Infections

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  • Created on: 18-10-23 16:06
Too small to be seen by the naked eye
Microorganism
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The presence of microorganisms causing damage to body tissues
Infection
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benefits human and does not harm the microorganism
Symbiosis
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benefits human and microorganism
mutualism
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benefits microorganism and does not harm the human
commensalism
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benefits microorganism and harms the human
pathogenicity
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benign organism that becomes pathogenic because of decreased human host resistance
opportunism
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first stage of infection progression
colonisation
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second stage of infection progression
invasion
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third stage of infection progression
mutiplication
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fourth stage of infection progression
spread
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if the host has an intact immune system the microorganism will remain....
localised
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the interval between exposure to an infectious agent and the appearance of the first symptoms
incubation
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fourth stage of infectious disease process
convalescence
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hallmark of manifestation of infectious disease
fever
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fever is also known as
pyrexia
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regulates temperature / body's thermostat
hypothalamus
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proteins released during bacterial growth
exotoxins
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released during lysis of the bacteria
endotoxins
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bacteria in the blood
sepsis
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fungus is a simple organism that lacks the green pigment....
chlorophyll
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infection with a fungus is called
mycosis
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active immunisation
vaccine
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a virus only lives within
cells
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protection against phagocytosis
antiphagocytic
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prokaryotic
bacteria
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classes of infectious microorganisms include, bacterial, viral, fungal and....
parasitic
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second part of infectious disease process
prodomal
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a physical protective barrier from infection and microorganisms
skin
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