Progress of an Infection

A disease that is transmitted from one person to another is called _____.

• characteristic

• communicable

• communal

• microbial

Substances produced by some microorganisms that damage host tissues and act as an additional virulence factor are called _____.

• contaminants

• toxins

• bacilli

• pathogens

What type of immunity does the body develop after overcoming a disease or through inoculations?

• Natural immunity

• Natural healing

• Acquired immunity

In the chain of infection name a portal of exit.

• mouth

• broken skin

• rectum

• all of the above

A disease spread within a health care facility is referred to as:

• an epedemic

• a pandemic

• a nosocomial infection

• MRSA

Because ______ are the hardiest microbes, their destruction is required before the defined parameters/levels of sterilization have been met.

• Hepatitis B virus
• Bacterial endospores
• Mycobacteria
• Vegetative bacteria

The best descriptive term for resident microbes is

• commensals
• parasites
• pathogens
• contaminants

Virulence factors include

• toxins
• enzymes
• capsules
• all of these

the specific action of hemolysins is to

• damage white blood cells
• cause fever
• damage red blood cells
• cause leukocytosis

the ___ is the time that lapses between encounter with a pathogen and the first symptoms

• prodrome
• period of invasion
• period of convalescence
• period of incubation