What type of bacterial infections can bring on neurological disorders? What bacteria causes bacterial endocarditis? Is bacteria causing disease a type of microbial antagonism? Explain the role of microorganisms in causing infectious diseases and identify specific examples. What is the s...
If you enjoy biting into a nice, soft piece of bread, you can thank the yeast that helped the bread rise. Yes, yeast is a fungus. If you like mushrooms on your pizza or in your salad, you are eating fungi, too.Because of fungi, we are able to control nasty infections(感染)with ...
We're not talking about the delicious, bread-related yeast, although I wish we were. Candida is responsible for yeast infections, and if that isn't bad enough, it's super common on the mobile phones of medical professionals. It's nothing to be afraid of be...
but the case remains unsolved to this day. All six members of the Moore family, as well as two guests, were found bludgeoned on the floor. The eight victims had severe head wounds from what appeared to be an axe. While there were several suspects — one of whom was tried twice — no...
Gets into wounds > severe infections- major cause of wound infection- 2 sources: Patient's own strain, nosocomial strains spread by health care workers practicing poor hygiene (no handwashing). Infectivity and pathogenesis- Virulence is relatively low. Normally 10 to the 5th or 6th organisms are...