- Incubation period
- Prodromal period
- Illness period
- Convalescence period
No category found.
- Bloodstream
- Urinary tract
- Central nervous system
- Respiratory tract
- Is caused by the same pathogen as the primary infection.
- Occurs after a primary infection, often due to a weakened immune system or altered microbiota.
- Is always less severe than the primary infection.
- Is not related to the primary infection.
- Bacteriology
- Mycology
- Parasitology
- Virology
- Airborne droplets
- Fomites
- Direct contact transmission
- Vector-borne transmission
- Sterilization
- Disinfection
- Pasteurization
- Autoclaving
- Cell wall
- Capsule
- Envelope
- Capsid
- Disinfection
- Sterilization
- Antisepsis
- Sanitization
- Rapid patient recovery.
- Accurate microbial identification.
- Reduced antibiotic resistance.
- Improved patient comfort.
- Endotoxin
- Exotoxin
- Enterotoxin
- Hemolysin
- Airborne droplets
- Contaminated food and water
- Direct contact with contaminated hands
- Vectors
- The type of bacteria present.
- The specific antibiotic that the bacteria are susceptible to.
- The number of bacteria present.
- The patient's immune response to the bacteria.
- Rapid onset and short duration.
- The pathogen remaining in the body for long periods, often causing chronic symptoms.
- A rapid immune response and complete pathogen clearance.
- No symptoms ever appearing.
- Incubation period
- Prodromal period
- Illness period
- Convalescence period
- Cell wall composition.
- Gram stain reaction.
- Type of genetic material (DNA or RNA).
- Ability to produce spores.
- Direct contact transmission
- Indirect contact transmission
- Airborne transmission
- Fomite transmission
- B-cell
- Helper T-cell
- Cytotoxic T-cell
- Plasma cell
