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Bacteria: Host Defenses Against Infection

Description: Bacterial infections can damage various organs and tissues, impairing the ability of the body to function. However, the human body has developed a number of defenses to fight off bacterial infection. This course focuses on the host`s immune system response to bacteria and infection.

COURSE OUTLINE

INTRODUCTION
1. Course Information
2. Interface Tour
3. Course Overview

HOST DEFENSES AGAINST INFECTION
4. Objectives
5. Structural and Chemical Barriers
6. Inflammation
7. Phagocytosis
8. Active Immunity
9. Inhibition of Phagocytosis
10. Cell Wall Enzymes
11. Progress Check

INFECTION IN COMPROMISED PATIENTS
12. Objectives
13. Compromised Patients
14. Immunosuppressed Patients
15. Causative Pathogens
16. Prophylaxis
17. Prophylaxis in Neutropenic Patients
18. Progress Check

CONCLUSION
19. Summary

COURSE OBJECTIVES

Students completing this course should be able to:

Describe active and passive immunity
Diagram the inflammation process
List structural and chemical infection barriers
Define phagocytosis
Explain humoral and cell-mediated immunity
Describe bacterial mechanisms of immune system resistance
Differentiate between immune-compromised patients and immunosuppressed patients
Discuss the etiology and consequences of neutropenia
Identify causative pathogens of infection
Review prophylactic treatment of infection in normal and neutropenic patients

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