quiz 2
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- protromal phase
- is the short period of time when non specific symptoms appear
- bacteremia and viremia
- are when microbes are present in the blood but don't multiply
- acme
- 1. is the period of the most intense symptoms 2. is when host defenses (immune response) are at their peak
- chronic
- disease which are slow and persistant
- incubation periods
- 1.is the time between infection and the appearance of signs and/ or symptoms 2.the patient is usually infectious during this period
- local
- disease are confined to a specific area
- convalescence
- 1. is the recovery phase when tissues are repaired 2.there may be no symptoms but the patient may still be infectious
- acute
- disease have a rapid development and course
- leukopenia
- a low white blood cell count
- syndrome
- a combination of signs and symptoms
- decline phase
- 1. is when symptoms begin to decrease as 2. host defense overcome the pathogen
- invasive phase
- 1. is the period when the disease develops its most severe signs and/ or symptoms 2. tissue damage occurs
- symptoms
- charateristics of a disease that can only be felt or observed by the patient
- treatments for infectious diseases
- a. chemotherapeutic agents( e.g antibiotics) b. artificial passive immunization
- focal
- disease are confined to a specific area but serve as a source of microbes and toxins that spread to other area
- leukocytosis
- over 10,000 white blood cells per ml
- systemic
- disease affect the entire body
- sepsis
- occurs when microbes or their products are in the blood
- latent
- disease have periods of inactivity between attacks
- septicemia
- is when microbes are not only present in the blood but also multiply
- signs
- characteristics of a disease that can be observed by examining a patient
- Koch's postulates
- determining the microbial cause of a specific disease