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True Pathogen- are capable of causing disease in healthy persons with normal immune defenses ex. influenza virus, plague bacillus, and ect
Opportunistic pathogen- cause disease when the host's defenses are compromised or when they grow in part of the body that is not natural to them
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What infection is a pathogen that normally does not cause disease unless the host is weakened by another condition?
An opportunistic infection is a pathogen that only causes disease in a host with a weakened immune system or other underlying condition. These infections take advantage of the weakened state of the host to cause illness.
What term describes a non pathogenic organism that becomes pathogenic?
A non pathogenic organism cause infection in host when the host's immune system is down.It is called as opportunistic pathogen.That infection is known as opportunistic infection.Example for opportunistic pathogen:Candida albicans, Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare, cytomegalovirus (CMV) ---- Pathogen to HIV positive persons.
What is the difference between a primary and an opportunistic pathogen?
Primary Pathogens are the microorganisms that cause diseases in healthy individual. Opportunistic Pathogens are the microorganisms that are ordinarily in contact with the host and cause disease when the host's resistance is low.
What do you understand by opportunistic pathogens?
Fungi tends to prefer temperatures that are below human body temperature, and to be in darker and moister areas than many tissues in the human body. Without a compromised immune system or other debilitation of the human, fungi generally are not able to survive in humans or cause an infection.
What is a true pathogen?
A true pathogen is a microorganism that can cause disease in healthy individuals with normal immune systems. Examples include certain types of bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites that are capable of causing illness without the need for any predisposing conditions.
Is caused by a pathogen that does not normally produce an illness in healthy humans?
opportunistic infection
Is caused by pathogen that does not normally produce an illness in healthy human?
Opportunistic pathogen...
What caused by a pathogen that does not normally produce an illness in healthy humans?
opportunistic infection
Pseudomonas (Chemoorganotrophs)?
Gram-negative rods, Motile and often pigmented, Common opportunistic pathogen
What makes a pathogen a true pathogen?
The dimention
Is the ability of a nonpathogen or weakly pathogenic microorganism to cause disease primarily in an immunocompromised host?
opportunistic pathogen
What infection is a pathogen that normally does not cause disease unless the host is weakened by another condition?
An opportunistic infection is a pathogen that only causes disease in a host with a weakened immune system or other underlying condition. These infections take advantage of the weakened state of the host to cause illness.
What term describes a non pathogenic organism that becomes pathogenic?
A non pathogenic organism cause infection in host when the host's immune system is down.It is called as opportunistic pathogen.That infection is known as opportunistic infection.Example for opportunistic pathogen:Candida albicans, Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare, cytomegalovirus (CMV) ---- Pathogen to HIV positive persons.
An infection is caused by a pathogen that normally does not cause disease unless the host is weakened by another condition?
Opportunistic Infection
What is the difference between a primary and an opportunistic pathogen?
Primary Pathogens are the microorganisms that cause diseases in healthy individual. Opportunistic Pathogens are the microorganisms that are ordinarily in contact with the host and cause disease when the host's resistance is low.
When the body is invaded by a pathogen it starts to make antigens..is this true or false?
True
What has to be true for the successful development of a vaccine to be used against a pathogen?
It is necessary that the surface antigens of the pathogen remain unchanged
