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Infectious Disease

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PROCESS OF COLONIZATION   PROCESS OF COLONIZATION  
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What must first occur before an organism can start making trouble?   It must first stick by evading host defense  
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What is the process of colonization? List steps   Site specificity, adherence, and microbe growth  
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What influences adhesion?   Chemical specificity  
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Define microbiota and carrier state:   Microbiota: flora; carrier state: most people will get disease, but some won't  
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Give examples of sterile sites:   Our brain, most of our body  
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MICROBE-HOST RELATIONSHIP   MICROBE HOST RELATIONSHIP  
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DEFINE NON-PARASITES:   Won't drain you of resource  
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Give examples:   Saphrocytes, Mutalism, commensial microbes  
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What are saphrocytes?   Live on dead stuff  
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Mutalism:   Both benifit  
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Commensial microbes:   Host not affected  
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Systemic:   Spread by blood of lymphatic system  
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Bacteremia:   Presence of bacteria in blodd that aren't growing  
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Septacimia:   Bacteria growing in our bodd  
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Virelemia;   Reproducing viruses in blood  
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Toximia:   Toxin in blood  
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PROCESS OF DISEASE   PROCESS OF DISEASE  
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Adhesion;   Attachment molecule  
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HARMFUL MICROBIAL PRODUCTS   HARMFUL MICROBIAL PRODUCTS  
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What are some virulence factors that are produces by the microbe?   Endotoxins and exotoxins  
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What are endotoxins?   Carbs or lipids  
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What cell type releases them? Give example:   Gram --; like the LPS and lipid A  
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What is an assay of endotoxin?   LAL Assay in lab--from horseshoe crab  
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Compositon of exo vs. endo?   Protein vs. carbs and lipids  
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Production of exo vs. endo?   Active release vs. component of cell  
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Target of exo vs. endo?   Specific (enzyme) vs. general (immune response)  
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Stability of exo vs. endo?   Not stable vs. very stable  
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From which cell type are exotoxins released?   Gram +  
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From which cell types are endotoxins released?   Gram --  
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Do we want to release endotoxins:   NO NO NO NO NO!!!!  
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What do fungi and parasites lead to?   Allergic reactions  
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Toxicity of Exo vs. endo   High tox vs. low tox  
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So, how much of a dose do you need for exo vs. endo?   low vs. high dose  
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Fever response of exo vs. endo:   No fever vs. fever  
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