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Chapter 14 - Infections, Infectious Diseases, and Epidemiology Flashcards

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Symbiosis

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  • to live together

- symbiotic relationships w countless microbes

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types of symbiosis

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1 mutualism
2 commensalism
3 parasitism

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Mutualism

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benefits both organisms

es) bacteria in human colon

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Commensalism

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organism 1: benefits,
organism 2: neither benefits nor is harmed

ex) staphylococcus

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Parasitism

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organism 1 benefits,
organism 2 harmed

ex) TB in human lung

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Normal Microbiota in hosts

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aka normal flora + indigenous microbiota

-organisms that colonize the body’s surface w/o normally causing disease

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2 types of normal microbiota

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1 resident microbiota (always present)

2 transient microbiota (temp present)

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resident bacteria of lower digestive tract

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mostly strict anaerobes but has some facultative anaerobes present as well

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highest diversity of resident microbiota

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higher and lower digestive tract

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uterus

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no microbiota present; sterile.

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Transient Microbiota

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  • remains in body for short period
  • found in same regions as resident microbiota
  • handwashing get rid of transient/pathogenic flora
  • CANNOT PERSIST IN BODY
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factors that makes transient microbiota unable to persist in body

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  • competition fr other microbes (normal flora is always reestablished)
  • elimination by body’s defense cells
  • chem or physical change in the body
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Acquisition of normal microbiota

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  • dvlpt in womb is AXENIC
  • microbiota begin to develop during birthing process
  • MUCH OF ONE’S RESIDENT MICROBIOTA IS ESTABLISHED DURING THE FIRST FEW MONTHS OF LIFE
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Axenic

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free of microbes

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when is one’s resident microbiota established?

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during the first few months of life after birth.

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Zoonoses

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diseases naturally spread from animal host to humans

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various routes of acquiring zoonoses

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1 direct contact w animal or its waste (rabies)
2 eating animals (salmonellosis)
3 bloodsucking arthropods (yellow fever, west nile virus)

*humans are usually a dead-end host to zoonotic pathogens

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Nonliving Reservoirs

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  • soil, water, + foods can be reservoirs of infection
  • presence of microbes due to contamination by feces/urine
  • FORMITES
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formites

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inanimate objects involved in the indirect contact transmission of pathogens

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reservoirs of infectious diseases

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  • sites where pathogens are maintained as a source of infection
  • most pathogens CANT survive for long outside of their host
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3 types of reservoirs

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1 animal reservoir
2 human carrier
3 nonliving reservoirs

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contamination

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presence of microbes in or on the body

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infection

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-invasion of the host by a pathogen

when organism evades body’s external defenses, multiplies, and becomes established in the body

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portals of entry

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sites thru which pathogens enter the body

-skin, mucous membranes, placenta, parenteral route

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portals of entry: | Mucous Membrane
- mucous membr lines the body cavities that are open to the environment - provides moist, warm environment hospitable to pathogens - respiratory that is the most common site of entry - gastrointestinal tract may be route of entry (must survive acidic pH)
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most common site of portal entry
respiratory tract is the most common site of entry | -through nose/mouth
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Disease
results if the invading pathogen alters normal body functions -aka morbidity
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Manifestations of Disease
1 symptoms 2 signs 3 syndromes 4 asymptomatic or subclinical
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symptoms
subjective characteristics of disease felt only by the patient (ex. aches)
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signs
objective manifestations of disease observed or measured by others (ex. fever is above a certain temp)
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syndromes
symptoms and signs that characterize a disease or abnormal conditions ex. immunocompromised symptoms of AIDS
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asymptomatic or subclinical
infections lack symptoms but may still have signs of infections
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signs vs symptoms
signs are objective/measured and symptoms are subjective
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Virulence Factors of Infectious Agents
- virulence (degree of pathogenicity | - virulence factors contribute to virulence
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pathogenicity
ability of microbes to cause disease
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Virulence Factors
``` 1 adhesion factors (pili) 2 biofilms 3 extracellular enzymes 4 toxins 5 antiphagocytic factors (capsule) ```
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toxin (virulence factor)
- chem that harms tissues or trigger host immune responses that cause damage - Toxemia
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Toxemia
refers to toxins in the bloodstream that are carried beyond the site of infection
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2 types of bacterial toxins
endotoxin | exotoxin
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Stages of Infectious Disease
-the disease process occurs after infection 5 stages
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5 Stages of Infectious Disease
``` 1 incubation period 2 prodromal period 3 illness 4 decline 5 convalescent ```
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incubation period
- occurs right after initial infection - no signs/symptoms - similar to lag phase
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prodromal period
- vague, general period | - similar to log phase, # increases and signs/symptoms begin
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illness period
-most severe sign/symptoms
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decline
-organism declines in number
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convalescence
- body is exhausted, more prone to more infection | - no more signs/symptoms
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portals of exits
- how pathogens leave the body | - secreted/excreted
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transmission of infectious disease
-transmission is from a [reservoir] or [portal of exit] to another host's [portal of entry]
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3 groups of transmission of infectious disease
``` 1 CONTACT (direct, indirect (formite), or droplet (aerosol) 2 VEHICLE (airborne, waterborne, foodborne (fecal-oral) 3 VECTOR (bio or mechanical) ```
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2 measures of frequency of disease
1 Incidence 2 Prevalence - tracks the occurrences of disease - used in epidemiology
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Incidence
- number of NEW cases of a disease in a given area during a given period of time - (NEW cases in area/time) -used in epidemiology to track the occurrences of disease
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Prevalence
- number of TOTAL cases of a disease in a given area during a given period of time - (TOTAL cases in area/time) -used in epidemiology to track the occurrences of disease
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Frequency of Disease
- 2 measures (incidence + prevalence) | - occurrence is also evaluated by frequency and geographic distribution
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Endemic
a disease that is constantly present in low numbers in a population
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Epidemic
a disease occurring in an unusually high number of individuals in a population at the same time
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Pandemic
a worldwide endemic -a disease occurring in an unusually high number of individuals in the world at the same time
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Sporadic
- occurring at irregular intervals or only in a few places | - scattered or isolated
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Nosocomial Infections
-acquired after the patient checks into the hospital
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3 types of nosocomial infections
1 Exogenous 2 Endogenous 3 Iatrogenic
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Exogenous
- type of nosocomial infection - pathogen acquired from the health care environment ex) patient in ICU is incubated and tubes + catheters have been contaminated w mersa.
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Endogenous
- type of nosocomial infection - pathogen arises from normal microbiota due to factors w/in the health care settings ex) catheter causes UTI tract from patient's own normal flora
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Iatrogenic
- type of nosocomial infection - results fr modern medical procedures ex) result of an ear replacement surgery that was contaminated
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Pathogen
any microbe that causes disease
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Opportunistic Pathogen
normal microbiota that cause disease under certain circumstances
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Conditions that provide opportunities for OPPORTUNISTIC ORGANISMS to become pathogenic (3)
1 intro of normal microbiota into unusual site in body 2 immune suppression 3 changes in normal microbiota
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infectuous disease
invasion | disease
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plasma
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buffy coat
WBC + platelet

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