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14 Cards in this Set
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Factors against infections |
1.no receptor 2.antimicrobial factors 3.indigenous microbiota 4.nutrition of individual 5.immunity 6.phagocytes wbc |
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Incubation period |
Time from arrival of pathogen and onset of symptoms |
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Prodromal period |
Patieny feels out of sorts but no actual symptoms coming down with it |
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Convalescent period |
Although the patient may be recovered permanent damage may be present. Ie defness after ear infection |
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Signs of disease |
Objective. Lab results |
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Steps in pathogenesis of infectious disease |
1.entry 2.attachment 3.multiplication 4.invasion 5.evasion of host defenses 6.damage to host tissue |
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Virulence factor |
Phenotypic characteristic that enables microbes to be virulent like flagella capsules |
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Adhesion and ligand |
The molecules on a pathogen that bind to a specific receptor |
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Necrotizing enzymes |
Destroy tissues S.pyogenes, clostridium |
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Kinases |
Dissolve clots s. Aurus , staph, strep |
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Hyslundronidase |
Spreading factor dissolve collagen Clostridium perfringes |
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Endotoxins |
Integral parts on gram neg cell walls |
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Antigenic variation |
When pathogens change theur surface receptors making them harder to kill |
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Molecular mimicry |
Pathogen covers self with host proteins |
