Chapter 15 Flashcards
What is infection?
When a microorganism enter a host and begins to multiply.
What is disease?
It is any deviation from the normal function or structure of the host. Some infections cause disease.
What are pathogens?
Microorganisms that can cause disease.
Define signs of a disease.
Objective and measured.
Define symptoms of a disease.
Subjective and are reported by the patient.
What does asymptomatic or subclinical mean?
They do not present any noticeable sign or symptoms.
What is syndrome?
A specific group of signs and symptoms characteristic of a particular disease is called a syndrome.
What is a noninfectious disease?
Due to genetics and environment.
What is an infectious disease?
Due to pathogens.
What is a communicable disease?
Transmissible between individuals.
What is a contagious disease?
Easily transmissible between individuals.
What are noncommunicable diseases?
May be contracted via contact with environmental reservoirs or animals (zoonoses)
What are nosocomial disease?
Contracted in hospital settings
What is a iatrogenic disease?
The direct result of a medical procedure.
What is acute disease?
Short in duration.
What is chronic disease?
Lasts for months or years.
What is latent disease?
Last for years with extended dormant periods.
What are Koch’s Postulates?
Used to determine whether a particular microorganism is a pathogen.
What is molecular Koch’s postulates?
Used to determine what genes contribute to a pathogen’s ability to cause disease.
What are the four determinants of Koch’s Postulates?
- The suspected pathogen must be found in every case of disease and not be found in healthy individuals.
- The suspected pathogen can be isolated and grown in pure culture.
- A healthy test subject infected with the suspected pathogen must develop the same signs and symptoms of disease as seen in postulate 1.
- The pathogen must be re-isolated from the new host and must be identical to the pathogen from postulate 2.
What is the application to EHEC?
The phenotype (sign or symptom of the disease) should be associated only with pathogenic strains of a species.
EHEC causes intestinal inflammation and diarrhea, whereas nonpathogenic strains of E. coli do not.
What is the application to EHEC?
Inactivation of the suspected gene(s) associated with pathogenicity should result in a measurable loss of pathogenicity.
One of the genes in EHEC encodes for Shiga toxin, a bacterial toxin (poison) that inhibits protein synthesis. Inactivating this gene reduces the bacteria’s ability to cause disease.