Host–Microbe Interactions, Virulence Factors, and Immunity — Medical Microbiology

Microbiology · Basic Sciences

How it begins

Epidemiological chain, adhesion, tissue invasion, capsule, exotoxins, LPS endotoxin, superantigens, biofilms, innate and adaptive immunity and immune evasion. Virulence factors, pathogenicity islands (PAIs), type I to VII secretion systems, adhesins, invasins, type I exotoxins (superantigens), type II (pores and phospholipases), type III (toxins A-B), LPS endotoxin, immune evasion and clinical cases.

What it covers

1. 1. The Chain of Infection and Transmission Mechanisms
2. 2. Stages of Infection: From Exposure to Tissue Damage
3. 3. Virulence Factors I: Adhesion, Invasion and Capsule
4. 4. Virulence Factors II: Exotoxins, Endotoxin and Superantigens
5. · Main Families of Exotoxins
6. 5. Biofilms and Quorum Sensing in Medical Infections
7. 6. Innate immune response to microorganisms
8. 7. Adaptive Immune Response and Immunological Memory
9. 8. Microbial Mechanisms of Immune Evasion
10. 9. Virulence Nanomachines: Bacterial Secretion Systems Type I to Type VII
11. 10. Bacterial Exotoxins: Mechanistic Classification Types I, II and III
12. 11. Advanced Clinical Cases on Pathogenesis, Toxins and Septic Shock
13. 12. The Stages of Infection as Points of Intervention