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13 Cards in this Set
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Microbial adherence |
ability to latch onto and gain enterance into host cell |
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Encapsulation |
shell outside microorganism that prevents opsonization and phagocytosis |
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Flagella |
mobile appendage allowing bacteria to move or swim to nutrients |
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Virulence |
consistency in causing disease in all infected hosts case fatality rate = % who die who get disease |
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Antibiotic resistance |
caused by not taking whole prescribed dose caused by over prescribing antibiotics |
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Incubation period |
entry of pathogen into body and first signs of disease are shown |
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Prodromal period |
fatigue (something is wrong) |
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Bacteremia |
small # of microbes temporarily present in blood |
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Septicemia |
pathogens circulating through blood and affecting all systems |
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Local infection |
Redness (inflammation ) for prolonged period of time |
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Systemic infection |
general malaise, weakness, fatigue, loss of concentration, loss of appetite, fever -> kills gram + bacteria |
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Viral infection |
not killed by medication treat symptoms not the virus shift to the right |
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Bacterial infection |
treated with antibiotics bacteria is eradicated through high temp and increased WBC shift to the left |
