Learning Objectives 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

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

1*. Describe how Gram-positive PAMPS initiate SIRS.

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

(*) = Common theme throughout the course

 

Highlighted Bacterium

1. Read the description of Staphylococcus aureus and match the bacterium with the description of the organism and the infection it causes.

• 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"

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.