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ON TO
INFECTION
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DEFINITION
CAUSES MODES OF DISEASE
TRANSMISSION
CHAIN OF INFECTION
PROCESS BREAKAGE
PREVENTION
UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS
Microcolonies
Infection is the
lodgement and
multiplication of
organism in the
tissue of host
INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Any microorganism that can cause a disease such
as a bacterium, virus, parasite, or fungus. Reasons
that the organism will cause an infection are
virulence (ability to multiply and grow),
invasiveness (ability to enter tissue), and
pathogenicity (ability to cause disease).
NATURE OF MICROORGANISMS
Microorganisms
(microbes) are
small, living organisms that are
not visible to the naked eye.
Pathogens (germs) are
microorganisms that cause
disease.
NATURE OF MICROORGANISMS
TYPES OF MICROORGANISMS
Bacteria
Simple,
one-celled
microorganisms that are
classified according to
their shape and
arrangement.
Cause diseases such as
strep throat, pneumonia,
meningitis and
tuberculosis.
TYPES OF MICROORGANISMS
Fungi
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TYPES OF MICROORGANISMS
Protozoa
One-celled
TYPES OF MICROORGANISMS
Rickettsiae
Parasites
TYPES OF MICROORGANISMS
Viruses
Smallest of all microorganisms visible only
using an electron microscope.
Cannot reproduce unless they are inside
another living cell.
Spread by contact with blood and other
body fluids.
Difficult to destroy. Not affected by
antibiotics.
Associated with diseases such as the
common cold, chicken pox, herpes, hepatitis
B, measles, warts, polio, influenza, and
AIDS.
VIRUSES
FACTORS THAT
INFLUENCE MICROBIAL
Following factors influence microbial growth:
GROWTH
Temperature
pH,
FACTORS THAT
INFLUENCE MICROBIAL
GROWTH
Anaerobic
microbes grow
best in the absence of oxygen.
CAUSING AN INFECTION
Tetanus.
Allergic reaction in the body causing runny nose,
watery eyes, sneezing.
Attack and destroy the living cells they invade. Ex:
Malaria (rbcs).
CLASSIFICATION OF INFECTION
Endogenous
Opportunistic
CLASSIFICATION OF INFECTION
Focal infection: It is a condition where due to
infection at localized sites like appendix and
tonsil, general effects are produced.
Cross infection: When a patient suffering from a
disease and new infection it set up from
another host or external source
period no symptoms.
Prodromal
period mild and
generalized
symptoms
(fever,
weakness, headache).
Invasive stage symptoms specific to
the disease.
Decline stage symptoms subside.
Convalescence
no symptoms,
health returns to normal.
CHAIN OF INFECTION
CHAIN OF INFECTION
Chain of
infection
contains six
elements. If
broken,
infection will
not occur.
CHAIN OF INFECTION
Infectious
CHAIN OF INFECTION
CHAIN OF INFECTION
CHAIN OF INFECTION
Mode
of Transmission way in
which it can be transmitted to
another reservoir or host where it
can live.
Can
CHAIN OF INFECTION
Portal
BODY DEFENSES
If
BREAKAGE OF CHAIN OF
INFECTION
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