Infections for Patho Flashcards
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Microorganisms normally living in or on body
Microflora
Microorganisms are multiplying in or on a host
Infection or colonization
What cause disease?
Pathogens
Pathogen capable of producing infection when host is weakened
Oppurtunistic pathogen
Small modified infectious host proteins
Prions
Manner of replication of prions
Not clearly known or understood
Where do bacteria like to grow?
Warm moist places
What stage is active replication without recognizable symptoms in host?
Incubation
Stage with initial appearance of symptoms most commonly malaise
Prodromal
When are you most highly infectious?
Prodromal stage
What stage is the maximum impact of infectious process with rapid proliferation and dissemination of pathogen
Acute
Stage where there is containment if the infection, elimination of pathogen, repair of danger tissue, and resolution of symptoms
Convalescent
What stage is total elimination of pathogen and no S/S of disease?
Resolution
When are you not infectious anymore?
Resolution stage
-itis
Inflammation
-emia
In the blood
Bacterial toxins in the blood
Sepsis or septicemia
Make an infection more likely to cause disease
Virulence factor
Exotoxins
Outside
Endotoxins
Inside
Help infective organism stick to body
Adhesion factor
Help keep immune system from killing infective agent
Evasive factor
After exposure to an infectious agent the body produces antibodies
Serology
Antibody that rises during the acute phase then falls
IgM
Antibody that remains elevated after the acute phase
IgG
What is the genetic material of viruses?
DNA or RNA but not both
What do viruses need to replicate and why?
Host cell because they have no metabolic capability
What happens when a host cell is “transformed”?
It carries the virus