Learning Objectives for "Bacterial Pathogenesis: Factors that Promote Colonization of the Host
5. The Ability to Resist Innate Immune Defenses such as Phagocytosis, Complement, and Antibacterial Peptides
b. The Ability to Resist Phagocytic Engulfment and and Antibacterial Peptides "

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

1*. Briefly describe at least 3 ways capsules may enable bacteria to resist phagocytic engulfment and state how this can promote colonization.

2. State at least 2 mechanisms other than capsules that certain bacteria might use to resist phagocytic engulfment.

3. State 3 ways bacteria might resist antibacterial peptides like defensins.

(*) = Common theme throughout the course

Highlighted Bacterium

1. Read the description of Haemophilus influenzae and match the bacterium with the description of the organism and the infection it causes.

 

• RETURN TO "BACTERIAL PATHOGENESIS: FACTORS THAT PROMOTE COLONIZATION OF THE HOST - THE ABILITY TO RESIST INNATE IMMUNE DEFENSES SUCH AS PHAGOCYTOSIS, COMPLEMENT, AND ANTIBACTERIAL PEPTIDES- THE ABILITY TO RESIST PHAGOCYTIC ENGULFMENT AND ANTIBACTERIAL PEPTIDES "

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.