Chapter 14 Vocab

acute disease

rapid onset, usually followed by a relative rapid recovery

asymptomatic infection

an infection without display of symptoms

avirulent strains

incapable of causing disease

chronic disease

has a slow onset and lasts a long time

coagulase

an enzyme that causes the clotting of blood plasma

collagenase

breaks down collagen enabling pathogen to invade tissues

cytotoxins

a substance or process that can damage cells or cause them to die

endotoxin

part of the cell wall structure of gram-negative bacteria

enterotoxin

a toxin generated inside or affecting the intestines

erythrogenic toxin

toxin responsible for scarlet fever

exotoxin

poisonous proteins produced within cell and then released outside cell

facultative intracellular pathogen

capable of both an intracellular and extracellular existence

hemoslyin

intraerythrocytic pathogen

infection allowing bacterial infection by blood sucking antrhopods

latent infection

• a disease that is dormant

localized infection

confined to one area of the body or the original site of infection

neurotoxin

pathogenicity

the ability to cause disease

pathogenesis

the process by which a disease or disorders develops su

primary infection

first disease

pyrogen

substances that induce fever

secondary infection

resulting disease from primary

signs of disease

• objective evidence of a disease

• specific test or something that is measurable

symptoms of disease

• evidence of a disease that is experienced by the patient

• subjective

systemic infection