Chapter 6 Infectious And Parasitic Diseases

Question 1

Acariasis

Answer 1

Being run over or infested with mites or acariads.

Question 2

Acquired Immunodeficiency syndrome

Answer 2

A condition in which the body’s immune system deteriorates.

Question 3

Arthropods

Answer 3

Organisms that include insects, ticks, spiders and mites.

Question 4

Bacteria

Answer 4

One-celled organisms named according to their shapes and arrangements.

Question 5

Candidiasis

Answer 5

Fungal infections caused by the Candida fungus; also known as moniliasis.

Question 6

Chlamydiae

Answer 6

A type of bacteria that lives inside a host cell and is usually dormant but at some point can become active in a disease process.

Question 7

Combination-code assignment

Answer 7

A single code used to classify two diagnoses, a diagnosis with an associated secondary process, or a diagnosis with an associated complication.

Question 8

Culture and Sensitivity

Answer 8

A test that identifies the type of organism causing the infection (the culture), and the sensitivity identifies the antibiotic that should be used to treat the infection.

Question 9

Dual-code assignment

Answer 9

Occurs when two codes are needed to code a diagnostic statement.

Question 10

Escherichia coli (E. coli)

Answer 10

Rod-shaped bacillus found in the large intestine of humans.

Question 11

Fungi

Answer 11

Microscopic plant life that lack chlorophyll and are not able to manufacture their own food

Question 12

Helminths

Answer 12

Organisms that include flatworms, roundworms, and flukes.

Question 13

Host

Answer 13

Supports a parasite.

Question 14

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)

Answer 14

The virus that leads to AIDS

Question 15

Infectious diseases

Answer 15

Diseases that occur when a microorganism invaded the body and causes disease

Question 16

Molds

Answer 16

Caused by filament shaped fungi

Question 17

Moniliasis

Answer 17

A fungal infection that can affect various sites; also called candidiasis.

Question 18

Parasite

Answer 18

Lives within another organism and may or may not cause disease.

Question 19

Parasitic diseases

Answer 19

A disease caused by an organism that lives within another organism and that can cause illness.

Question 20

Pathogen

Answer 20

A microorganism that can cause disease in humans.

Question 21

Pediculosis

Answer 21

An infestation of lice.

Question 22

Protozoa

Answer 22

One-celled organisms that live on living matter and are classified by the way they move.

Question 23

Rickettsioses

Answer 23

A bacterial infection that is caused by a Richettsia organism.

Question 24

Sepsis

Answer 24

A life-threatening bacterial infection that causes clots to form, which block blood flow to vital organs.

Question 25

Septicemia

Answer 25

Bacteremia with sepsis.

Question 26

Severe sepsis

Answer 26

A septic infection with associated acute organ dysfunction or failure.

Question 27

Single-code assignment

Answer 27

Occurs when only one code is needed to code the diagnostic statement.

Question 28

Spirochetal

Answer 28

A gram-negative bacteria made up of spiral-shaped cells.

Question 29

Tuberculosis

Answer 29

An infection caused by Myobacterium tuberculosis that spreads throughout the body via lymph and blood vessels and that most commonly localizes in the lungs.

Question 30

Viruses

Answer 30

The smallest of infectious pathogens.

Question 31

Yeast infections

Answer 31

Caused by unicellular fungi that reproduce by budding.

Question 32

C&S

Answer 32

A test that identifies the type of organism causing the infection (the culture), and the sensitivity identifies the antibiotic that should be used to treat the infection.

Question 33

AIDS

Answer 33

A condition in which the body’s immune system deteriorates.

Question 34

Respirations

Answer 34

The system containing structures that exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide in the body.