CH 14 Key Terms
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| Bacteremia | The presence of bacteria in the blood
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| Brucellosis | An infectious zoonotic disease that occurs worldwide and is caused by various Brucella species
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| Ehrlichiosis | Caused by several species of the genus Ehrlichia, a gram negative, obligatory intracellular bacterium. Early signs of the condition or nonspecific may resemble the symptoms of various other diseases
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| Endocarditis | And inflammation of the endocardium
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| Endocardium | Inner lining of the heart
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| Gametocytes | A cell that develops into gametes by meiotic cell division
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| Gangrene | A complication of necrosis;the decay and death of tissue, often related to wounds
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| Ischemia | An insufficient supply of blood to a tissue or organ
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| Lyme disease | A tick borne illness caused by Borrelia burgdorferi, a gram negative, motile spirochetes
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| Merozoites | A daughter cell of a protozoan parasite
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| Microbemia | A term used to describe infections caused by microorganisms that enter the circulatory system through the lymphatic drainage
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| Myocarditis | Inflammation of the myocardium
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| Myocardium | The middle layer of the heart, composed of cardiac muscle
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| Pericarditis | Inflammation of the pericardium
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| Pericardium | The double-walled sack filled with serous fluid that encloses the heart and the roots of the great vessels of the heart
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| Plague | A life threatening disease caused by yersinia pestis
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| Rheumatic fever | A complication / disorder that can follow an infection by Streptococcus pyogenes and affects numerous body systems
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| Rocky Mountain spotted fever | Disease caused by the bacterium Rickettsia Rickettsii transmitted by tics
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| Sepsis | The growth of microorganisms in blood and other tissues
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| Septicemia | A systemic infection in which microorganisms multiply in the bloodstream
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| Septic shock | Shock and dangerously low blood pressure caused by bacterial endotoxins
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| Sporozoites | Malarial Trophozoite in the salivary glands of infected mosquitoes
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| Tularemia | A zoonotic disease of mammals caused by Francisella Tularensis; most often associated with rabbits
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| Vector | In microbiology, an organism that transmit pathogenic, off antivirus or plasmid, that transfers genetic material from one organism to another
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| Viral hemorrhagic fever | A group of febrile illnesses that range in severity from relatively mild to life-threatening, and can result in severe multisystem problems
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