| A | B |
|---|
| Mixed infection | – several microbes grow simultaneously at the infection site - polymicrobial |
| Primary infection | – initial infection |
| Secondary infection | – another infection by a different microbe |
| Acute infection | – comes on rapidly, with severe but short-lived effects |
| Chronic infections | – progress and persist over a long period of time |
| Inflammation | is an immune response to infection, initiated by host organism |
| s/s inflammation | Fever, pain, soreness, swelling |
| Edema | – accumulation of fluid |
| Granulomas and abscesses | – walled-off collections of inflammatory cells and microbes |
| Lymphadenitis | – swollen lymph nodes |
| Signs of Infection in the Blood | Changes in the number of circulating white blood cells--usually an increase in WBCs |
| Leukocytosis | – increase in white blood cells |
| -cytosis | A condition in which there is more than the usual number of cells, |
| Leukopenia – | decrease in white blood cells |
| Septicemia | – microorganisms are multiplying in the blood and present in large numbers |
| Bacteremia | – small numbers of bacteria present in blood not necessarily multiplying |
| Viremia | – small number of viruses present not necessarily multiplying |
| Asymptomatic (subclinical) infections – | although infected, the host doeremember a/sympgomatic mean not sympatomaticsn’t show any signs of disease |
| leuko | pertaining to white |
| -emia | having to do with blood |
| --penia | lack, deficiency |
