HTHSCI 2C06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Mycoplasma, Cell Membrane, Intracellular Parasite
16 Jan 2020
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Hlthsci: 2c06 key concepts for lectures 2020. Pharm text: chapter 44: basic differences in bacteria, mycoplasma, chlamydia, fungi, parasites. It then undergoes active replication into multiple elementary bodies which shed into the extracellular environment to initiate another infectious cycle. Parasites: designates members of the animal kingdom that infect and cause disease in other animals and includes protozoa, helminths and arthropods, protozoa: unicellular animal with eukaryotic cellular machinery with well- defined nucleus and organelles. Reproduction is either sexual or asexual: produce a variety of diseases like malaria, amoebic dysentery and giardiasis. Normal flora: is a bacteria found on humans and animals on a temporary basis without actually causing disease. They are not colonized by any microbes or animals. They are considered opportunistic pathogens capable of producing infectious disease when the health and immunity of the host have been severely weakened by illness, malnutrition, or medical therapy.
