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if a blood test shows eosinophilia
parasitic
e.g. filariasis
-iasis- parasitic infection
which cells are primarily infected by mycobacterium tuberculosis
alveolar macrophages
example of a bacteria where the majority of inflammation is chronic
mycobacterium leprae
which cell type is most characteristically present in the inflammatory response to foreign body e.g. splinter
giant cells
consequence of chronic inflammation
atrophy
eosinophils were seen in high numbers in the tissues in which conditions
Hodgkins lymphoma
granulomatous inflammation may occur from a
non-immune mechanism
which cells are modified to become epithelia cells within granulomas
macrophages
if someones immunoglobulin results show absent IgA which kind of infection is the patient most likely to have suffered from
respiratory tract infection
IgA found on mucosal surfaces such as the resp tract
which vaccine are ‘asplenic’ patients meant to have
streptococcus pneumonias (encapsulated)
important virulence factor of E.coli which causes UTI
adhesions on fimbria
which influenza can antigenic shift occur in
only influenza A
tamiflu also known as
oseltamivir
oseltamivir is a
neurominidase inhibitor
mechanism of action of oseltmivir
blocks emergence of influenza virus from the infected cell
