week 5 Flashcards
What two factors are needed for an infection to occur?
A host and an organism
Define infection:
an invasion of a host caused by a pathogen
What are 4 different kinds of infections that can occur?
Bacterial, viral, fungal, parasitic
What is one of the most common and deadly bacterial infections today?
MRSA-caused by staph aureus
Bacteremia/speticemia is used to describe:
a systemic bacterial infection, in which bacteria is found in the blood
What is a common cause of bacteremia?
E.coli
What are 3 examples of infections caused by viruses?
H1N1, HIV, the flu
Why are viral infections difficult to treat?
They do not follow a normal organism growth pattern, they are abnormally shaped, and have no nucleus just reverse transcriptase
Viruses are protected by several layers of ____________.
proteins
What are three examples of fungal infections?
candida (yeast), PCP, aspergillus
What are two examples of parasitic infections?
giardiasis, trichinosis
List the steps in the chain of transmission?
Infectious agent, susceptible host, portal of entry, mode of transmission, portal of exit, reservoir
T or F: The chain of transmission cannot be broken.
FALSE.
List three ways we can break the chain of transmission:
handwashing, education, @ portal of entry: proper wound care
Under normal circumstances inflammation can result in:
increasing healing, decreasing infection
T or F: Inflammation can result from infection.
TRUE
T or F: Infection can result from inflammation.
FALSE- inflammation will not cause infection, inflammation is always in response to an infection
Define hypersensitivity:
an altered immunologic response to an antigen resulting in disease or damage to the host