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What is a microorganism?
▪ Any organism too small to be seen by the naked
eye
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What is a pathogen?
Microorganisms that cause disease
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What is infection?
The presence of microorganisms causing damage to body tissues
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Four stages of progression (from point
of view of microorganism)
1. Colonization
2. Invasion
3. Multiplication
4. Spread
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Clinical Infectious Disease Process
Four stages (from point of view of the infected individual)
1. Incubation period
2. Prodromal stage
3. Invasion period
4. Convalescence
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Fever (Pyrexia)
Rise in body temperature above the

normal i.e oral temperature (37.2oC)
▪ This is NOT a failure of the body to
regulate temperature
▪ The body temperature is being
regulated at a higher level than
normal
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Classes of Infectious Microorganisms
1. Bacterial infection
2. Viral infection
3. Fungal infection
4. Parasitic & protozoal
infection
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Four stages of progression (from point
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Clinical Infectious Disease Process
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