Exam 1- Pathogenesis, Routes of Infection, Diagnosis, & Epidemiology, Respiration & Metabolism
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What is a pathogen?
organism capable of producing a disease
What are features of pathogens?
transmitted, stick, invade, and toxic
What is an opportunistic pathogen?
in the case where normal flora becomes pathogenic
What is an exogenous pathogen?
Pathogen acquired outside of an individual
What are the 3 routes of infection?
Inhalation, ingestion, and inoculation
What are Koch's postulates?
association, isolation, causation, reisolation
What is association?
Found in diseased organisms but not in healthy organisms.
what is isolation?
must be able to isolate diseased organisms in pure culture.
What is causation?
a cultured microorganism causes disease when in a healthy organism.
What is reisolation?
the microorganism must be re-isolated from the experiment-infected host and be the same original
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