Microbiological Classification of. Infectious Diseases. • Disease is a disturbance in the state of health. • Microbes cause disease in the course of ...
The agents of infection can be divided into different groups on the basis of their size, biochemical characteristics, or manner in which they interact with the ...
Phenotypic Classification •Microscopic morphology –Gram stain, shape i.e., rods (bacillus), spheres (cocci), curved or spiral, size •Macroscopic –Hemolytic properties on agar containing blood, pigmentation of the colonies, size and shape of colonies, smell and color. •Serotyping –Antibody reactivity to specific antigens
The Classification of Infectious Diseases Clinicians tend to classify infectious diseases according to their most common or most important clinical manifestation or by the organ systems that are primarily affected. An example of a clinical classification is given in Table 2-1. The second group of specialists, microbiologists, tend to classify ...
toxins they produce, are communicable or infectious diseases (45). ... Some terms relating to the transmission or classification of infections are defined.
2.3. Classifications of urinary tract infection Classification of UTI is important for clinical decisions, research, quality measurement,and teaching. Traditionally, UTIs are classified based on clinical symptoms, laboratory data, andmicrobiological findings usually have been divided into uncomplicated andcomplicated UTIs,
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Bacterial Classification, Structure and Function Introduction The purpose of this lecture is to introduce you to terminology used in microbiology. The lecture will: 1. Cover different classification schemes for grouping bacteria, especially the use of the Gram stain 2. Describe the different types of bacteria 3.
It is accepted that infection is the result of the interaction between the host, the micro-organism, and the environment. Pathogenicity (Table 1) is not ...
nurses and midwives regarding infections and infectious diseases and their prevention and control. ... and extra-pulmonary TB, it is classified as a case of.
APIC Text of Infection Control & Epidemiology, 3rd edition, 2009 ... characteristics that might cause them to be classified in both the plant and animal ...
Microbiological Classification of Infectious Diseases • Disease is a disturbance in the state of health • Microbes cause disease in the course of stealing space, nutrients, and/or living tissue from their symbiotic hosts (e.g., us) • To do this, microbes do most of the following: – Gain access to the host (contamination)