in place to monitor infections implicated in cooling towers or hot water sources.Health care professionals are interested in limiting outbreaks with which organism in water supplies?

A phenotypic technique that examines an organism's susceptibility to bacterial peptides (proteins)is:

An infection acquired by a hospitalized patient that was not present when he or she entered the hospital is referred to as a(n)_____ infection.

The classification of a surgical wound as dirty refers to a: