Exam 22: An Introduction to Microbiology and Human Disease

A nosocomial infection is one that is acquired ____________________.

Worms are endoparasites,which means they affect the ____________________.

Bacteria that require oxygen to reproduce are called ____________________.

Which statement is NOT true of disease terminology?

The way a pathogen leaves a host is called the:

Which statement is NOT true of the normal flora (microbiota)of a person?

Spherical bacteria that grow in pairs are called ____________________.

The chemical ____________________ is often added to the water supply to make the water safe to drink.

A systemic mycosis is a(n)____________________ infection of ____________________.

An infection that has spread throughout the body by way of the blood or lymph is called ____________________.

Bacteria may be able to survive a freezing environment if they are able to form ____________________.

The vector of West Nile virus is a:

An infection that follows another infection that has lowered the host's resistance is called a ____________________.

Bacteria that are motile usually have one or more ____________________.

Septicemia is the presence of bacteria in the:

Septicemia is the presence of bacteria in the ____________________.

The part of a bacterial cell that enables it to resist phagocytosis by WBCs is the ____________________.

Viruses cause disease by ____________________.

Viruses are obligatory intracellular parasites,which means:

Which of the following statements are true of sterilization and pasteurization? (Read carefully and select all of the correct statements.)