Multiple Choice
Which statement about endotoxins is true?
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21. Principles of Disease
Introduction to Pathogenic Toxins
Back21. Principles of Disease
Introduction to Pathogenic Toxins
- Multiple ChoiceWhich type of pathogenic toxin primarily allows the pathogen to enter the host by disrupting host cell membranes?19views
- Multiple ChoiceA pathogen can indirectly damage its host by:37views
- Multiple ChoiceAn exotoxin that has the ability to kill or damage host cells is referred to as a(n):43views
- Multiple ChoiceThe route a pathogen uses to enter the human host is called the:54views
- Multiple Choice
Phospholipases are characterized by all of the following except which of these answers?
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The term endotoxin is synonymous with:
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What is the LD₅₀ for the bacterial toxin tested in the following example?
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Describe how hemolysins, leukocidins, coagulase, kinases, hyaluronidase, siderophores, and IgA proteases might contribute to pathogenicity.
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Explain how drugs that bind each of the following would affect pathogenicity:
a. Iron in the host's blood
b. N. gonorrhoeae fimbriae
c. S. pyogenes M protein
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Describe the factors contributing to the pathogenicity of fungi, protozoa, and helminths.
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What treatment is used against tetanus under the following conditions?
a. Before a person suffers a deep puncture wound
b. After a person suffers a deep puncture wound
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Why is the following description used for wounds that are susceptible to C. tetani infection: “. . . Improperly cleaned deep puncture wounds . . . ones with little or no bleeding . . .”?
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Define mycotoxin. Give an example of a mycotoxin.
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Toxigenic microbes produce _______. A high ID50 would suggest _______, and a low LD50 would suggest _______.
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