NATS 1670 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Cytokine Storm, Autoimmune Disease, Clostridium
28 Nov 2016
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Basic concepts of immunology: defense from infectious disease. Dogs eat poop to reintroduce intestines to gut flora that they are used to. Clostridium difficile feces-filled capsules treat bacterial infection (help: c. diff is a deadly bacterial infection. Antibiotics can"t kill it off because their flora is antibiotic resistant. 40,000 americans die from c. diff each year people regain gut flora that may have been depleted) Immunology: the study of our protection from and response to foreign invading organisms and altered host cells: viruses. In many cases, activating the immune system is the only way to fight the disease. Influenza kills 40,000 people in the u. s each year: bacteria. Synergism between antibiotics and the immune system (antibiotics kill most of the bacterial cells, immune system does the rest) There is no disease in our body when there is a balance of infection and immunity.
