Medical Microbiology

4. type of neurotoxin that causes spastic paralysis
8. ability of an organism to spread within the host
13. antibody specific for toxin that neutralizes that toxin
18. _________ syndrome is a collection of signs and symptoms that are characteristic of a disease
20. the higher the # of organisms, the _________ the risk of disease
22. intensity of pathogenicity
25. breaks down basement membrane
26. an organism’s ability to cause disease
29. breaks down collagen
30. proteins that are actively secreted by bacteria and cause harm to host
31. _________ potential is the ability of an organism to cause signs/symptoms
32. _________ help bacteria adhere to surfaces
33. lipid A component of LPS that is sloughed off when bacteria die, causing shock

1. period of infection when you are the most sick
2. ability of organism to start an infection
3. inhibits phagocytosis
5. toxin that affects GI tract
6. toxin that affects cellular functions
7. If a host has a low resistance to a bacterium, very small number and _________ virulent organisms can cause disease
9. subjective/what you cannot see
10. kills lysosomes in WBC
11. objective/ what you can see/measurable
12. a toxin that causes over stimulation of the immune system, causing toxic shock syndrome.
14. breaks down connections between cells
15. inanimate objects that are contaminated
16. a toxin that affect nervous system
17. tissue damage cause by toxins produced by microbe IN the host's body
19. Protease, _________ cleaves IgA
21. tissue damage caused by toxins produced by microbe OUTSIDE of hosts body entering the host
23. period of infection when you have no signs or symptoms and the bacteria are replicating
24. stage of infection in which you start to recover
27. cause disease
28. type of neurotoxin that causes flaccid paralysis