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Inapparent (subclinical) |
no detectable symptoms of infection (ex. asymptomatic gonorrhea and chlamydial STDs in women) |
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Carrier |
person who harbors the organism, shows the symptoms and can transmit the organism to others (ex. typhoid fever and cholera gallbladder carriers, TYPHOID MARY |
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Accidental |
zoonosis, enviromental or inadvertant exposure (ex. anthrax, Cryptococcus, and lab acquired infections, respectively) |
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Opportunistic |
caused by normal flora or transient bacteria when host defenses compromised (ex. E.coli UTI, Candida albicans vaginitis, Clostrium difficile enterocolitis) |
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Noscomial |
hospital acquired |
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Primary |
clinically apparemt initial infections ex influenza |
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Secondary |
subsequent to initial infection ex. pneumoniae lobar after flu |
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Mixed |
2 or more microbes infecting the same tissue
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Acute |
rapid onset (DAYS) brief duration (DAYS or WEEKS) ex. strep throat, ETEC, Salmonella poison, pertussis, Shingella |
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Chronic |
prolonged duration (monthe -years) HIV/AIDS, syphilis, prions |
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Localized |
confined to a small area or organ ex. staph pimple boil |
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Generalized |
disseminated to many body organs (EX. G- sepsis, plague, typhoid fever) |
