INFECTION

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What is a microorganism?
An organism too small to be seen by the naked eye
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What is a pathogen?
Microorganisms that cause disease
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What is infection?
▪ The presence of microorganisms causing damage to body tissues
The presence of microorganisms causing damage to body tissues.
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Four stages of Progression
1. Colonization
2. Invasion
3. Multiplication
4. Spread
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Clinical infection disease process
1 Incubation period
2. Prodromal Stage
3. Invasion period
4. Convalescence
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Pyrexia
Rise in body temperature above the
normal i.e oral temperature (
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What is a pathogen?

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Microorganisms that cause disease

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What is infection?
▪ The presence of microorganisms causing damage to body tissues

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Four stages of Progression

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Clinical infection disease process

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