Egyptian Board Infectious Diseases - independent subject foundations flashcards
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- Minimum inhibitory concentration
- A laboratory measure of antimicrobial inhibition interpreted with the organism, method, breakpoint and achievable exposure rather than as an isolated outcome guarantee.
- Metallo-beta-lactamase
- An enzyme class using a metal-dependent mechanism that differs from serine beta-lactamases and affects inhibitor selection.
- Pharmacodynamic target
- An exposure-effect relationship used in appropriate drug assessment, with interpretation dependent on the class, organism and clinical setting.
- Source control
- An intervention addressing the anatomical or device-related focus of infection, which can be necessary alongside antimicrobial treatment.
- Colonization
- Presence of an organism without sufficient evidence that it is causing the clinical infection being assessed.
- Contamination
- Introduction of material that does not represent the intended clinical target, potentially affecting diagnostic interpretation.
- Surveillance definition
- A standardized reporting framework whose purpose and thresholds can differ from an individual bedside diagnostic assessment.
- Antibiogram
- A summary of tested isolate susceptibility in a defined population and period, not an individual patient's complete microbiological result.
- De-escalation
- Reassessment toward a more targeted effective regimen when the relevant clinical and microbiological evidence permits.
- Antimicrobial stewardship
- Coordinated work to improve appropriate drug use, balancing effective treatment with safety and ecological consequences.
- Sepsis
- Infection-related life-threatening organ dysfunction interpreted through an appropriate clinical and consensus framework rather than fever alone.
- Biofilm
- A microbial community-associated growth state that can affect device infection and the interpretation of treatment and source-control options.
- Opportunistic infection
- An infection whose occurrence or severity is influenced by impaired host defense in the actual clinical context.
- Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome
- An inflammatory deterioration associated with recovering immune responses that requires assessment of infection and competing causes.
- Tissue-invasive CMV disease
- A disease assessment involving relevant organ evidence rather than treating every isolated viral-load result as proof of tissue invasion.
- Galactomannan
- A fungal-associated antigen test whose contribution depends on the host, specimen, assay performance and complete diagnostic context.
- Latent TB infection
- Evidence of mycobacterial infection without established active disease after the appropriate assessment, with preventive-treatment decisions made separately.
- Parasitemia
- The measured presence or burden of parasites in blood, interpreted with species, host and the actual severity framework.
- Hypnozoite
- A dormant liver-stage form relevant to relapse from certain malaria species and to an eligible radical-cure strategy.
- G6PD assessment
- Evaluation of an erythrocyte enzyme relevant to the safety of selected oxidant medicines, with method and timing affecting interpretation.