Objectives for Bacterial Pathogenesis: Factors that Damage the Host - Triggering the Secretion of Inflammatory Cytokines: Acid-Fast Cell Wall Components

Learning Objectives for "Bacterial Pathogenesis: Factors that Damage the Host"
a. Produce Cell Wall Components (PAMPs) that Bind to Host Cells causing them to Synthesize and Secrete Inflammatory Cytokines: Components of the Acid Fast Cell Wall

After completing this section you should be able to perform the following objectives.

1. Name the parts of the acid-fast cell wall that function similarly to the LPS in the gram-negative cell wall in stimulating cytokine production and an inflammatory response.

2. Name pathogenic 2 acid-fast bacteria and state the infection each causes.

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