Question

Which of the following is NOT a correct definition?

Question 60 options:

	Endemic: A disease that occurs at a steady rate in a population.
	Prodrome: Early, non-descriptive (unspecific) symptoms
	Vector: An organism that transports a pathogen from a reservoir to a host
	Nosocomial Infection: Sinus infections caused by normal microbiome organisms
	Incidence: The frequency of a disease during a one year period.

Answer 1

Ans) Nosocomial infection.

Nosocomial infection are generally caught in a hospital and antibiotic resistant organisms are the causative agent of this infection.

The term has been derived from two Greek words:

'nosus' means disease

'Komeion' means 'to take care of'

Examples for Nosocomial infection includes C.albicans, S.aureus, UTIs etc.

Basically, the medical term for is hospital acquired infections is Nosocomial infection as hospitals are prone to infection caused by antibiotic resistant organisms.