Lecture 4 Flashcards
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Opportunists are microorganisms that
cause disease when the proper condition arises.
A species of bacterium lives on the surface of the human skin. It does not help or harm the human host. However, it gains a habitat. This symbiotic relationship is
commensalism
By microbial antagonism, one microbe
inhibits the growth of another microbe.
Through opportunism among microbes, commensals change to
pathogens.
Pathology is the study of
disease
Etiology
the study of the cause of the disease
Pathogenesis is
The development of disease
Infection
Invasion and Colonization of the body by pathogens
Disease
When infection results in change of a state of health (sometimes with no symptoms).
What is Lactobacillus acidophilus
Acid tolerant bacteria
Transient microbiota maybe present for how long
Days weeks or months
Normal microbiota and the host- what does normal microbiota do to the host
Permanently colonize the host
What is the relationship between normal microbiota and the host
Symbiosis
Mutualism
Both organisms benefit
Parasitism
One organism is benefited at the expense of the other
Probiotics
Are live microbes applied to or ingested into the body, intended to exert a beneficial effect
What are 3 things that normal microbiota do to protect the host?
Occupy niches that pathogens might occupy
Produce acids
Produce bacteriocins
Koch’s postulates are used to prove…
The cause of an infectious disease
Communicable disease
A disease that is spread from one host to another
Contagious disease
A disease that is easily spread from one host to another
Noncommunicable disease
A disease that is not transmitted from one host to another
Endemic disease
Disease constantly present in a population
Epidemic disease
Disease acquired by many hosts in a given area in a short time
Pandemic disease
Worldwide epidemic
Heard immunity
Immunity in most of a population
Bacteremia
Bacteria in the blood
Septicemia
Growth of bacteria in the blood
Toxemia
Toxins in the blood
Direct Contact - definition and examples
Requires close association between infected and susceptible host. (eg: Rabies, rat bite fever, STD)