Microbiology & Infection
Define Infection
What is organism that invades the body to make someone sick.
what is the definition of Etiology?
what is Cause.
define acute
what is short term
Coccus/Cocci shape?
What is Round
What is where the pathogen lives
What is harm or damage to self or someone.
define prognosis
what is Probable outcome
define chronic
what is long term
Bacillus/ Bacilli shape?
What is Rod
Portal of Exit?
What is how the pathogen leaves the body
What is a disorder of the structure or function that effects an organism or any change from a healthy state.
define risk factor
what is a condition that makes it more likely
define complications
what is situation that makes the original problem worse
Vibrio/ Vibrio's shape?
What is comma
Method of Transmission?
What is how the pathogen is spread
Define microorganisms
define signs
what is what the healthcare worker can observe
define ischemia
what is lack of blood flow
Spirillum/ Spirilla shape?
What is spiral
Portal of Entry?
What is how organisms get in the body
The three microorganisms
What is Nonpathogenic microbes, pathogens, normal flora
define symptoms
what is what the patient feels
what is the difference between benign and malignant
benign is non-cancerous and malignant is cancerous.
The 5 different arrangements?
What is Single, double, chain, and cluster
Susceptible Host?
What is the person who becomes infected