Infectious disease

Question 1

define infectious disease

Answer 1

disease caused by bacterium, virus, protozoan, or fungus

Question 2

define infection

Answer 2

occurs when infectious agent enters the body and begins to reproduce

Question 3

define pathogen

Answer 3

infectious agent that causes disease

Question 4

define host

Answer 4

an organism infected by another organism

Question 5

define virulence

Answer 5

relative ability of agent to cause rapid and severe disease

Question 6

categories of infectious agents

Answer 6

-prion
-viruses
-bacteria
-fungi
-protozoa
-helminths
-ectoparasites

Question 7

prions are characterized by …

Answer 7

spongiform change caused intracellular vacuoles in neurons and glia

Question 8

prions are composed of

Answer 8

abnormal forms of host protein

Question 9

prions cause what type of disease

Answer 9

transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (neurodegenerative disorder)

Question 10

creutzfeldt Jakob disease has symptoms of

Answer 10

loss of cognitive ability, decrease in ability to move and memory loss

Question 11

what is seen in Creutzfeldt Jakob disease

Answer 11

prions build up and cause brain to shrink and tissue fills with holes

Question 12

viruses are defined as

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obligate cellular parasites that replicate inside living cells

Question 13

viruses replicate by doing what

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by replicating nucleic acid and synthesis of viral protein

Question 14

how are bacteria classified

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• by gram staining
• by shape
• by need of O2

Question 15

gram positive bacteria have

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thick wall that retains crystal violet stain

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gram negative bacteria have

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thin cell wall surrounded by an outer membrane

Question 17

types of bacteria are

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• cocci
• bacilli
• spiral

Question 18

characteristics of cocci bacteria

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• round shaped and cause pneumonia and sepsis

Question 19

characteristics of bacilli bacteria

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• rod shaped
• single, pairs, or in chains
• causes serious diseases

Question 20

characteristics of spirila bacteria

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• shaped like spirals
• very motile
• need moist atmosphere
• live in reproductive tract
• leptospirosis

Question 21

what different methods can bacteria damage hosts

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1. producing enzymes that destroy tissue
2. producing poisonous toxins
3. exotoxins released into surroundings

Question 22

what can exotoxins cause

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1. inhibit protein synthesis
2. damage cell membrane
3. interfere with normal nerve function

Question 23

what are the different types of fungal infections (Mycoses)

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• superficial mycoses
• subcutaneous mycoses
• systemic mycoses
• allergic mycoses
• endemic mycoses

Question 24

what area do superficial mycoses affect

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affect skin, hair, nails

Question 25

what area do subcutaneous mycoses affect

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affect muscle and connective tissue below skin

Question 26

what area do systemic mycoses affect

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involve internal organs

Question 27

what area do allergic mycoses affect

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affect lungs or sinuses
- have chronic asthma, cystic fibrosis or sinusitis

Question 28

what are endemic mycosis

Answer 28

infections restricted to certain areas (histoplasma in Ohio river valley)

Question 29

histoplasmosis and blastomycosis are endemic to which region

Answer 29

Mississippi river

Question 30

paracoccidiodes brasiliensis endemic to which region

Answer 30

south america especially Brazil

Question 31

coccidiodes immitis is endemic in which region

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southwestern USA and north mexico

Question 32

what are the morphological classification of protozoa

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• amoebas
• flagellates
• cliliophroa
• coccidian

Question 33

diseases caused by protozoans include

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-malaria, dysentery, giardiasis, sleeping sickness, toxoplasmosis

Question 34

characteristics of helminths

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• macroscopic, multicellular and eukaryotic
• lack digestive system and locomotion
• reduced nervous system

Question 35

two major phyla of helminths are

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• nemathelminthes (roundworms)
• Platyhelminthes (flatworms)
• Trematoda (flukes)
• Cestoda (tapeworms)

Question 36

what location in the body are helminths common and what places

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common in intestinal tract and places with poor sanitation

Question 37

ectoparasites are what

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insects or arachnids that attach to and live on the skin

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what can ectoparasites cause

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itching and excoriations

Question 39

patterns of infection include

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• localized infection
• systemic infection
• focal infection

Question 40

patterns of transmission are

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• horizontal (infected person to person)
• vertical transmission (parent to offspring)

Question 41

define localized, systemic, and focal infection

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localized: microbes enter body and stay at confined space
systemic: infection spreads by the bloodstream
focal: infectious agent breaks and from local infection and carried to other tissues

Question 42

bacteria damage to host cells depends on what

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ability to adhere to host cells, invade cells, or deliver toxins

Question 43

LPS is what

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toxin found in gram negative bacteria

Question 44

MTB causes what

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granulomatous inflammation -> delayed hypersensitivity to prevent spread of bacilli

Question 45

HBV and HCV cause what

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liver damage due to infected hepatocyte

Question 46

what are the mechanisms that help microorganisms resist immune system

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• antigenic variation
• resistance to innate defenses
• impairment of T cell response
• resistance to phagocytosis
• resistance to ROS
• resistance to complement activation
• resistance to antibiotics

Question 47

what are the five major histological patterns tissue reaction to infections

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• suppurative inflammation
• mononuclear/granulmatous
• cytopathic cytoproliferative reaction
• tissue necrosis
• chronic inflammation and scarring

Question 48

suppurative or purulent inflammation is characterized by

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production of large amounts of pus consisting of neutrophils, necrotic cells and edema fluid

Question 49

what bacteria induces suppurative inflammation

Answer 49

staphylococci