Bacteria - Answers One-celled microorganisms with both plant and animal characteristics.
Pathogenic - Answers ___ bacteria are considered harmful because they may cause disease or infection
when they invade the body.
Communicable - Answers When an infection spreads from one person to another by contact it is said to
be _____
Streptococci - Answers Pus-forming bacteria arranged in curved lines resembling a string of beads.
Cocci - Answers Round shaped bacteria that appear singly (alone).
Diplococci - Answers Spherical bacteria that grow in pairs and cause diseases such as pneumonia.
Mycobacterium fortuitum furunculosis - Answers A microoorganism that normally exists in tap water,
caused a huge breakout of sores and scarring on customer's feet after pedicures in California.
Infection - Answers Occurs when body tissues are invaded by disease-causing or pathogenic bacteria.
Local Infection - Answers A pimple or abscess, is one that is confined to a particular part of the body and
is indicated by a lesion containing pus.
Pus - Answers The presence of ___ is a sign of a bacterial infection.
Staphylococci - Answers _____ are among the most common human bacteria, and are normally carried
by about a third of the population.
Harmless - Answers Nonpathogenic bacteria are ____
Contagious - Answers When a disease spreads from one person to another by contact it is said to be
______.
Virus - Answers A microorganism capable of infecting almost all plants and animals including bacteria.
Hepatitis - Answers A bloodborne virus causes ___ a disease that damages the liver.
AIDS - Answers HIV is the virus that causes ___.
Parasites - Answers ___ are plant or animal organisms that live in, or on, another living organism and
draw their nourishment from that organism.
Scabies - Answers ___ is another contagious skin disease that is caused by the itch mite.
Pediculosis capitus - Answers A skin disease caused by an infestation of head lice is called _____.
Acquired immunity - Answers ___ is immunity that the body develops after overcoming a disease, or
through inoculation (such as flue vaccinations).