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12 Cards in this Set
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Match the following conditions and infections:
A. chronic B. subclinical C. acute A patient experiences a rapid onset of malaise: symptoms last 5 days Patient experiences cough and breathing difficulties for months Patient has no apparent symptoms and is not a carrier |
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Match the following terms to their definitions
A. pandemic B. endemic C. sporatic D. epidemic a disease acquired by many hosts in a given area in a short time a disease acquired by many hosts in a short time worldwide a disease that is constantly present in a given population a disease that occurs occasionally in a population |
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Match the definition with the term regarding the extent to which a host's body is affected by infection or disease.
A. toxemia B. bacteremia C. systemic infection D. viremia E. local infection F. septemia microorganisms are limited to a relatively small area of the body microorganisms or their products are spread throughout the body bacteria in the blood bacteria multiplying in the blood presence of toxins in the blood presence of virus in the blood |
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C B F A D |
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Which of the following diseases is not spread by droplet infection?
A) Botulism B) Tuberculosis C) Measles D) Common cold E) Diphtheria |
A) Botulism
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Which of the following is not a reservoir of infection?
A) A sick person B) A healthy person C) A sick animal D) Soil E) All of the above can be reservoirs of infection |
E) All of the above can be reservoirs of infection
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Which of the following is a fomite?
A) Water B) Droplets from a sneeze C) Pus D) Insects E) A hypodermic needle |
E) A hypodermic needle
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All of the following statements about biological transmission are true except
A) The pathogen reproduces in the vector. B) The pathogen may enter the host in the vector's feces. C) Houseflies are an important vector. D) The pathogen may be injected by the bite of the vector. E) The pathogen may require the vector as a host. |
C) Houseflies are an important vector.
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Symptoms of disease differ from signs of disease in that symptoms
A) Are changes felt by the patient. B) Are changes that cannot be seen or felt C) Are changes observed by the physician. D) Always occur as part of a syndrome. E) None of the above. |
A) Are changes felt by the patient.
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A sexually transmitted disease.
A) Direct contact B) Droplet transmission C) Fomite D) Vector E) Vehicle transmission |
A) Direct contact
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Which of the following statements about nosocomial infections is FALSE?
A) They occur in compromised patients B) They may be caused by opportunists C) They may be caused by drug-resistant bacteria D) They may be caused by normal microbiota E) The patient was infected before hospitalization |
E) The patient was infected before hospitalization
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Pseudomonas bacteria colonized the bile duct of a patient following his liver transplant surgery. This is an example of a
A) Communicable disease. B) Latent infection. C) Nosocomial infection. D) Sporadic disease. E) None of the above. |
C) Nosocomial infection.
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Emergence of infectious diseases can be due to all of the following except
A) Antibiotic resistance. B) Climatic changes. C) Digging up soil. D) Microbes trying to cause disease. E) Travel. |
D) Microbes trying to cause disease.
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