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| ability of some strains of pathogenic microbes (bacteria) to prevent or withstand the activity of antimicrobial agents |
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| Characteristic of an antibiotic that kills bacteria |
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| characteristic of an antibiotic that inhibits bacterial growth |
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| Culture and Sensitivity (C&S) |
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| process of growing microbes in culture to determine the infecting pathogen and exposure of the pathogen to various antibiotics to determine which agent will best inhibit the pathogen's growth |
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| pertaining to a source of bacteria within the patient |
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| multicellular organisms, including fungi, plants, and animals; cells possess a nucleus |
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| pertaining to a source of bacteria from outside the patient |
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| rapid identification test that assists the physician in prescribing an initial course of antibiotic therapy based on the probable pathogen causing the infection; method to distinguish types of bacteria using a series of staining agents |
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| the study of shapes; usually in reference to bacteria |
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| methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; strain of S. aureus that has developed a resistance to methicillin |
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| infections caused by several different microbes (bacteria) |
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| one-celled organisms that do not have a fully developed nucleus; bacteria are prokaryotes |
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| ability of an antibiotic to act against pathogenic microorganisms without harming host cells |
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| acronym for surgical site infection; an infection that occurs at or near a surgical incision within 30 days of the procedure (or within 1 year if an implant was placed) |
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| vancomycin-resistant enterococci; group of enteric (digestive tract) bacteria that has developed resistance to vancomycin |
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