MSII 1 Chpt 13

Bacterial infection

Patient is immunocompromised (cancer patients, etc.)

Big eater

Secrete histamine and heparin

Are stuck on blood vessel in connective tissue near capillary

4,500-10000

4,000-5,000

Skin and mucous membranes, and phagocytosis/inflammation

Immunity

Protective covering; secrete substance that inhibit the growth of bacteria

Inhibit growth of many pathogenic organisms

Phagocytose (ingest) bacteria that can cause infection when they enter the body

Increase in parasitic infections or allergies

Increase in chicken pox, sinusitis, diabetes

• BEN likes his GRANdmother
• Basophils, eosinophils, neutrophils

Lymphocytes and monocytes

In diverse infections and immune responses

Increase in viral infections and inflammation

Series of cellular changes that signal the body's response to injury or infection

• Rubor (redness)
• Calor (heat)
• Tumor (swelling)
• Dolor (pain)

Histamine, kinins, and leokotrienes

Cause vasodilatation and increase capillary permeability

• Bacertia-Big
• Virrus-Small

Spores and air currents

• Spread by ticks
• Rocky mtn fever

• Causative agent (microorganism)
• Reservoir (where CA lives)
• Portal of exit
• Mode of transfer
• Portal of entry
• Susceptible host

Infections caused by the treatment given to the person (antibiotic therapy for one infection can cause overgrowth of another microorganism that can cause disease-this is called superinfection)

Broad spectrum antibiotics

• Medical-limit spread of microorganisms
• Surgical-eliminate microorganisms