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