Objectives for Bacterial Pathogenesis: Factors that Promote Conization of the Host - The Ability to Resist Phagocytosis and Complement - An Overview of Phagocytosis and the Complement Pathways

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

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

1**. Describe the following as they relate to phagocytosis:

a. unenhanced attachment
b. enhanced attachment
c. ingestion
d. destruction

2*. State 4 different body defense functions of the body's complement pathways.

3*. State what is meant by antibacterial peptides and give an example.

(*) = Common theme throughout the course

(**) = More depth and common theme

TPS Question

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

Gary E. Kaiser, Ph.D.
Professor of Microbiology
The Community College of Baltimore County, Catonsville Campus
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Based on a work The Grapes of Staph at https://cwoer.ccbcmd.edu/science/microbiology/index_gos.html.

Last updated: October, 2018
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