Infection; TB introduction Flashcards
Describe Infection
Invasion
What is invaded in an infection?
Living tissue
What invades the living tissue?
Pathogenic microorganisms
What is developed due to this invasion?
Pathological changes
How many types of Infection are there?
4
What are the 4 types of Infection?
Toxaemia
Bacteraemia
Septicaemia
Pyaemia
What is involved in the 4 types of Infection?
Circulation
Where do the 4 types of Infection circulate in?
Blood
What is circulated in blood in Toxaemia?
Toxins
What is caused due to the circulation of toxins in blood in Toxaemia?
Clinical and pathological manifestations
What is circulated in blood in Bacteraemia?
Bacteria
What doesn’t the bacteria undergo in Bacteraemia?
Multiplication
What is circulated in blood in Septicaemia?
Virulent microorganisms
Describe the number of these virulent microorganisms
Large
What do these virulent microorganisms undergo in Septicaemia?
Multiplication
What is produced by these virulent microorganisms which is also circulated in blood in Septicaemia?
Toxins
What is an example of a bacteria that causes Septicaemia?
Streptococcus Haemolyticus
What is the condition in which Streptococcus Haemolyticus causes Septicaemia?
Puerperal sepsis
What is circulated in blood in Pyaemia?
Septic emboli
What is the fate of this septic emboli in Pyaemia?
Impaction
Where is this septic emboli impacted in?
Different organs
Define TB (2 points)
Granuloma
Disease
Describe this granuloma (2 points)
Chronic
Infective
What does this chronic infective granuloma infect?
Nearly all body systems
What does this chronic infective granuloma mainly infect?
Lungs
What are the 4 causes of TB?
Poverty
Crowding
Old age
Debilitating diseases
What is the causative agent of TB?
TB bacilli
Describe this TB bacilli (4 points)
Aerobic
Acid fast
Non-motile
Non-toxigenic
What does this TB bacilli consist of?
Layers
How many layers does this TB bacilli consist of?
3
What are these 3 layers in which the TB bacilli is made of?
Carbohydrates
Lipid
Protein
What is the type of carbohydrate in which the TB bacilli is made of?
Polysaccharide
What are the types of TB? (2 points)
Human
Bovine
Others
What feature of a bacteria does the pathogenesis depend on?
Chemical structure
What are the 3 chemical structures of the bacteria in which the pathogenesis depend on?
Carbohydrate
Lipid capsule
Antigen
What is the bacterial antigen known as?
2 points
Tubercloprotein
Nucleoprotein
What is the function of the carbohydrate fraction?
Attraction
What does the carbohydrate attract?
Neutrophils
What is the type of neutrophils attracted by the carbohydrate fraction?
PNLS
What do these neutrophils do with the bacteria?
Engulfment
What cannot be done by the neutrophils to the bacteria?
Digestion
What do the neutrophils lack which make them unable to digest the bacteria?
Lipase
What are the 2 functions of the lipid fraction?
Protection
Chemotactic
What is the lipid fraction chemotactic to?
Macrophages
What do the Macrophages do with the bacteria when they are summoned by the lipid fraction?
(2 points)
Phagocytosis
Engulfment
What are the Macrophages unable to do after that?
Destruction
What do the Macrophages become after engulfing the bacteria?
Epithelioid cells
What do the Macrophages do after becoming Epithelioid cells?
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