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What is pathology?

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The study of disease

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What is etiology?

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The cause of disease

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What is pathogenicity?

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The ability to cause disease

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What is virulence?

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Ability to cause harm

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The higher the ______= better to cause disease

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Virulence

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What is pathogenesis?

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How the disease develops

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What is pathogen?

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An organism that can cause disease

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What is infection?

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The invasion or colonization of the body by pathogenic organisms

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What is disease?

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Abnormal state where the body is not capable of performing normal functions (not being able to swallow)

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What is transient microbiota?

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Microbes that may be present for days or months and then disappear

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Microbiota is localized where?

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In certain regions of the body

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Microbiota is found mostly in what areas of the body? Examples?

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In exposed areas

Ex. Skin and tracts (exposed to the outside world)

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How does microbiota benefit the host cell?

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By preventing the growth of pathogens

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What is microbial antagonism?

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members of the microbiota produce substances harmful to invading microbes

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What is competitive exclusion?

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Microflora use up available nutrients preventing growth of pathogens

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What is an example of competitive exclusion?

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Clostridium Difficle is inhibited by the normal microbiota of the large intestine

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If the normal microflora is eliminated (by an antibiotic treatment), what can clostridium difficile cause?

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Infection

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If infected with clostridium difficile, what can the infection lead to?

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Fatal inflammation of the colon

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What are two other benefits of microbiota (other than preventing pathogens)

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  1. E.coli in the large intestine makes vitamin K and Vitamin B
  2. Some produce enzymes that aid in digestion
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What are opportunistic pathogens?

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Microbes that are part of the normal microbiota and do not normally cause disease

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Opportunistic pathogens can cause disease if what 3 things happen?

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  1. They are transferred another part of the body
  2. The human host becomes immunocompromised
  3. Microbiota is disturbed
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How is E.coli an opportunistic pathogen?

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It is a normal resident in the large intestine but if it is transferred to the urinary tract, it can cause infection

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How’s streptococcus pneumonia an opportunistic pathogen?

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It is a normal resident in the respirator tract but when the host is already weakened such as a cold, it can cause pneumonia

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What is a symptom?

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What a patient feels (pain, run down), variable

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What is a sign?
An objective change that a physician can measure (swelling, fever, etc)
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What is a syndrome?
A specific group of signs and symptoms that always accompany a particular disease
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What can diseases be classified based on?
Their effect in the host population
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What is a communicable disease? Give an example?
A disease that spreads from one host to another | Ex. chicken pox, measles and STD's
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What is a contagious disease? Give an example?
Easily spread | Ex. Chicken pox and measles
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What is a non-communicable disease? Give an example?
Does not spread between hosts | Ex. Salmonellosis
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What are the 5 stages of disease?
1. Incubation period 2. Prodromal Period 3. Period of Illness 4. Period of decline 5. Period of Convalescence
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What occurs in the incubation period?
The time between the infection and the first signs and symptoms
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What occurs in the prodromal period?
Early and mild symptoms such as malaise ( feeling unwell)
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What occurs in the period of illness?
Most severe signs and symptoms (immune response may cause some signs and symptoms
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If a disease is not overcome in the period of illness, what occurs?
Death
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What occurs in the period of decline? How long can it last?
- Signs and symptoms subside | - Can last for hours or days
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During the period of decline, what can the patient be vulnerable to?
Secondary infections
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What occurs in the period of convalescence?
Recovery occurs
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What can still be present in the period of convalescence? How long?
The pathogen and can spread to others, and a person can continue to carry the pathogen for months
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What is an acute disease? Example?
It rapidly develops and short duration | Ex. Influenza
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What is a chronic disease? Example?
Slow to develop and continual in duration | Ex. Tuberculosis
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What is a latent disease? Example?
Inactive for a period of time, can be reactivated | Ex. Coldsore- herpe simplex virus
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The likelihood of disease occurring increases with the number of what?
Microbes introduced increase
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How is infectious dose written?
ID50
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What is ID50?
The amount of bacteria required to cause disease in 50% of the population
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What is an example of an ID50? What occurs when it enters through skin, inhalation and ingestion?
Bacillus Anthracis Skin: ID50= 10 to 20 endospores Inhalation: ID50= 10000-20000 endospores Ingestion: ID50= 250000-100000 endospores
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What does LD50 stand for?
Lethal Dose that kills 50% of the infectious population
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What is a local infection?
Confined to a small area of the body
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What is a systemic Infection?
Microbes or toxin are spread through the body (can be through blood)
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What is septicaemia?
Systemic infection of the blood
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What is bacteremia?
Bacteria in the blood
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What is toxaemia?
Toxins in the blood
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What is an example of toxaemia? And what does it do
Clostridium tetani causes infection of the cut and releases tetanus toxin into the blood
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What is viremia?
Virus particles in the blood
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What is sepsis?
Life threatening systemic inflammatory response, usually due to bacteremia (low blood pressure, no blood filter and go into organ failure/shock)

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