Learning Objectives for "Bacterial Pathogenesis: Factors that Damage the Host"
2. Producing Harmful Exotoxins
a. (Type I Toxins) Superantigens

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

1*. Define superantigen.

2. Briefly describe the mechanism by which superantigens cause harm to the body.

3. Name 2 superantigens and give an example of a bacterium that produces each.

(*) = Common theme throughout the course

 

Highlighted Bacterium

1. Read the description of Streptococcus pyogenes and match the bacterium with the description of the organism and the infection it causes.

TPS Question

• RETURN TO "BACTERIAL PATHOGENESIS: FACTORS THAT DAMAGE THE HOST - PRODUCING HARMFUL EXOTOXINS: TYPE 1 TOXINS OR SUPERANTIGENS"

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.