Health Sciences II Unit 2

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)

The advanced stage of HIV infection

Bacteria

One-celled microscopic organisms

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

protect public safety by preventing the spread of disease, injury, and disability

Clostridium difficile infection (CDI)

A large bacterial disease that affects the colon caused by spore-forming, anaerobic bacterium Clostridiodes difficile.

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

Cabinet level executive department of the U.S that protects public health and provides essential human services

Endogenous

Growing, originating, or produced within an organism, tissue, cell, or internal system.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Federal agency created in 1970 with the goal to protect human health and the environment.

Exogenous

Originating from outside a specific system, organism, cell, or body

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

A part of the HHS. It regulates food safety, medications, vaccines, medical devices, and tobacco products.

Fungi

A simple parasitic organism

Healthcare Associated Infection (HAI)

Infection parents acquire while in a hospital location such as clinics, hospitals, nursing homes, and etc.