NURS 205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Shortness Of Breath, Cryptococcus Neoformans, Window Period
7 Dec 2016
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Notes on ebola virus disease (evd) (ebola not on exam but there for own info) Someone that(cid:495)s diagnosed in north america, have access to healthcare and effective treatment. But will be different for someone in developing countries. Infection: invasion of the body by a pathogen & resulting signs & symptoms that develop in response to the invasion: localized or systemic: most common causes: bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoa. Many considered normal flora; cause disease when they: enter body & grow inside cells e. g. tb (tb is a bac that cause prob when enter cells, secrete toxins that damage cells e. g. tetanus. Viruses: not cell like bacteria but a package of rna, dna. Consist of rna or dna & a protein envelope. Can only reproduce in the cells of a living organism e. g. hiv. Antibiotic-resistant organisms (aros) or multi-drug resistant organisms (mdros) Resistance: when pathological organisms change in ways that dec ability of a drug to treat disease.
