HSS 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Neutrophil, Carbohydrate, Macrophage

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: HSS 1100
• Professor: Franco Pagotto

Document Summary

Bacteria is classiied as either gram posiive or gram negaive, then divided into subgroups. Genies (irst leter capital, underlined or italics) and species (all lower case, underlined, or italics) are the most important. Has a way to by pass the bodies defence mechanisms. If you get exposed to it there"s a good chance you will be infected. Can make a bunch of diferent toxins (1st see slide) Cytotoxins can destroy diferent parts of the whole cell. Haemolysins can destroy red blood cells, can destroy blood low. Enterototoxins cause symptoms like vomiing nausea, can afect you in 4 to 5 hours, once you get the toxin out of your body you will feel beter, no treatment needed. Toxic shock syndrome toxin 1, causes death if not treated soon enough. All kinds of staphylococcus aureus make coagulase. Staphylococcus aureus is the the only staphylococcus that"s considered a true pathogen. Beta-lactamase is one of the ways that bacteria can destroy the anibioics given.