Lecture 16 Host Microbe Interactions Flashcards
Symbiosis
Living together
Mutualism
Both partners benefit
What kind of symbiosis is this:
In large intestine, some bacteria synthesize vitamin K and B which host can absorb, bacteria are supplied with warmth, energy source
Mutualism
Commensalism
One partner benefits, other is UNHARMED
Parasitism
One organism benefits, other is HARMED
microbiome is different after what births?
Vaginal birth, caesarian birth
Dysbiosis
Imbalance in microbiome
Dysbiosis can be _____ induced
Antibiotic
Main benefit of microbiome
Protection against pathogens
When microbiome is suppressed (during antibiotics), pathogens may _____, cause disease
Colonize
Antibodies against normal microbiota may also bind to _____
Pathogens
Colonization
Microbe establishing itself and multiplying
Infection
Colonization of pathogen
Infection can be _____ or _____
Subclinical, infectious disease
Subclinical
No symptoms or mild symptoms
Infectious disease
Prevents normal function, damages host
Difference between infection and disease
Infection: First step, occurs when pathogen enters body and begins to multiply
Disease: cells in body are damaged as a result of infection, symptoms appear
_____ are subjective effects experienced by patient
Symptoms
_____ are objective evidence that can be observed/measured
Signs
Initial infection is called _____
Primary infection
Damage can predispose individual to developing a _____ infection
Secondary
Pathogenicity
Ability of pathogen to cause disease
Primary pathogen
Microbe that causes disease in otherwise healthy individual
Opportunistic pathogen
Microbe causes disease only when immune system is compromised
Virulence
Degree of pathogenicity
Virulence factors
Substances that allow microorganism to cause disease
Communicable disease
easily spread from one host to another
infectious dose
number of microbes necessary to establish infection
What does ID 50 mean?
Number of cells required to infect 50% of test animals
Incubation period
Time between infection and onset
Illness
Signs and symptoms of disease are prevalent
Prodomal
Vague symptoms
Convalescence
Recuperation, recovery from disease
Acute infections
Symptoms develop quickly, last a short time
What type of infection is strep throat
Acute infection
Chronic infection
Develop slowly, last for months or years
Latent infections
never completely eliminated, microbe exists in host tissues without causing symptoms
Chickenpox and tuberculosis are what type of infection
Latent infections
Staphylococcus is what type of infection
Localized
Systemic infection
Agent spread throughout body
Bacteremia
Bacteria circulating in blood
_____ leads to sepsis
Bacterermia
Toxemia
Toxins circulating in blood
Viremia
Viruses circulating in blood