Infection Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• carrier : person who harbors an infectious agent without signs and symptoms of active disease
• inflammation : protective vascular reaction that involves a cascade of physiological responses that neutralize and eliminate pathogens or necrotic tissues and establishes a means of repairing body cells and tissues.
• cdiff : infection that destroys normal bowel flora and causes moderate to severe diarrhea
• bacteremia : presence of bacteria in the bloodstream
• hai : infection acquired in the inpatient health care setting
• communicable : infection that can be transmitted from person to person
• toxins : protein molecules released by bacteria to affect host cells at a distant site
• cauti : uti that occurs as a result of having an indwelling urinary catheter
• infection : invasion of pathogens into the body that multiply and cause disease or illness
• symptomatic: presence of symptoms related to a specific condition or disease
• immunity : protection from illness or disease that is maintained by the body's physiologic defense
• colonization : presence of microorganisms in the tissues of the host that do not cause symptomatic disease
• asymptomatic : absence of symptoms
• reservoir : a place where microorganisms survive, multiply, and wait to transfer to a susceptible host; can include humans, animals, insects, food, water, and organic matter on surfaces)