1.1 Introduction Flashcards
microorganisms are present in the environment and can cause contamination
germ theory of disease
Koch’s postulates:
- organism is ________ in the lesions of the disease
- organism can be __________ on artificial media
- inoculation of this pure culture produces __________ in experimental animals
- organism can be ________ from the lesions in these animals
- regularly found
- isolated in pure culture
- similar disease
- recovered
the 5 types of infectious agents?
- prions
- viruses (acellular)
- bacteria (prokaryotic)
- fungi (eukaryotic)
- parasites (eukaryotic)
- have primitive nucleus
- bacteria
- small (1 micron in diameter)
- rigid peptidoglycan cell wall
prokaryotes
- have true nucleus
- protozoa, fungi, plants, animals
- 5-30 microns in diameter
- evolved from fusion of prokaryotic cells
- membrane bound organelles (nucleus and mitochondria/chloroplasts contain DNA)
- animal cells lack cell wall, fungal and plant cell walls are chemically different
eukaryotic
bacterial species must have greater than ________ % identity in 16S rRNA, isolates share many characteristics
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Linnean binomial system is ______ first then _______
genus, species
microorganism in symbiotic relationship with host
commensal
ability of a microorganism to persist and multiply
colonization
colonization with commensal microorganisms
normal flora
microorganism that can cause disease
pathogen
degree of pathogenicity
virulence
colonization by a pathogen
infection
result of infectious process leading to host damage
disease
factors and mechanisms of disease spread
epidemiology
limited to small number of isolated cases (meningitis, relapsing fever)
sporadic
continually prevailing in a region (malaria)
endemic
outbreak (listeriosis, salmanellosis)
epidemic
a worldwide outbreak (cholera, HIV/AIDS)
pandemic
from acquisition of microorganism to disease onset
incubation period
nonspecific symptoms
prodrome
characteristics of clinical manifestations
specific illness
after resolution of symptoms to complete recovery, there can be complications such as chronic carriers, latent infections, permanent tissue damage after elimination of pathogen
convalescence
the number of microorganisms needed to infect 50% of host population
infectious dose, ID50
number of microorganisms needed to kill 50% of host population
lethal dose, LD50
virulence is _______ proportional to ID/LD
inversely
portals of entry?
skin, soft tissue (trauma_
- skin, bloodstream (arthropod bite)
- respiratory (inhalation)
- GI (ingestion)
- genital (Sexual transmission)
- transplacental
hand hygience, procedure appropriate PPEs (gloves, gowns, masks, etc)
standard precautions
gloves and gowns, private rooms (diarrhea due to C diff or norovirus)
contact precautions (direct or indirect)
masks/respirators for staff/patient, closed room, for influenze or N meningitidis
direct precautions (<3 ft)
N95/PAPR respirators, airborne infection, isolation room, ex measles or M tuberculosis
airborne precautions (>3ft)
airborne + contact + eye protection, ex SARS, avian/pandemic influenza
full barrier precautions