Cell Structure Virulence Factor And Toxins

Question 1

What is virulence

Answer 1

Virulence is the ability of an organism to be able to cause disease

Question 2

Pili in bacteria is used for

Answer 2

Adhesion

Question 3

Subclinical infection is a type of infection that

Answer 3

Does not show obvious signs

Question 4

Infection with obvious signs are called

Supra clinical infection
Sub clinical infection
Clinical infection
Increased infection

Answer 4

Clinical infection

Question 5

What is colonization

Answer 5

Ability of bacteria to stay in surface of skin without causing disease

Question 6

Biofilm is the ability of

Answer 6

Microorganisms to bind to a surface and grow

Question 7

What is bacteremia

Answer 7

Bacteremia is when bacteria enters the blood

Question 8

What is sepsis

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Sepsis is the body hamostatic way of trying to eliminate the bacteria in our blood

Question 9

What is septic shock

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This is when the endotoxin or the bacteremia causes the body to undergo very low blood pressure and dysfunction of organs

Question 10

What are siderophores

Answer 10

Siderophores are workers secreted by bacteria to go and look for iron in the body

Bacteria needs iron mainly fe3+ to grow

Question 11

Leucocidins are

Answer 11

Bacteria employ leucocidins to inject cantions in leucocytes so that the WBC will lysis and no phagocytosis