Self Quiz for "Bacterial Pathogenesis: Factors that Damage the Host"
a. The Ability of PAMPs to Trigger the Production of Inflammatory Cytokines that Result in an Excessive Inflammatory Response: Gram-Positive PAMPs

Study the material in this section and then write out the answers to these questions.
Do not just click on the answers and write them out. This will not test your understanding of this tutorial.

1. ____________________ (ans) and _____________________ (ans) are the components of the Gram-positive cell wall that function similarly to the LPS in the gram-negative cell wall in stimulating cytokine production and an inflammatory response.

2. Name 2 Gram-positive bacteria that commonly cause healthcare-associated infections (HAIs).

A. (ans)

B. (ans)

3. Why is the inflammatory response needed for the effective removal of Streptococcus pneumoniae in the lungs potentially lethal? (ans)

4. Multiple Choice (ans)

• RETURN TO "BACTERIAL PATHOGENESIS: FACTORS THAT DAMAGE THE HOST - PRODUCE PAMPS THAT TRIGGER THE PRODUCTION OF INFLAMMATORY CYTOKINES THAT RESULT IN AN EXCESSIVE INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE: GRAM-POSITIVE PAMPS"

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Gary E. Kaiser, Ph.D.
Professor of Microbiology
The Community College of Baltimore County, Catonsville Campus
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Based on a work The Grapes of Staph at https://cwoer.ccbcmd.edu/science/microbiology/index_gos.html.