Infection

Question 1

opportunistic infection

Answer 1

A serious infection in a person where their immune system isnt working properly so the infection finds an opputunity

Question 2

Pathogenic

Answer 2

capacity to cause a disease

Question 3

pandemic

Answer 3

epidemic spread throughout the world

Question 4

epidemic

Answer 4

disease that spreads to many people

Question 5

Pathogen

Answer 5

infectious agent

Question 6

Virulence

Answer 6

Ability to produce a disease

Question 7

Aspesis

Answer 7

being free from living pathogenic micro-organisms

Question 8

colonisation

Answer 8

the establishment of micro-organisms in a specific environment

Question 9

disinfection

Answer 9

removal of pathogens

Question 10

where is the skins normal flora located

Answer 10

axilla, groin, hair, follicles, crevices in the skin layers, sweat glands

Question 11

normal flora location in the gastrointestinal tract?

Answer 11

stomach, mouth, intestines, pancreas

Question 12

normal flora in the respiratory tract?

Answer 12

throat

Question 13

normal flora in the genitourinary tract?

Answer 13

vagina, lower urethra

Question 14

name of skins normal flora?

Answer 14

Staph aureas

Question 15

name of the gastrointestinal tract normal flora?

Answer 15

e coli

Question 16

name of the respiratory tract normal flora?

Answer 16

streptococcus aureas and staphlycoccus aureas

Question 17

localised infection

Answer 17

where the infection is restricted to one body part, area or organ

Question 18

systematic

Answer 18

when the infection affects the entire body

Question 19

what are pyrogens

Answer 19

A cytokine that is responsible for fever and the release of prostaglandins

Question 20

what is an autoimmune disease

Answer 20

A group of diseases is a group of diseases where body cell antigens stimulate an immunological reaction within the body

Question 21

order of course of infection

Answer 21

1. Incubation
2. Prodromal stage
3. illness stage
4. convalescence stage

Question 22

What are some factors that influence susceptibility of infection

Answer 22

age, nutrition, stress, hereditary, disease process, medications

Question 23

aspetic technique

Answer 23

techniques ensuring 100% sterile

Question 24

medical asepsis

Answer 24

use of practices aimed at destroying pathological organisms after they leave the body