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Med Bac
Exam 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Hospital acquired infections | Nosocomial |
| The presence of microorganisms in a living host | Infectious disease |
| An organism that is capable of causing an infection | Pathogen |
| The degree that a pathogen can cause damage to a host | Virulence |
| Short, strong infection (neutrophils, cellulitis, accesses, necrosis) | Acute infection |
| Purulent | Pus (dead neutrophils, bacteria and epithelial cells) |
| long-standing infection (neutrophils, lymphocytes, plasma cells) mononuclear wbc's | Chronic |
| Body tries to block off pathogen w/ hard build up | Granulomatous |
| infection that occurs in the immunocompromised host | opportunistic |
| neither benefits or harmed on either end | Commensalism or Colonization |
| Benefits host and invader | symbiosis |
| One benefits and one is harmed | Parasitism |
| Lives on dead or organic matter | Saprophyte |
| Expose to organism through external sources (Inhalation, ingestion, puncture) | Exogenous |
| Exposed to organism through internal sources (something moving from one part of your body to the other because a break in your natural barrier) | Endogenous |
| Pain | Dolor |
| Calor | Heat |
| Rubor | Redness |
| Tumor | Swelling |