candida continued Flashcards
1
Q
disease is the result of
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host pathogen interaction
2
Q
fungal virulence is
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multifactoral
3
Q
stages of candida infection
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1) adhesion and colonisation
2) epithelia colonisation
3) vascular disssemination
4) endothelial penetration and colonisation
4
Q
C.albicans is
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diploid and normally asexual
5
Q
VF of candida
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adhesion to host invasion of epithelium penetration obtaining nutrients opposing host defences
6
Q
high cell density
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grow as yeast
7
Q
low cell density
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grow as filamentous
8
Q
hyphen growth can
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help yeast escape phagocytosis
9
Q
cell surface manoproteins
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key role in adhesion
