Microbiology Exam 1 Chapter 1,3,4
Questions and Answers
Semmelweis - Correct Answers -Proposed hand-washing as an effective way of
reducing disease
Joseph Lister reduced the incidence of wound infections in health care settings by using
chlorinated lime water. T OR F - Correct Answers -false
Koch's postulates can be used to determine the causes of infectious diseases. T OR F -
Correct Answers -true
Epidemiology means
a.one disease is caused by one disease causing agent
b.The term is still evolving
c.the study of disease causation
d.the study of occurence, distribution, and spread of disease - Correct Answers -the
study of occurence, distribution, and spread of disease
Lister - Correct Answers -first to use antisepsis on a patient
Nightingale - Correct Answers -stated that cleanliness and nutrition affected a patients
overall well being.
fleming - Correct Answers -discovered the first antibiotic, penicillin
Leeuwenhoek - Correct Answers -First person to report existence of protozoa and
bacteria
, Aristotle - Correct Answers -proposed the theory of spontaneous generation
Gram - Correct Answers -staining technique that leaves certain bacteria purple and
others pink
created the "magic bullet" - Correct Answers -Ehrlich
snow - Correct Answers -suggested that infection can spread through a common area
Walter Reed contributed to microbiology by
A. being the first to sail across the ocean
B.discovering penicillin
C.discovering the protist that causes the disease malaria
D.discovering that viruses cause human disease such as yellow fever - Correct
Answers -discovering that viruses cause human disease such as yellow fever
Frannie Hesse aided in the discovery of a useful medium to streak bacteria upon and
grow a viable isolated bacteria culture.
True
False - Correct Answers -true
The technique developed by Hans Christian Gram is important for bacterial
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