7. how much bacteria is found on each square cm of the skin?
1,000 bacteria
1,500 bacteria
100 bacteria
1,900 bacteria
700 bacteria
8. what is c diff?
a pathogen
a commensal of the intestine that forms endospores
a virus
a fungi
9. how does CDAD (clostridium defficile associated diarrhea) develop?
e coli enters the body through faecal oral contact. This then passes through the gut to the bowels with causes diareah
antibiotics destroy commensal orgqanisms in the gut. This enables c diff to over populate the gut causing too many harmful toxins to be released. This results in sever diareah and bloating.
bacteria from the gut enters the bowels causing severe diareah
10. what is MRSA?
is a bacterium that causes infections in different parts of the body