susceptible

Examples of susceptible in the following topics:

• Chain of Transmission

  • Microorganisms carried in this manner can be dispersed widely by air currents and may become inhaled by a susceptible host within the same room or over a longer distance from the source patient, depending on environmental factors; therefore, special air-handling and ventilation are required to prevent airborne transmission.
  • Direct-contact transmission involves a direct body surface-to-body surface contact and physical transfer of microorganisms between a susceptible host and an infected or colonized person, such as when a person turns a patient, gives a patient a bath, or performs other patient-care activities that require direct personal contact.
  • Direct-contact transmission can also occur between two patients, with one serving as the source of the infectious microorganisms and the other as a susceptible host.
  • Indirect-contact transmission involves contact of a susceptible host with a contaminated intermediate object, usually inanimate, such as contaminated instruments, needles, or dressings, or contaminated gloves that are not changed between patients.

• Host Risk Factors

  • Individuals who are weak, sick, malnourished, have cancer, or are diabetic have increased susceptibility to chronic or persistent infections.
  • Those who are weak, sick, malnourished, have cancer, or are diabetic have increased susceptibility to chronic or persistent infections.
  • Individuals who have a suppressed immune system or who are on immunosuppressive drugs are particularly susceptible to opportunistic infections.

• Kirby-Bauer Disk Susceptibility Test

  • Kirby-Bauer antibiotic testing (also called KB testing or disk diffusion antibiotic sensitivity testing) uses antibiotic-containing wafers or disks to test whether particular bacteria are susceptible to specific antibiotics.
  • If the bacteria are susceptible to the particular antibiotic from a wafer, an area of clear media where bacteria are not able to grow surrounds the wafer, which is known as the zone of inhibition.

• Is Being Too Clean a Bad Thing?

  • The hygiene hypothesis refers to lack of exposure to pathogens early in life, thus resulting in susceptibility to allergens.
  • In medicine, the hygiene hypothesis states that a lack of early childhood exposure to infectious agents, symbiotic microorganisms (e.g., gut flora or probiotics), and parasites increases susceptibility to allergic diseases by suppressing natural development of the immune system.

• Social Isolation

  • Any individual from any segment of society may be socially isolated, but senior citizens are especially susceptible to the risk factors that may trigger social isolation.
  • Examine the implications of social isolation and how elderly adults are a susceptible population to the effects

• Deep Wound Healing

  • Additionally, deep wounds are more susceptible to infection, and also to the development of systemic infection through the circulatory system, as well as   dysregulation that results in chronic wounds such as ulcers.
  • The ECM formed during wound healing may also be weaker in deep wounds, making the site susceptible to additional later wounding.

• Dental Caries

  • These patients are particularly susceptible to dental caries.
  • The caries process does not have an inevitable outcome, and different individuals will be susceptible to different degrees depending on the shape of their teeth, oral hygiene habits, and the buffering capacity of their saliva.
  • Dentin and cementum are more susceptible to caries than enamel because they have lower mineral content.
  • Even in a healthy oral environment, however, the tooth is susceptible to dental caries.

• Cytotoxic Autoimmune Reactions

  • Certain individuals are genetically susceptible to developing autoimmune diseases.
  • This susceptibility is associated with multiple genes plus other risk factors.
  • Immunoglobulins and the T-cell receptors are involved in the recognition of antigens and they are inherently variable and susceptible to recombination.
  • The contributions of genes outside the MHC complex remain the subject of research both in animal models of disease (Linda Wicker's extensive genetic studies of diabetes in the NOD mouse), and in patients (Brian Kotzin's linkage analysis of susceptibility to SLE).

• The Roles of Genetics and Gender in Autoimmune Disease

  • Certain individuals are genetically susceptible to developing autoimmune diseases.
  • This susceptibility is associated with multiple genes plus other risk factors.
  • Immunoglobulins and T-cell receptors are involved in the recognition of antigens and they are inherently variable and susceptible to recombination.
  • The contributions of genes outside the MHC complex remain the subject of research, in animal models of disease (Linda Wicker's extensive genetic studies of diabetes in the NOD mouse), and in patients (Brian Kotzin's linkage analysis of susceptibility to SLE).

• Colonization and Growth

  • Those who are weak, sick, malnourished, have cancer or are diabetic possess an increased susceptibility to chronic or persistent infections.
  • Individuals who have a suppressed immune system are particularly susceptible to opportunistic infections.