Set 8: Microbiota & Side Effects
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4 Terms
Differentiate between probiotics and prebiotics.
Probiotics are live microorganisms used to replace/augment microbiota; prebiotics are nutrients that encourage the growth of beneficial microbes
What is a fecal transplant and what is its primary use?
The transfer of feces from a healthy patient to colonize a sick patient's intestines; it is used to treat recurrent C. difficile infections
Identify the medical terms for drug toxicity to the liver and the kidneys
Hepatotoxic (liver) and Nephrotoxic (kidney)
What is a superinfection and provide one clinical example.
A superinfection occurs when antimicrobials disrupt the normal microbiota, allowing microbes once small in number to overgrow; an example is a vaginal yeast infection (Candida) following antibiotic treatment for a UTI.
