MICROBIOLOGY W/ACCESS
MICROBIOLOGY W/ACCESS
4th Edition
ISBN: 9781266808685
Author: Cowan
Publisher: MCG
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Chapter 13, Problem 2VC
Summary Introduction

To determine:

The setting in which this infection was most likely acquired.

Concept introduction:

A microbe that results in infection due to a parasitic relationship with its host is termed as a pathogen. The severity and type of infection depend on both condition of the host as well as pathogenicity of the organism.

Summary Introduction

To determine:

The name of the given type of infection.

Concept introduction:

The human body exists in a cloud of microbes. The amount of microbes in the human body is 10 times than that of human cells. Some microbes are normal biota while some are transients and other invades the cells or tissues. Such contact often leads to infection.

Summary Introduction

To determine:

The source of the pathogen.

Concept introduction:

Healthcare-associated infection can be defined as the infection acquired by medical or surgical treatment, or by the use of contaminated healthcare setting.

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