Microbiology 2460 UTA Chapter 15 with Verified Solutions

Microbiology 2460 UTA Chapter 15 with Verified Solutions Disease condition where normal structure and/or function are damaged or impaired Infection invasion of pathogen or parasite that lead to disease evidence for infection come from: signs and symptoms signs things that can be directly measured by clinician symptoms things felt by the patient that cannot be clinically measured Syndrome groups of signs & symptoms that help direct towards diagnosis/indicate a particular disease Some patients are asymptomatic/subclinical, this means? only signs can be observed thru correct testing -patient w herpes & no symptoms cyto- cell hepat- of the liver -pathy disease -emia of the blood -itis inflammation -lysis destruction -oma tumor -osis diseased or abnormal condition -derma of the skin WHO's International Classification of Diseases (ICD) is used globally to: classify and monitor diseases Diseases can be Infectious, Non-Infectious, Communicable, Non-communicable, Iatrogenic, Nosocomial, Zoonotic Infectious disease caused by direct effect of a pathogen Non-infectious not caused by a pathogen Communicable (contagious) Capable of spreading person to person Non-cummunicable obtained from non-living things