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Cards Term Conjunctivitis Definition Infection of eye or eyelid Term Dacryocystitis Definition Infection of tearducts Term Otitis Media Definition Most common. Mid. ear inf. Term Sinusitis Definition Inf. of sinuses Term Rhinitis Definition Inf. of nose Term Pharyngitis Definition Inf of throat Term BRONCHITIS Definition INF. OF BRACHES OF TRACHEA Term BRONCHIOLITIS Definition INF. OF SMALLER BRANCHES OF LUNG Term PNEUMONIA Definition INF. OF AVEOLI(SMALLEST DIV. OF LUNG) FILL WITH FLUID & PUS Term PLEURISY Definition INFLAMMATION OF MEMBRANE AROUND LUNG Term STAPHYLOCOCCUS aureus Definition Round org. in clusters. Gram +. Found in nostrils Term Corynebacterium Definition Pleomorphic, Gram + rods Term Haemophilus Definition Very small Gram - rods Term Bacteroides Definition Most imp.Small pleomorphic Gram- rods Term Immunolegy Definition Study of immune system Term Antigens Definition Substance that's foreign to our body. Revoke immune response Term Antibodies Definition Protein in blood that are produced in response to an antigen Term Natural Immunity Definition Your body has natural bout with illness --- Have primary antibody response 1st time you encounter antigen Term Memory Cells(Memory Bloymohocytes) Definition Rem. antigen so it attacks Term IgM Definition 1st produced in response 2 an antigen Term IgG Definition Makes up 80% total antibody. Gives long term resistance(can cross placent). Term IgA Definition Find in secretions(saliva, GI tract, breast milk Term IgE Definition Causes allergic reactions Term IgD Definition Membrane antibody Term Vaccine Definition An intentional exposure 2 an antigen so upon exposure a secondary resp. can be mounted. Term Diphtheria Definition Toxin-mediated disease.Org. that causes this= Corynebacterium diphthriae(Gram+ club shape bacillus:Metachromatic granules,div. by binary fission(Y,X chin.letters). Transmitted by resp. droplets Term Exotoxin Definition Inteferes with making of prot. in epithelial cells.Dead cells+bl. cells+mucus form in back of throat(pseudomembrane)block breathing Term Symp. of diphtheria Definition Mild sore throat, fever malaise(bad feeling), neck swelling,heart & kidney failure,paralysis, suffication. Term Treatment of diphtheria Definition Antibiotics,antitoxin administered 2 toxin,vaccine(DPT) before start school, Term Pertussis(whooping cough)100 day cough Definition World wide-300-500,000 deaths. Org tha causes=Bordetella petussis(Gram-, encapsulated rod,fastidious=exact nut. req. Term Pertussis transmitted by Definition Resp. droplets.Have fibriae attached 2 cells of resp. tract. This will impair mucus movement. Term Symptoms of pertussis Definition low grade fever,malaise,m inc. severe cough. Next stage-cells & mucus blocks airways. Can cause brain Hem. & seiqures. Term Treatment for pertussis Definition Antibiotics;DPT Term Meningococcal miningitis Definition Have 3 membrane over brain & spinal cord(mininges). Caused by virus,bact., protozoa, fungus. Term Neiseria miningitidis Definition Gram-, encapsulated diplococcus. TRANS.=droplets @ close contact(exp. Military bases, dorms, prisons Term Meningococcemia Definition Invasion of bl. stream & over-whelms body. When occurs about 50% fatal in 2 hrs. SYMPTOMS= headache & rash w blue-black spots Term Treatment of Meningococcemia Definition Ab, bacc. w polysacc. capsule. Children under 2 not as effected. WATERHOUSE-FRIDERICHSEN SYNDROME=lesions form in adrenal gland Term Haemophilus meningitis Definition caused by Gram- encapsulated rod called Haemophilus influenza Term Haemophilus influenza Definition Cause headaches, stiff neck, ear inf., bact. conjuctivitis, sinusitis,men. # 1 cause of menin. in 6mo-2yro 5% fatal TREAT=Ab,vaccine(HIB) Term TB Definition org. that causes= Mircrobacterium tb(tubercle bacillus, small G+, acid-fast(mycolic acid) rod Term TB sym. Definition cough, chest pain, fever, rust colored sputum, malaisse,wt.loss. Term Pott's disease Definition TB of spine