Microbiology is the branch of the scientific study of biology which deals predominantly with microscopic organisms such as bacteria, viruses, archaea, fungi and protozoa – essentially, organisms that are too small to be studied by the naked eye. How much do you know about microbiology?
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Mucous membranes that like the GI respiratory, & urogenital tracts & conjunctiva
Skin- typically must be broken in order for pathogens to gain access and cause disease; some pathogens such as hookworm can bore through
Parenteral route- direct deposition of microbe beneath skin or into mucous membranes; punctures, injections, wounds, bites ect. allow microbes in.
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Enyzymes/exoenzymes that help a microbe evade a host's defenses
Antigenic variation
Capsules
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A-B toxins
Superantigens
Endotoxins
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Fever
Chills
Weakness
Aches
Even shock and death
Swelling
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Typically growing inside cells
Able to gain access through attachment sites that match host receptors
Both A and B
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