HostMicrobe1 Flashcards
Definition: Infection
Process of establishing a relationship between microbe and host- may/may not cause disease
Definition: Infectious disease types?
Disease caused by an infection with a microbeCommunicable - transmitted patient to patient Non-communicable - not transmitted
Definition: Pathogenicity Frank vs opportunistic
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Definition:Virulence low vs high
Relative capacity to damage a host; measure of pathogenicity (ability to cause disease)Few microbes needed for disease = high virulence Many microbes needed for disease = low virulence
Koch’s Postulates
- Specific microbes are present regularly in characteristic lesions of the disease 2.The specific microbes can be isolated and grown in vitro. 3. Injection of the cultured microbes into animals reproduces the disease that you see in humans 4. The specific microbes can be re-isolated from lesions of the disease in animals.- this shows that a microbe can be the cause of a specific disease
Stages of pathogenesis of ID
- Encounter 2. Entry 3. Spread 4. Multiplication 5. Damage 6. Outcome
Typical stage in pathogenesis: Encounter
1st stageHow the agent meets the host.
Give an example of microbial ‘spreading factors’ through tissues
during 3rd stageHyaluronidase, elastase, collagenase
how can coagulase inhibit spread of microbes.
coagulase: inhibits spread of microbes because it lays down fibrin to “wall off” and localize infection
Typical stage in pathogenesis: damage
5th stagehow tissue damage is cause by the agent and/or the host responseare virulence factors present?
Typical stage in pathogenesis: outcome
6th stagedoes the microbial agent or the host win the battle, or do they learn to coexist?
Innate vs. Adaptive defense against infections
Innate: Immediate response Adaptive: Defends against future recurrences
Things that affect composition of microbiome
- Diet 2. Antibiotics 3. Anatomy 4. Genetics
Importance of microbiome
- Effects on tissue/organ differentiation 2. Production of vitamins by flora 3. Biochemical conversions 4. Competition with pathogens for colonization of surfaces
If growth rate in vivo is slower than in vitro, what does that mean?
host defense is aiding to prevent infection