Bacteriology Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• acute infection: infection that develop and progress slowly
• barophilic: an organism that grow rapidly in the presence of high pressure
• capnophiles: a microorganism that requires 5-10% co2
• diploarrangement: bacterial arrangement in pairs
• fimbria: short hairlike proteinaceous structure
• glycocalyx: acts as a bacterial attachment agent on solid objects or surface tissues
• ignaz semmelweis: first doctor to discover the importance of handwashing
• joseph lister: father of modern surgery
• louis pasteur: father of modern microbiology
• midstream clean catch: specimen of choice for urine
• nasopharyngeal swab: best type of swab for culture
• oral cavity: the reservoir of abiotrophia species
• phenotypic: based on observable physical or metabolic characteristics of bacteria
• phenylethyl alcohol agar: selective isolation for gram positive cocci and anaerobic gram negative bacilli
• regan lowe: enrichment and selective media for bordetella pertusis
• rothia mucilaginosa: an oral-commensal emerging pathogen of immunocompromised patients
• systemic infection: spread throughout the body by blood or lymph
• symptoms: objective feelings
• toxigenicity: ability of an organism to produce toxins
• virulence: exhibit pathogenicity to the host