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Microbial disease
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Pathogenesis of microbial disease Mind Map on Microbial disease, created by Elham Fakhri on 05/10/2013.
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pathogenesis of microbial disease
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Microbial disease
Annotations:
pathology/damage resulting from an infection
Microbes
bacteria
salmonella enteritidis> food poisoning
Mycobacterium tuberculosis > tuberculosis
fungi
Epidermophyton floccosum>ringworm
Candida albicans> thrush
viruses
Rhinoviru>common cold
HIV >AIDS
parasites (protozoa & worms)
Plasmodium falciparum> Malaria
Giardia lamblia >diarrhoea
Worm:Schistosoma mansoni> schistosomiasis
Microbe-host
Annotations:
successful parasites gets what it can without causing damage (disease is by product of multiplication)
parasitic
one benfits on the expense of other> measles, tuberculosis, typhoid
Symbiotic/mutualistic
both benefit> intestinal microbiota
Commensalism
one organism derives benefits without causing damage>skin microbiota
Balanced pathogenicity
Microbes and Host Organisms have evolved togethe
over time pathogens become less virulent while host more immun
its not beneficial for a microbe to kill its host before it has a chance to reproduce and disperse
Severity of microbial disease
Host factors inlcuding genetic factors and host physilogy
degree to which individuals respond to is highly variable
1926 Lubeck disaster: Mycobacterium tuberculosis given to babies: 76 died/173 survived
Plasmodium falciparum> Sickle cell trait
Hepatitis B virus > 1942 military personnel
malbutrition> measles virus
diabetesmellitus - high concentrations of blood sugar> infection by staphylcocci
Viirulance of micro-organism
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