Module 6 /Chapter 14 Lesson & Study Guide

Match

Match the following

• Causative Agent (what causes the infection) bacteria, fungi, virus, insects

• Places where germs live patient/resident, Health care worker, environment, equipment

• The way it gets out and the way it gets in

• Airborne, droplet, contact (direct or indirect), food/water, animals/insects 

  
  

• Patient/resident, health care worker, families 

  
  

Infectious Agent

Reservoir

Portal of Entry and Exit

Mode of Transmission

Susceptible Host

• Infectious Agent

• Reservoir

• Portal of Entry and Exit

• Mode of Transmission

• Susceptible Host

Match

Match the following

• Streptococcus – strep throat, pneumonia.

  Toggle as correct answer for Streptococcus – strep throat, pneumonia.

  
  

• Lice – itching (body, hair, and pubic)

• HIV (AIDS) – acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

• Tinea pedis – athlete’s foot.

• Malaria

Bacteria

Rickettsia

Virus

Fungi

Protozoa

• Bacteria

• Rickettsia

• Virus

• Fungi

• Protozoa

Match

Match the following

• Bacteria

• Fungi

• Virus

• Rickettsia

E. coli – urinary infections

Candida albicans – yeast infection

Herpes zoster – shingles.

Scabies - rash

• E. coli – urinary infections

• Candida albicans – yeast infection

• Herpes zoster – shingles.

• Scabies - rash

Multiple Select

Which of the following are conditions necessary for infectious agents to grow?

(select all that apply

• Warmth and Moisture

• Food source

• Oxygen (aerobic) or lack of oxygen (anaerobic)

• Cold and dry conditions

• Darkness

Categorize

Options (11)

Pain

Redness/tenderness

Swelling

• Yellow/green pus/drainage from wound

• Warm to the touch

• Diarrhea

Fatigue

• FEVER(elevated temperature)/chills

• Nausea, vomiting

• Most infections occur on the skin

• May also be found in the nose, respiratory tract, urinary tract

• Most infections occur in hospitals 

• Can be found in surgical wounds, urinary tract, or blood

Organize these options into the right categories

Signs & Symptoms of localized infection

Signs & Symptoms of systemic infection

Vancomycin resistant enterococcus (VRE)

(MRSA) – infection

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