BACTERIA AND DISEASE

Question 1

hosts with weaknesses or defects in the innate and adaptive defenses

Answer 1

immunocompromised

Question 2

Lipopolysaccharide component of the outer membrane of gram (-) bacteria

Answer 2

endotoxin

Question 3

a toxic protein produced by microorganisms

Answer 3

exotoxin

Question 4

infection in which the infectious agent is present but not active

Answer 4

latent infection

Question 5

a microbe or virus that cause disease only when introduced into unusual location or into an immunocompromised host

Answer 5

opportunistic infection

Question 6

person to person transmission
no intermediate object is involved

Answer 6

direct contact transmission

Question 7

agent is transferred via a nonliving object

Answer 7

indirect contact transmission

Question 8

microbes spread in mucus droplets that travel short distance (less than 1 m) sneezing, coughing, talking, and laughing

Answer 8

droplet transmission

Question 9

life threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection

Sequential Organ Failure Assessment SOFA or quick SOFA

Answer 9

SEPSIS

Question 10

a subset of sepsis in which underlying circulatory and metabolic abnormalities lead to substantially increased mortality risk

Answer 10

septic shock