Chapter 5 Infections

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Across
  1. 3. A microorganism that causes disease
  2. 5. A type of infection that has signs and symptoms present
  3. 6. Our natural ability to fight off disease
  4. 7. A period without symptoms (from chronic illness)
  5. 11. An infection that does not ordinarily cause a disease except in certain circumstances like compromised immune systems
  6. 12. Requires oxygen to live and multiply (2 words)
  7. 14. The absence of clinical signs and symptoms
  8. 16. Disease process that results from the entry and spread of a microorganism
  9. 17. Does not require oxygen to live and multiply (2 words)
  10. 21. A type of infection that is confined to a specific region on your body
  11. 22. An infection where the symptoms disappear and recur, while the disease-causing agent remains in your body
  12. 23. An infection that is for a limited time only.
Down
  1. 1. Not causing disease
  2. 2. Uses spores to reproduce and grows mainly as a single-celled organism
  3. 4. Microscopic life form that is too small to be seen by the naked eye
  4. 8. A type of infection that has spread to more than one body system or area
  5. 9. The period of time where a chronic infection show symptoms
  6. 10. Happens from hospitalization and is not present when a patient is admitted to a healthcare facility (2 words)
  7. 13. An infection of the middle ear (2 words)
  8. 15. Single-celled organism that ranges in size from microscopic to visible to the naked eye. Likely to be found in water and sewage systems
  9. 18. After the initial infection has subsided but not cured, the infection makes a re-emergence
  10. 19. Single-celled organisms that multiply by cell division
  11. 20. Applied to the affected area