Module 9
Pathogenicity (Ch 15)
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Learning Objectives
Chapter 15: Microbial Mechanisms of Pathogenicity
Chapter 15: Microbial Mechanisms of Pathogenicity
- Define portals of entry
- Define ID50 and LD50
- Using examples, explain how microbes adhere to host cells
- Explain how capsules and cell wall components contribute to pathogenicity
- Define and give an example of antigenic variation
- Describe the function of siderophores
- Contrast direct damage and toxin production
- Define endotoxin and exotoxin
- Describe cytopathic effects, lysogeny
- Discuss the causes of symptoms in fungal, protozoan, helminthic, and algal diseases
- Compare and contrast portal of entry and portal of exit