PRMLSP2 - 4 Flashcards
A VERY SMALL ORGANISM
MICROORGANISM
TYPES OF MICROORG (4)
BACTERIA
FUNGI (YEAST&MOLDS)
VIRUS
PARASITES
FIRST TO OBSERVE BACTERIA AND PROTOZOA / FATHER OF MICROSCOPY
ANTON VAN LEEUWENHOEK
LEEUWENHOEK ALSO DISCOVERED SHAPES OF (4)
BACTERIA
CELL
SPERM
PROTOZOA
DOCTOR THAT DISCOVERED THE CAUSE OF PUERPERAL FEVER
IGNAZ PHILIPP SEMMELWEIS
SEMMELWEIS IS THE FATHER OF
HANDWASHING
PUERPERAL FEVER AKA
CHILDBED FEVER
DISCOVERED THE ANSTISEPTIC AS A WAY TO PREVENT INFECTION IN WOUNDS BEFORE/AFTER SURGERY
JOSEPH LISTER
THE BASIS OF MODERN INFECTION CONTROL
ANTISEPTIC
FATHER OF MICROBIOLOGY / DISCOVERED THE CAUSE OF TUBERCULOSIS
ROBERT KOCH
CAUSATUVE AGENT OF TUBERCULOSIS
MYOCARDIUM TUBERCULOSIS
CAUSE OF DISEASE
CAUSATIVE AGENT
SAID INFECTIOUS DISEASES ARE CAUSED BY MICROBES
LOUIS PASTEUR
GIVE 3 PASTEUR VAX
RABIES
ANTHRAX
CHOLERA
VACCINE FROM WEAKENED ORGANISM
ATTENUATED VACCINE
MICROORGANISMS THAT CAUSE DISEASES
PATHOGENS
MICROORGS THAT ARE NORMALLY FOUND IN A SPECIFIC AREA
NORMAL FLORA
SYMBIOSIS: BOTH BENEFITS
MUTUALISM
SYMBIOSIS: ORGANISM BENEFITS, HOST IS HARMED
PARASITISM
SYMBIOSIS: ORGANISM BENEFITS, HOST REMAIN UNHARMED
COMMENSALISM
SYMBIOSIS: NORMAL FLORA BENEFITS THE HOSTS BY PREVENTING PATHOGEN GROWTH
MUTUAL ANTAGONISM
EXAMPLE OF MUTUAL ANTAGONISM
PENICILLIUM (FUNGI)
THE PENICILLIN DRUG WAS DISCOVERED BY
ALEXANDER FLEMMING
SYMBIOSIS: ORGANISM BECOME PATHOGENIC WHEN HOST BECOMES IMMUNOCOMPROMISED
OPPORTUNIST
MEANS WEAK IMMUNE SYSTEM
IMMUNOCOMPROMISED
COMPONENTS OF EPIDEMIOLOGIC TRIANGLE
- SUSCEPTIBLE HOST
- VIRULENT PATHOGEN
- FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT
HOST THAT IS VULNERABLE TO DISEASE
SUSCEPTIBLE HOST
AGENT THAT CAUSE DISEASES (IN TRIANGLE)
VIRULENT PATHOGEN
IDEAL ENVIRONMENT FOR MICROBE
FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT
FAVORABLE TEMP FOR BACTERIA
37C WARM AND MOIST
FAVORABLE FOR VIRUS
COLD
TYPES OF DIRECT TRANSMISSION (4)
- PHYSICAL CONTACT
- DROPLET
- PERCUTANEOUS
- TRAUMA
TYPES OF INDIRECT TRANSMISSION (2)
- VEHICLE/ENVIRONMENT
- VECTORS
DISEASES TRANSFERRED BY THIS ARE MOSTLY FUNGAL AND STD
PHYSICAL CONTACT
TRANSFER BY COUGHING OR SNEEZING
DROPLETS
TRANSFER BY INJECTION/PRICK
PERCUTANEOUS
CAN BE LESIONS OR WOUNDS
TRAUMA
TRANSMISSION THROUGH WATER, FOOD, AIR ETC
VEHICLE/ENVIRONMENT
NONLIVING OBJECTS THAT TRANSMIT PATHOGENS
FOMITES
ANIMALS WHERE MICROBES MULTIPLY THEN PASSED TO HUMANS
RESERVOIR
LIVING THINGS THAT CARRIES CAUSATIVE AGENT S
VECTOR
MEDIUM OF INDIRECT TRANSMISSION (6)
WATER
AIR
FOOD
SOIL
FOMITES
RESERVOIR
ETIOLOGIC AGENTS THAT IS TRANSFERRED FROM ONE RESERVOIR TO HOST
BIOLOGICAL TRANSMISSION
INTERVAL FROM INFECTION TO FIRST SIGN
PRODROMAL/INCUBATION PERIOD
PERIOD WHERE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS SHOW
CLINICAL/ILLNESS PERIOD
SIGN AND SYMPTOM: REDNESS
RUBOR
SIGN AND SYMPTOM: HEAT
CALOR
SIGN AND SYMPTOM: PAIN
DOLOR
SIGN AND SYMPTOM: SWELLING
TUMOR
SIGN AND SYMPTOM: LOSS OF FUNCTION
FUNCTIO LAESA
PERIOD OF CRITICAL PHASE
PERIOD OF DECLINE/DEFERVESENCE
PERIOD OF REGAINING STRENGTH (STILL INFECTIOUS
CONVALESENCE
TYPES OF HOSPITAL ACQUIRED INFECTION ACCORDING TO (3)
SEVERITY
HOST INVOLVEMENT
OCCURENCE
HOSPITAL ACQUIRED INFECTION AKA
NOSOCOMIAL INFECTION
INFECTION IN A SHORT TIME BUT IS SEVERE
ACUTE
INFECTION FOR LING TIME BUT MILD
CHRONIC
MICRBES WHICH ARE INACTIVE BUT RE-AWAKENS TO CAUSE DISEASE
LATENT
INFECTION IN A SMALL AREA
LOCALIZED
INFECTION IN A WIDE AREA/THROUGHOUT THE BODY
SYSTEMIC
INFECTION FROM A SPECIFIC POINT TO OTHER PARTS
FOCAL
OCASSIONAL INFECTION
SPORADICI
INFECTION CONSTANTLY PRESENT IN A SMALL NUMBER OF PEOPLE
ENDEMIC
INFECTION FOR A SHORT TIME BUT GREAT NUMBER OF POPULATION
EPIDEMIC
WORLDWIDE INFECTION
PANDEMIC
DISEASE THAT CAN BE TRANSMITTED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY
COMMUNICABLE DISEASE
DISEASE THAT IS ONLY DUE TO DIRECT TRANSMISSION
CONTAGIOUS DISEASE
MOSQUITO FOR MALARIA AND DENGUE
MALARIA - FEMALE ANOPHELES
DENGUE - AEDES AEGYPTI