Foundations in Microbiology 9th Edition by Kathleen Park Talaro, Barry Chess

Exercise 6

Critical thinking is the ability to reason and solve problems using facts and concepts. These question can be approached from a number of angles, and in most cases, they do not have a single correct answer.
Describe each of the following infections using correct technical terminology. (Descriptions may fit more than one category.) Use terms such as primary , secondary , nosocomial , STD , mixed , latent , toxemia , chronic , zoonotic , asymptomatic , local , systemic , - itis , - emia.
Caused by needlestick in dental office
Pneumocystis pneumonia in AIDS patient
Bubonic plague from rat flea bite
Diphtheria
Undiagnosed chlamydiosis
Acute necrotizing gingivitis
Syphilis of long duration
Large numbers of gram-negative rods in the blood
A boil on the back of the neck
An inflammation of the meninges